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Israel Orders West Bank Lockdown After Attack
FIREFIGHT: Israeli soldiers take position Friday near one of the bodies of two Palestinian gunmen who attacked a checkpoint near Hebron, killing two soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a West Bank lockdown, days before Israeli elections.
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Business & Finance ◆ Rotation out of AI-connected stocks helped drive the Nasdaq down 2.6%, in its worst session since June. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, while the Dow was little changed. A1 ◆ Blackstone’s net realizations, which reflect proceeds from...
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Russia Frees American Held Captive Since 2022
authorities released an American former schoolteacher who was imprisoned in the early days of Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, in a sign of warming ties between the Trump administration and Moscow. Stephen Hubbard, 74 years old, was convicted by a...
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Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown
WASHINGTON—Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said. Both...
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Le Pen Seizes on Chaos in France To Bolster Her Presidential Bid
PARIS—The riots sweeping France have rocked the country’s political establishment, but one person is positioned to emerge from the chaos with a strengthened hand: Marine Le Pen. For more than a decade the far-right leader has cast France as a nation...
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French Leaders Trade Blame After Rioting Sweeps Country
PARIS—France confronted scenes of destruction on Sunday—from toppled landmarks to smashed city storefronts— as its political class began pointing fingers over who bore responsibility for some of the worst rioting to sweep the nation in years. The...
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He Helped Kyiv Kill Hundreds of His Comrades
THE DEFECTOR: Former Russian army Lt. Lev Stupnikov, center, is one of the deadliest saboteurs in recent military history, having fed troop locations and battle plans to the enemy before making a daring escape to Ukraine.
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Sky-High Fuel Prices Widen World’s Growth Gap
Motorcyclists line up for gasoline Thursday in Indonesia, where high prices have sparked protests. Economic damage from the rising cost of fuel and of borrowing are stifling most countries while only those leading the AI boom grow.
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Hard-Hit Kyiv Says Starlink Limits Hinder It
LINE OF FIRE: A family outside their burning Kyiv apartment building after a Russian missile strike. Ukraine on Wednesday said curbs on the speed of SpaceX’s Starlink internet connections are throttling military operations, including intercepting drones.
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Pope Leo Is Diagnosed With Cancer After Surgery
Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the Vatican said, following a procedure that removed part of the American pontiff’s right lung. Doctors diagnosed the 71year-old pope with lung adenocarcinoma, a common type of lung cancer, the Holy...
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Federal Agents Search Congresswoman’s Home
RAID: Homeland Security Investigations officers carry boxes Monday from the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar (DMinn.) during a search described as part of a criminal investigation. Omar’s office called it ‘an outrageous abuse of power.’
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Saudi Crown Prince’s Burden Grows Heavier as Houthis Strike
DUBAI—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman started the year on a high note. He’d just visited the White House where he was embraced by President Trump. Even after the war with Iran kicked off, Saudi Arabia looked relatively well positioned: It could...
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Dangerous Hurricane Isaias Lashes Gulf Coast
Hurricane Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 storm on Friday, lashing communities with wind and rain and threatening to flood low-lying areas where residents were advised to evacuate ahead of its arrival. The first...
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Russian Strike on Ukraine Buses Kills at Least 30
KYIV—A Russian airstrike hit two buses Thursday in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, killing at least 30 people, the latest attack in Moscow’s escalating Ukraine bombardment. The two buses were near a bus stop in Kramatorsk when a Russian glide bomb—a...
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Israel Remembers the Victims of Oct. 7
PAINFUL MEMORIES: Israelis on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the Hamas attack that left about 1,200 people dead. Benny and Maggy Solomon, whose daughter Hila was killed at the Nova music festival, attend a memorial at the site.
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After Years of ‘Magic Money,’ France Becomes a Debt Bomb
France is on the precipice of a dangerous financial spiral. The global surge in interest rates has exposed the country, once considered an oasis of relative stability in Europe’s financial markets, as one of the continent’s weakest links. France now...
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Housing Is Key Issue as Spain Sets Elections
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called for snap elections, gambling that he can turn a housing crisis—and anger at the opposition for blocking legislation to ease it—into stronger support for his socialist party. Sánchez, who has led a...
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Bolsonaro Son Surges to a Lead In First Round of Brazil Election
SÃO PAULO—Flávio Bolsonaro dealt President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a bruising firstround defeat Sunday, finishing ahead of the leftist leader and putting Brazil’s right within reach of taking back power in Latin America’s largest nation. Flávio...
