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Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado easily won Sunday's presidential primary contest with 93% of the vote, the latest tally showed on Wednesday, though questions

Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows
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Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience

Analysts say the removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party

Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience
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Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack 'didn't happen in a vacuum'

Israeli officials are outraged over U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel “did not happen in a vacuum.”

Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack 'didn't happen in a vacuum'
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Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial

The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has fined the former president $10,000

Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial
World

Turkish parliament set to discuss ratifying Sweden's NATO membership

Turkey's parliamentary speaker sent a bill approving Sweden's NATO membership bid to parliament's foreign affairs commission on Wednesday, the assembly's website showed, in another

Turkish parliament set to discuss ratifying Sweden's NATO membership
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US Senate panel advances nomination of Jack Lew for ambassador to Israel

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US Senate panel advances nomination of Jack Lew for ambassador to Israel
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Senate panel OKs Lew to be ambassador to Israel, and a final confirmation vote could come next week

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved Jacob Lew to be ambassador to Israel, moving quickly to get him in place during Israel's war with Hamas

Senate panel OKs Lew to be ambassador to Israel, and a final confirmation vote could come next week
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Who is Mike Johnson, the new Republican US House Speaker?

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Who is Mike Johnson, the new Republican US House Speaker?
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Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding

Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding
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Republicans likely to gain three seats under North Carolina's new congressional map

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that should allow the party to flip at least three Democratic seats in the

Republicans likely to gain three seats under North Carolina's new congressional map
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Venezuela's attorney general opens investigation against opposition presidential primary organizers

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor has announced a criminal investigation into organizers of a presidential primary election held over the weekend

Venezuela's attorney general opens investigation against opposition presidential primary organizers
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Rep. Bowman of New York charged with misdemeanor, to pay fine after triggering House fire alarm

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman says he plans to pay a fine after being charged with a misdemeanor for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown deadline in September

Rep. Bowman of New York charged with misdemeanor, to pay fine after triggering House fire alarm
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North Carolina Republicans put exclamation mark on pivotal annual session with redistricting maps

The North Carolina General Assembly has given final approval to new redistricting maps poised to empower the state GOP for years to come

North Carolina Republicans put exclamation mark on pivotal annual session with redistricting maps
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Florida orders state universities to disband pro-Palestinian student group, saying it backs Hamas

Florida’s state university system is disbanding chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group it says is violating state law by aligning themselves with Hamas in the wake of an attack on Israeli citizens

Florida orders state universities to disband pro-Palestinian student group, saying it backs Hamas
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Pro-Israel resolution is first act from new US House leader

Speaker Mike Johnson called up a resolution supporting Israel in his first action as leader of the U.S.

Pro-Israel resolution is first act from new US House leader
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Who is Mike Johnson? New House speaker is a strong Trump ally and a quiet force among Republicans

A low-key lawmaker who has been in the House for less than a decade, new House Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t instantly recognizable to most Americans

Who is Mike Johnson? New House speaker is a strong Trump ally and a quiet force among Republicans
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Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt to moderate third GOP presidential debate Nov. 8 on NBC

“NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, ”Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker and Salem Radio Network morning host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the third Republican presidential debate

Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt to moderate third GOP presidential debate Nov. 8 on NBC
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US drops digital trade demands at WTO to allow room for stronger tech regulation

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US drops digital trade demands at WTO to allow room for stronger tech regulation
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Argentina's third-place presidential candidate Bullrich endorses right-wing populist Milei in runoff

Former Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich has endorsed right-wing populist Javier Milei for next month’s runoff

Argentina's third-place presidential candidate Bullrich endorses right-wing populist Milei in runoff
World

Exclusive-Biden set to speak with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, sources say

President Joe Biden is expected to speak with Wang Yi when China's top diplomat visits the White House this week, according to two U.S. officials familiar

Exclusive-Biden set to speak with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, sources say
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Mideast in focus as US, China meet to pave way for Biden-Xi summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi begins a long-anticipated visit to Washington on Thursday, as the U.S. and China seek

Mideast in focus as US, China meet to pave way for Biden-Xi summit
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Democrats' divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed

Many top Michigan Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally near Detroit after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the country

Democrats' divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed
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The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan

Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel

The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan
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Orban doubles down at EU summit to defend meeting Putin. One leader calls it a very wrong message

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has joined an EU summit saying that he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy, Russian President Vladimir Putin

Orban doubles down at EU summit to defend meeting Putin. One leader calls it a very wrong message
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Legitimacy of mass voter challenge on trial in political battleground Georgia

A former Georgia voter has testified that he felt overwhelmed and discouraged when he learned that his eligibility to cast a ballot in the state had been challenged ahead of a critical election for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia

Legitimacy of mass voter challenge on trial in political battleground Georgia

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