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Slovakia's populist prime minister shot multiple times in attempted assassination
Slovakia’s populist prime minister has been shot multiple times and gravely wounded after a political event More »
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Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and in September
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates, on June 27 hosted by CNN and on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC More »
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fending off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it's impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated More »
Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have grilled prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars More »
On the eve of his visit to China, Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine in an interview with Chinese media More »
Fewer US overdose deaths were reported last year, but experts are still cautious
The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year More »
Pickup driver with lengthy record held in Florida bus crash that killed 8 Mexican farmworkers
A man with a long record of dangerous driving has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence-manslaughter in the deaths of eight Mexican farmworkers in Florida More »
Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from some parts of the country’s northeast and were battling Russian troops in other areas More »
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia More »
Massive search in France for prison-break gang that shot 2 officers dead
A massive search is underway in France for a gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to free an inmate they were escorting More »
