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Ukraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft

Ukraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks
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China protests EU's investigation of subsidies in green industries, calling the move protectionist

China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a new EU investigation into Chinese wind turbine makers

China protests EU's investigation of subsidies in green industries, calling the move protectionist
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Argentina's police step up their response to growing anti-government protests

A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested

Argentina's police step up their response to growing anti-government protests
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Agency probes Philadelphia fatal crash involving Ford that may have been running on automated system

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a March crash near Philadelphia that killed two people and involved a Ford electric vehicle that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system

Agency probes Philadelphia fatal crash involving Ford that may have been running on automated system
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Man pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in alleged church attack plan in support of Islamic State

An 18-year-old man accused of planning to attack churches in a northern Idaho city in support of the Islamic State group has pleaded not guilty to a federal terrorism charge

Man pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in alleged church attack plan in support of Islamic State
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Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs faces charges from Starbucks drive-thru incident

Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs has been arrested after allegedly threatening another man and showing a handgun during a dispute in a Starbucks drive-thru line

Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs faces charges from Starbucks drive-thru incident
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Oklahoma attorney general sues natural gas companies over price spikes during 2021 winter storm

Oklahoma's attorney general is suing two Texas-based natural gas companies over soaring prices during Winter Storm Uri in 2021

Oklahoma attorney general sues natural gas companies over price spikes during 2021 winter storm
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Biden says he backs Japan's outreach to North Korea and says he's still open to talks with Kim

President Joe Biden says Japan’s attempts to set up a leader-to-leader summit with North Korea is “a good thing,” and reiterated his administration’s willingness for its own talks without preconditions

Biden says he backs Japan's outreach to North Korea and says he's still open to talks with Kim
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Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

Vermont's Goddard College is closing at the end of the semester after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles
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Biden says he's considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange

President Joe Biden says he's considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing American classified documents

Biden says he's considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange
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Father sentenced in Germany for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his daughter's foot

A court in Germany has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot

Father sentenced in Germany for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his daughter's foot
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Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky

Arkansas has hired John Calipari as men’s basketball coach, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA championship

Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
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France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication

France’s government has presented a bill to allow adults with terminal cancer or other end-of-life illness to take lethal medication

France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication
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Triple-murder trial of Chad Daybell begins with claims about zombies and doomsday plot

Opening statements are expected in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and new girlfriend’s two youngest children, in an unusual case involving claims about zombies

Triple-murder trial of Chad Daybell begins with claims about zombies and doomsday plot
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Russia's second attempt to launch a heavy-lift rocket from Far East is aborted

Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex has been aborted

Russia's second attempt to launch a heavy-lift rocket from Far East is aborted
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Iran’s supreme leader reiterates a promise to retaliate against Israel over killings of generals

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reiterating a promise to retaliate against Israel over the killings of Iranian generals in Syria

Iran’s supreme leader reiterates a promise to retaliate against Israel over killings of generals
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Hong Kong building fire kills at least 4 people and injures 12

At least four people were killed and another 12 injured in a fire in a building in Hong Kong

Hong Kong building fire kills at least 4 people and injures 12
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Mexico releases video of Ecuador's raid on its embassy

Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s former vice president who had been holed up there

Mexico releases video of Ecuador's raid on its embassy
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Sen. Bob Menendez's wife cites need for surgery in request to delay her trial

The wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is seeking a delay to her criminal trial next month, saying a newly diagnosed and serious medical condition requires surgery within six weeks

Sen. Bob Menendez's wife cites need for surgery in request to delay her trial
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A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible

Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe

A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible
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Speaker Johnson will delay sending Mayorkas impeachment to Senate as Republicans push to hold trial

Speaker Mike Johnson will not send the House’s articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week as planned

Speaker Johnson will delay sending Mayorkas impeachment to Senate as Republicans push to hold trial
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Former assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in the case of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, last year

Former assistant principal charged with child neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher
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2-time All-Star Ja Morant defended himself during pickup game fight, judge says

A Tennessee judge has ruled that Ja Morant acted in self-defense when a teenager accused the two-time NBA All-Star of punching him during a pickup game at the home of the Memphis Grizzlies guard’s parents in 2022

2-time All-Star Ja Morant defended himself during pickup game fight, judge says
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At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna

Italian officials say an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at least three people dead and another four reported missing

At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna
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Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

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