June 28-July 4, 2024
Some 200,000 music fans gathered at Worthy Farm in the southwest of England for the Glastonbury Festival. For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female …
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By The Associated Press
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7/5/24
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded …
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By EMMA BURROWS
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7/3/24
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An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The overnight strike comes shortly after Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of the city ahead of a …
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By The Associated Press
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7/2/24
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France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections.
The …
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By The Associated Press
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7/1/24
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The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza that’s currently filled with displaced civilians. Monday’s order is a …
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By The Associated Press
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7/1/24
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Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. That, for the first time, includes inmates at the …
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By VASILISA STEPANENKO, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and DEREK GATOPOULOS
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7/1/24
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Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops have carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people. The strike took place in Nur …
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By MAJDI MOHAMMED and WAFAA SHURAFA
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6/30/24
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As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies
The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first …
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By DAVID RISING
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6/29/24
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Russia’s Defense Ministry says officials have been ordered to prepare a response to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea, in an apparent warning that Moscow may take forceful action to ward off …
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By The Associated Press
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6/28/24
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June 21-27, 2024
Police fired shots at demonstrators protesting over proposed tax hikes in Kenya. Lithuanians and Ukrainians wearing traditional and local styles celebrated the summer solstice. …
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By The Associated Press
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6/28/24
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Ballot box binge: Votes loom in coming days from Mongolia to Iran to Britain in a busy election year
Even in a busy year of elections, the next few days stand out. Voters go to the polls over the next week in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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6/27/24
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Saipan, placid island setting for Assange's last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
Saipan is a relaxed, rural island in the Northern Marianas. With a population of about 43,000, it's fueled by east Asian tourism and steeped in WWII military history. As Julian Assange and the …
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and MARI YAMAGUCHI
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6/26/24
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Behind the pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader …
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By The Associated Press
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6/23/24
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When dangerous heat waves strike, what happens inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. Raising a person's ordinary core temperature by just 7 degrees …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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6/21/24
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June 14-20, 2024
People protested during a general strike in Panama, Muslim pilgrims gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea and Vietnam. Kurdish …
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By The Associated Press
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6/21/24
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Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts. The 2022 ruling has opened the door for implementing bans in most …
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL
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6/21/24
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Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say the strategic partnership they have signed is a breakthrough. But neither side has released the text of the agreement …
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By The Associated Press
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6/19/24
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Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, its strike group …
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL
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6/19/24
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The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it’s still fighting — despite repeated false claims by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis and …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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6/17/24
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The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II. That's what its leaders and experts tell The …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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6/14/24
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