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Violent Student Protests Rage Across France
ENFANTS TERRIBLES: A fire burns in Pau, southwestern France, as students clashed Friday with riot police in demonstrations across the country. Protesters are demanding more teachers, smaller classes and greater investment in dilapidated schools.
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Coolheaded FlyDubai Captain ‘Saved Everything’ in Attack
NEW DELHI—As an aviator, Smit Machchhar had piloted through an in-flight birth, monsoon skies and a high-wire landing in Greece that stretched his skills to the limit. On Wednesday, the 38-yearold Indian pilot faced a midair incident of a completely...
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Stabbing, Terrifying Nosedive Bring Chaos to Flight 1073
Almog Italie was flying home from a vacation in Japan with his wife and two teenagers, casually snapping pictures of irrigated circles of farmland in the desert below, when the FlyDubai 737 MAX suddenly went into a steep nosedive. “It started dropping...
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Trump Tells AI Leaders Regulation Isn’t on Menu
WASHINGTON—President Trump promised not to hamper the artificial-intelligence industry with regulations, doubling down Tuesday on his lighttouch approach despite growing calls from Silicon Valley and the public for new guardrails. “I will never stifle...
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U.K. Probes Suspected Plot Targeting U.S. Forces
British counterterrorism police said they were releasing five men on bail who were arrested over a foiled attack on an air base in England that houses U.S. forces, as investigators probed whether Iran or an Islamist group had orchestrated the plot,...
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Storm Batters Parts of the Northeast Coast
Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in...
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A Restored Notre Dame Welcomes Pope to Paris
OUTREACH: Pope Leo XIV, in this photograph provided by the Vatican, greets nuns on the first official state visit to France by a pope in 18 years. In speeches elsewhere, he warned that a ‘paradise of machines’ poses risks to humanity.
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Trump and Xi Meet as Pomp Masks Tensions
WASHINGTON—A red carpet. A flyover of U.S. fighter jets and a stealth bomber. A lavish gift in the form of a large bald eagle statue. President Trump’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping started with an extravagant welcome ceremony and continued with a...
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Business & Finance ♦ The yield on the 10-year Treasury note jumped above 5.1% and U.S. stocks sold off, sinking the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow by 0.8%, 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively. A1 ♦ YouTube in its competition with Netflix for top video talent rolled...
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Trump Tells Iran To Strike a Deal Or Be Destroyed
President Trump labeled himself a man of peace while threatening to “annihilate” Iran and wield American power against other nations, in a speech at the United Nations aimed in part at selling skeptical voters on his foreign-policy vision ahead of the...
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As War Rages, Iran’s Delegation Comes to U.S.—Under Tight Rein
When a small Iranian delegation, led by the country’s president, travels to New York this week, its members will be free to attend the United Nations General Assembly—but not to go for a walk in Central Park or shop on Fifth Avenue without permission....
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Ukraine Strikes Moscow in Biggest Drone Blitz
FIERY ATTACK: Smoke rises on Sunday from an oil refinery that was struck by some of the more than 1,000 drones launched by Ukraine at the Russian capital. Two people were killed and 20 injured in the region, Russian authorities said.
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Vote Seeks to Boost Putin and War
Russia’s parliamentary election this weekend will have little bearing on the direction of the country. There is no serious question about which party will prevail: President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia. The vote won’t be a real democratic...
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AI Royalty Comes to King Charles’s Court
LONDON—King Charles III waded into the artificial-intelligence debate on Thursday, gathering top tech executives in Scotland to urge them to hash out guidelines to keep the technology from spinning out of control. The British monarch hosted executives...
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Mexico Celebrates Its Independence Day
¡VIVA, MEXICO! President Claudia Sheinbaum marks the 216th anniversary of the start of the Mexican War of Independence against Spain on Wednesday in Mexico City. Celebrations began with the cry of ‘¡Viva, Mexico!’ three times just after midnight.
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Shepherds Flock to Protests in Romania
BLEAT IT: A shepherd stands near riot police in Bucharest as crowds rallied Tuesday against a European Union ban on live sheep exports meant to prevent the spread of disease. Clashes erupted as some protesters hurled objects and police fired tear gas.
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Yemen’s Houthis Flex Muscle, Rattle Oil Markets
A display of mock drones and missiles, seen Monday in Yemen’s capital San’a, shows the increasing boldness of the Iran-backed Houthis. The group has seized a chokepoint on the Red Sea that imperils global energy supplies.
