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The State Department is urging Americans not to travel to most places overseas because of the risks from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Faten Ali Nahar, 50, of Damascus has nominated herself for the post. The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Bashar Assad.
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A Chicago woman has been sentenced after helping Guatemalans enter the U.S. illegally, then keeping them in her home as they paid off debts to her.
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Biden increases the number of temporary seasonal workers that employers can hire this year as the U.S. economy recovers from the pandemic.
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Nassau County police said one person was killed and two people were injured in a shooting at a Long Island grocery store.
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President Biden says he is ‘praying the verdict is the right verdict’ in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.
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The European Union’s drugs regulator says it has found a ‘possible link’ between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots.
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A top Chadian military commander says that President Idriss Deby Itno is dead after more than three decades in power.
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The Justice Department faces challenges in seeking to prosecute Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes because he stayed outside the building.
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It’s not science fiction: Machinery can pull carbon from the air and deposit it deep underground. But it won’t be easy.
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The man who was with 13-year-old Adam Toledo shortly before the boy was shot to death by a Chicago police officer has been bailed out of jail.
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Latino community leaders will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer.
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The U.S. ambassador in Moscow says he will head home for consultations this week — a move that comes after Russia prodded him to leave.
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Jury reaches a verdict in the murder trial of ex-Officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd. The verdict is to be read Tuesday afternoon.
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Defying Putin, backers of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny call for mass protests Wednesday
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The Coast Guard halts its search-and-rescue operation seven days after the Seacor Power capsized in bad weather. Its captain was among the dead.
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NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rises from the dusty red surface into the planet’s thin air, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.
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The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation.
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Officials have said they don’t plan to issue COVID-19 vaccine “passports.” That didn’t stop them from giving businesses an incentive to require them.
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Minneapolis court draws crowd as jury deliberates in Derek Chauvin trial in the murder of George Floyd
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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Jury reaches a verdict in the murder trial of ex-Officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd. The verdict is to be read Tuesday afternoon.
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The case comes down to two key questions — whether Chauvin caused George Floyd’s death and whether his actions were reasonable — and each charge requires a different element of proof.
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George Floyd’s death in police custody in May touched off a nationwide reckoning on race and led to the trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin.
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Minneapolis court draws crowd as jury deliberates in Derek Chauvin trial in the murder of George Floyd
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The State Department is urging Americans not to travel to most places overseas because of the risks from the COVID-19 pandemic.
