The startling death and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before an expected meeting with Putin
Kim Jong Un is making his first foreign trip since the COVID-19 pandemic during which North Korea tightly enforced border controls for more than 3 years.
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U.S. approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination.
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Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship
The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday.
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Flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm leaves 2,000 people feared dead
Entire residential areas were erased along a river that runs down from the mountains through the city center of Derna.
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American researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill
The American was first treated inside the cave by a Hungarian doctor who went down the cave on Sept. 3.
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U.S. moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds
The deal was expected, but notification marked the first time the administration said it was releasing 5 Iranian prisoners as part of the deal.
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Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in D.C. presiding over federal election subversion case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of Jan. 6 defendants.
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Grand Canyon hiker dies while trying to walk from rim to rim in a single day
It wasn’t immediately clear if the 55-year-old man’s death was heat related.
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The U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes crashed into the trade center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, in an attack that reshaped American foreign policy and domestic fears.