She says she will not contest this year’s general elections and that Feb. 7 will be her last day as prime minister.
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New photographs of Warsaw Ghetto found in family collection
They’re the only known images from the 1943 ghetto uprising that were not taken by German forces, say historians at Warsaw’s Jewish history museum.
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Failed New Mexico Republican candidate is a danger, prosecutors argue
Solomon Peña, who is charged with directing shootings at the homes of Democratic elected officials, should be held without bond, prosecutors say.
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First Black woman sworn in as Massachusetts attorney general
Democrat Andrea Campbell was also the first Black woman to serve as president of the Boston City Council.
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Strykers, Bradleys likely in huge U.S. aid package for Ukraine
The Bradley brings more firepower but carries fewer troops. The more lightly armored Stryker, because it is wheeled, can move a lot faster on paved roads, meaning it can get infantry squadrons into the fight faster.
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World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118
Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904, and lived through the two world wars.
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Victims in Alaska polar bear attack were mother and 1-year-old son
What happened this week is almost unheard of because polar bears are normally far out on the ice in the dead of winter and not close to villages.
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Indiana man charged after son in diaper points loaded gun at people
The man denied having a gun and officers found it only after asking the 4-year-old child where it was.
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Massachusetts man charged in wife’s killing researched how to dispose of body
Investigators also found Jan. 3 surveillance video of man resembling Brian Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster at an apartment complex in a nearby community.
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At Davos, Zelensky urges allies to speed up the push against Russia
Ukraine’s president spoke after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the world as being in a ‘sorry state’ because of interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine.