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    News Putin set to visit Iran next week

    Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine. During a trip to Tehran next Tuesday, Putin will attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and...
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    News Cuban migrants make landfall in Key Biscayne

    Authorities have detained a group of migrants who arrived on a boat Tuesday morning in Key Biscayne. A Local 10 News crew was at the scene around 6 a.m. as the group, which included at least one child – a young girl -- was sitting on a sidewalk. Officers were seen giving the migrants water...
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    News Ukraine granted extra EU aid of 1 billion euros

    European Union nations on Tuesday approved fresh aid for Ukraine as the country faces growing economic damage from Russia’s invasion. Finance ministers from the 27-nation EU gave the go-ahead on Tuesday to 1 billion euros ($1 billion) in loans to the Ukrainian government. The sum brings to 2.2...
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    News Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 'siren call' to extremists

    The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now face rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack and effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The...
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    News Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

    Sri Lanka’s leaders agreed that lawmakers will elect a new president next week but struggled Tuesday to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt country out of economic and political collapse. Desperate in the face of severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine, protesters...
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    News China bank customers to get deposits back after protests

    Financial regulators in central China’s Henan and Anhui provinces have promised to give some bank customers some of their deposits back after a protest over their frozen accounts Sunday turned violent. In statements issued late Monday, officials said customers with deposits of 50,000 yuan...
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    News DNC ads warn voters that GOP wants nationwide abortion ban

    The Democratic National Committee is launching a digital ad campaign to energize its voters after last month’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, warning that Republicans’ ultimate goal is to outlaw abortion nationwide. The committee is sponsoring a $10,000 ad buy beginning Tuesday...
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    News Lawyers: Man convicted in 2015 Paris attacks won't appeal

    The only surviving attacker from the November 2015 terrorist massacre in Paris has renounced the right to appeal his murder conviction and life prison sentence, his lawyers said Tuesday. Salah Abdeslam was found guilty last month of murder and attempted murder in relation with a terrorist...
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    News Biden to discuss immigration, trade with Mexico's president

    President Joe Biden is meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday for discussions the White House says will showcase the underlying strength of a relationship that of late has been more notable for the leaders' disagreements on issues including energy and Ukraine...
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    News Ukrainian rocket strike targets Russian ammunition depot

    A Russian ammunition depot was apparently targeted by Ukrainian forces overnight, resulting in a massive blast captured on social media. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said the rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of the...
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    News Iran arrests 3rd outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown

    Iran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported Tuesday, the third Iranian director to be locked up in less than a week as the government escalates a crackdown on the country's celebrated cinema industry. Jafar Panahi, one of Iran's best-known dissident...
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    News Ada Limón named the 24th U.S. poet laureate

    The country's next poet laureate, Ada Limón, has long thought of her work as a public art form. “I grew up with poetry being in the community,” says Limón, a native of Sonoma, California. “It wasn't supposed to just be something read on page; it was supposed be read out loud. I remember going...
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    News UK leader hopefuls battle for support as nominations close

    Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were racing Tuesday to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. Nominations officially opened Tuesday morning and will close at 6 p.m. (1700GMT). Candidates need...
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    News Spain's running of the bulls: 1 person gored at San Fermín

    One person was gored and several people had very close shaves in the sixth running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival on Tuesday. Spanish Red Cross spokesman José Aldaba told reporters at the end of the run that as well as the goring victim, medics treated four other people for...
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    News Croatia poised to clear final hurdle for euro entry

    The European Union is set on Tuesday to remove the final obstacles to Croatia adopting the euro, enabling the first expansion of the currency bloc in almost a decade. EU finance ministers plan at a meeting in Brussels to approve three laws that will pave the way for Croatia to become the 20th...
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    News US, Japan vow joint efforts on Ukraine, trade, food crisis

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japan’s finance minister agreed Tuesday to cooperate in dealing with challenges from the war in Ukraine and promoting free trade, sustainable energy and food security. Yellen was visiting Tokyo on Tuesday for talks ahead of a meeting of the Group of 20′s...
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    News Abe's complicated legacy looms large for current Japan PM

    Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history, infuriating liberals with his revisionist views of history and his dreams of military expansion. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. For...
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    News Asian shares fall as investors await US inflation update

    Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday after a slump on Wall Street erased recent gains. U.S. futures and oil prices also declined. Investors are on the lookout this week for updates on inflation and corporate profits, while renewed coronavirus outbreaks are adding to jitters. Shares fell in Tokyo...
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    News Japanese say final goodbye to former leader Abe at funeral

    Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a family funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation. Abe, the country's longest-serving prime minister who remained influential even after he stepped down two years ago, was...
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    News Some Ukrainians won't flee areas caught in crosshairs of war

    Burned-out cars and splintered trees smolder in the aftermath of a missile strike on Kramatorsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. A body lies on the ground, covered by a sheet. Wounded residents sit dazed and covered in blood. A crater has been gouged in the center of a once-calm, sunlit courtyard...
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