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Survivors Rescued Nine Days After Nepal Flood
GLIMMER OF HOPE: Nine days after a devastating flood hit, soldiers carry one of two workers pulled from a tunnel Friday at a hydropower project, in a photo from Nepal’s army. The disaster killed more than 1,250 people and over 5,000 remain missing.
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Gloria Steinem, Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 92
On Jan. 21, 2017, one day into Donald Trump’s tenure as president of the U.S., and roughly five decades into Gloria Steinem’s tenure as its most famous feminist, Steinem arrived on the National Mall to address the Women’s March on Washington—a mass...
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After 286 Days at Sea, Lincoln Sailors Get a Break
Thailand—After 286 days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with nearly 5,000 sailors and Marines on board docked in eastern Thailand Wednesday morning for a port call. Carrying backpacks and duffel bags, and wearing civilian clothes,...
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Bond Rout Deepens Around Globe
The global economy has a new challenge to surmount: an unruly bond market that is sending borrowing costs to their highest levels in decades. A rout in bond markets deepened on Tuesday when Japan’s 10-year bond yield touched 3% for the first time...
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Russia Trapped in Strategic Mismatch
Russia faces a fundamental asymmetry as it seeks to beat Ukraine into submission with intensifying airstrikes on shopping malls, power stations, ports and other infrastructure. Kyiv can rely on a secure hinterland beyond its borders—its European...
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Nepal Clings to Hope for the Many Missing in Flood
The number of people dead in catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet rose to nearly 770, as teams from China and India arrived in Nepal to help with rescue efforts for hydropower project workers trapped in tunnels by mud deposited by the...
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Warsh Signals Rate Increase Is on the Table
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.— Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled the central bank hasn’t ruled out fighting inflation with higher interest rates. The remarks were his most substantive since he took over this spring, and investors took them as a sign...
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More Than 1,450 Missing in Himalayan Floods
For tour operator Syed Umar Sadiq, the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in China’s Tibet region was meant to be his first journey along a route his father had crisscrossed several times for his travel business. But as Sadiq led his...
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Lethal Walls of Water Hit Himalayas
As a roar grew louder, people at the customs checkpoint that sits at 6,000 feet on the border between China and Nepal started running. In seconds, video shows, a monstrous wave surged over and around the Gyirong Port building, burying everything in...
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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80
One night in 1973, Dolly Parton had a song on her mind. She was thinking about a bank teller who had been flirting with her spouse. “She got this terrible crush on my husband,” Parton told NPR in 2008. “And he just loved going to the bank because she...
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U.S. Launches New Wave Of Sanctions Against Iran
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday the U.S. is launching a new campaign to isolate the Iranian regime, warning that countries and companies that do business with Tehran will face the wrath of the Trump administration. “Let...
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Reno on Edge as Fire Spreads in Nevada
A fast-moving wildfire was approaching Reno, Nev., Sunday, with authorities urging nearly 90,000 people to evacuate. The Hawk fire started Saturday near a hiking trail northwest of the city and had burned more than 10,000 acres, authorities said...
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Capital Gridlock Is Suspended for a Weekend
STREET LEGAL: A driver practices for this weekend’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar series race in Washington. The cars, which can reach street-course speeds near 200 mph, will make 147 laps. The speed limit is 25 mph on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Russia Pummels Kyiv as Air Defenses Dwindle
DEADLY STRIKE: A rescuer Thursday helped a local woman after a Russian airstrike on a residential area in Kyiv. At least 15 people were killed in and around the capital Wednesday night as Ukraine is running out of Patriot air-defense missiles.
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Challenger Tests Zelensky’s Hold on Power
NEW PRESSURE: Demonstrators backing Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s ousted defense minister, protested Wednesday in Kyiv. Fedorov challenged President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling for elections and warning that democracy is imperiled.
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Iranian Ship Attacks Frustrate Gulf Nations as U.S. Holds Fire
DUBAI—Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are piling up without a U.S. military response, raising the risks of crossing the strategic waterway and frustrating some Arab allies who worry the U.S. doesn’t have a strategy to wind down the...
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President Pushes Israel to Stop Strikes on Gaza
TEL AVIV—President Trump said Israel shouldn’t be striking targets in Gaza, as his envoy Jared Kushner met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to salvage the president’s plan to disarm Hamas and end the war in the Palestinian...
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At Least 6 Dead in Indiana Storms, Flooding
At least six people have died in Indiana as a series of storms led to historic flooding in the Midwestern state. Heavy rain over several days caused significant flooding along the White River, which flows through Indianapolis and central and southern...
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Farage Wins Back U.K. Seat, Count Binface Is No. 2
UNUSUAL ELECTION: Trash can-wearing comic Count Binface celebrates his second-place finish Friday after Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, regained his Parliament seat. Farage skipped the official declaration.
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Israel Sends Troops Amid West Bank Standoff
TEL AVIV—Israeli troops poured into a West Bank village early Thursday amid a standoff with violent settlers who besieged several Palestinian homes earlier this week, effectively putting the area on lockdown as authorities struggled to stem the...
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Eclipse Compels Millions to Turn to the Dark Side
Buse Avci stood in line at a paella counter Wednesday in Valencia on a visit to the coastal Spanish city from her home in Budapest. She had always wanted to see Spain’s Barcelona or Granada. But instead she let the path of the moon determine her...
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Assad Death Sentence Stirs Syria
A Damascus court sentenced former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and other officials from his fallen regime to death after convicting them of murder, torture and crimes against humanity, a symbolic step toward a reckoning with the country’s long and...
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Powerful Quake Kills More Than 100 in Colombia
RUBBLE: People hope for signs of trapped survivors Monday at a collapsed building in Cali after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck. More than 111 people were killed in the disaster, an early challenge to Colombia’s newly inaugurated president.
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Netanyahu Rejects Next Phase Of Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected President Trump’s plan to establish permanent peace in Gaza, a rare public break with the U.S. leader who weeks ago hailed “a historic agreement” to disarm Hamas. The plan calls for the militant group...
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Thai Teen Goes on School Rampage
FRANTIC: Family members reunited with children after a 14-year-old boy opened fire Friday at a school outside Bangkok, killing five staff members and injuring more than 20 people. The attacker, who took his own life, had earlier shot to death his two...
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U.S. Says Putin Willing to Test NATO With Limited Assaults
WASHINGTON—Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve with a limited assault on an allied country in the next few years, according to new U.S. intelligence reports that posit possible scenarios ranging from a cyberattack to a...
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Kyiv Pounded as Antimissile Stockpile Dwindles
DEADLY STRIKE: A warehouse burns in Kyiv on Wednesday after a Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 17 people. Ukraine’s air-defense forces said they were unable to intercept any of the projectiles that targeted a civilian area.
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Business & Finance ◆ Elon Musk outlined ambitious targets for SpaceX, including launching data centers in space in 2027 and reaching $1 trillion in revenue, as part of his first address to investors since the company’s IPO. A1 ◆ Major U.S. stock...
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Drought Is Draining Europe’s Rivers
A drought is wreaking havoc along Europe’s rivers. In Romania, authorities set off an explosion beside a river in a bid to divert much-needed water to a power plant. In Bulgaria, 200 vacationers had to be evacuated from a stranded cruise ship. In...
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Greece Fights Wildfires as Europe Crisis Spreads
DIRE BATTLE: Volunteers on Sunday worked to douse a wildfire near Porto Germeno, about 40 miles northwest of Athens. Two Greek firefighting helicopters collided on Sunday while battling a wind-driven fire, killing two crew members.
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Spain Pushes Back After Migrants Rush Enclave
CHAOTIC SCENES: Migrants run back to Morocco after Spanish soldiers moved to secure Ceuta. As many as 60,000 migrants streamed into the Spanish territory in North Africa on Thursday and Friday but authorities said most of them left.
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Massive Strikes Highlight Ukraine Defense Gap
DEADLY BARRAGE: A series of Russian missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on Thursday killed at least eight people and wounded more than 50, Ukrainian authorities said. A child injured in an attack on a building in Lviv is taken away by stretcher.
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Fauci Refuses to Answer Senators’ Covid Queries
TAKES THE FIFTH: Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights before a Senate committee hearing, which he said he believed was part of a slander campaign against him.
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Graham Praised as ‘American Original’
WASHINGTON—President Trump called the late Sen. Lindsey Graham “a respected statesman, giant of the U.S. Senate and true American original” in a speech eulogizing the influential lawmaker at a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday...
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Monsoon Floods Death Toll Tops 100 in Pakistan
SWAMPED: People wade through floodwaters Monday after the Ravi River overflowed in Lahore, Pakistan. Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains has claimed more than 100 lives in the nation in the past month, and more rain is forecast.
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