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May 20, 2024
The High Court in London gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange permission to launch a full appeal against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges, which could take months. NBC News' Meagan Fitzgerald breaks down what Assange's wife, Stella Assange, had to say after the ruling.
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May 20, 2024
Zohreh Moalemi, a former Iranian political prisoner, celebrated death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi outside the country's embassy in London. Moalemi escaped from Iran in 1988 during
the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners that Raisi was accused of overseeing.
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May 20, 2024
LGBTQ advocates in Peru protested in the capital city of Lima last week after the Health Ministry issued a new law that deemed transgender people as having "mental health problems."
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May 20, 2024
While speaking at a campaign rally in Aurora, Colo., independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned the need for the U.S. president to speak with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's sixth president. Earlier that day, the country's eighth president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash. NBC News had not confirmed Raisi's death at the time of Kennedy's remarks.
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May 20, 2024
Iranian expatriates and others opposed to the country's government gathered outside of embassies in Berlin and London to celebrate the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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May 20, 2024
Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in a national election because of a criminal conviction.
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May 20, 2024
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court officially accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli defense minister of war crimes and crimes against humanity. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports on the details of the accusations and how the ICC is also seeking arrest warrants for the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar.
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May 20, 2024
A court in Britain is set to give a final decision on whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States on espionage charges.
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May 20, 2024
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following Sunday's general elections, declaring victory after his top competitors conceded early in the night as he held a strong leader in early vote tallies.
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May 20, 2024
Iran's supreme leader has declared five days of national mourning after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash. It has been reported that the helicopter encountered heavy fog in a mountainous region of the country before it crashed. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports on the details of the crash and how the international community is reacting to the incident.
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May 20, 2024
International Atomic Energy Agency Director, Rafael Grossi, led a minute of silence at an international conference on nuclear security in Vienna, after the news of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
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May 20, 2024
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor he would seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
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May 20, 2024
Iran has confirmed its president, Ebrahim Raisi, along with the country's foreign minister, have died in a helicopter crash in an isolated area of Northern Iran. Rescuers were slowed by bad weather and heavy fog which may have caused the accident. Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced interim successors for the two senior positions. NBC's Keir Simmons and Richard Engel report for TODAY.
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May 20, 2024
A Turkish TV news crew reported from what it said was the site of a helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and eight others were killed.
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May 20, 2024
Video footage from Iran's official news agency showed Red Crescent workers carrying a covered body on a stretcher through a forested area. The video was published following a helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and eight others were killed.
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May 20, 2024
Hamas reacted to news of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter with a statement expressing condolences to the Iranian people over "this great loss." NBC News' Claudio Lavanga has the details.
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May 20, 2024
The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash could lead to the further rise of the country's Revolutionary Guard. NBC News' Richard Engel explains Iran's power balance.
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May 20, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash, state media reported Monday.
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May 20, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for enforcing brutal crackdowns on political opposition and seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader, has died in a helicopter crash landing in the country's north, state media reported Monday.
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May 19, 2024
Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president on Monday, extending the rule of a party that is viewed with suspicion by China.
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May 19, 2024
Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president on Monday, extending the rule of a party that is viewed with suspicion by China.
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May 19, 2024
Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president on Monday, extending the rule of a party that is viewed with suspicion by China.
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May 19, 2024
Search-and-rescue efforts underway after Iranian President Raisi's helicopter crashes
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May 19, 2024
Search-and-rescue efforts underway after Iranian President Raisi's helicopter crashes
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May 19, 2024
Search-and-rescue efforts underway after Iranian President Raisi's helicopter crashes
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May 19, 2024
Iranian rescue teams are racing to reach the remote site where Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter went down. NBC News' Keir Simmons has the latest details.
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May 19, 2024
After speaking with intelligence authorities, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said there is no evidence of "foul play" involving the helicopter crash with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
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May 19, 2024
Large groups gathered to pray for Iran President Ebrahim Raisi following the "crash landing" of his helicopter. Raisi's condition remains unclear.
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May 19, 2024
A livestream portal linking New York and Dublin reopened Sunday after it was briefly shut down last week amid reports of people flashing body parts, doing drugs on camera and trolling viewers on the other side.
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May 19, 2024
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "crash landing" on Sunday, Iranian state television reported.
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May 19, 2024
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "crash landing" on Sunday, Iranian state television reported.
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May 19, 2024
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a "crash landing" on Sunday, Iranian state television reported.
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May 19, 2024
Pressure is mounting on Benjamin Netanyahu to change course in the seven-month war on Hamas, after a key member of his war cabinet threatened to quit on Saturday, adding to weeks of foreign criticism.
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May 19, 2024
Two Chinese warships docked Sunday at a commercial port in Cambodia, in preparation for joint naval exercises between the two countries.
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May 19, 2024
LONDON — A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions.
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May 18, 2024
Taliban officials said dozens of people were killed by flash flooding in the hard-hit province of Ghor in central Afghanistan. The country has faced weeks of unusually heavy seasonal rainfall.
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May 18, 2024
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said.
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May 18, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.
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May 18, 2024
ISLAMABAD — Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports.
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May 18, 2024
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday as the nation's leader was in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshot wounds, officials said.
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May 18, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition was stable but serious Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance.
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May 18, 2024
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday as the nation's leader was in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshot wounds, officials said.
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May 18, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition was stable but serious Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance.
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May 18, 2024
President Volodymr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia's new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region could be just the first wave while U.S. aid delays hurt Kyiv.
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May 18, 2024
Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
Taquería El Califa de León is a taco stand in Mexico City, Mexico, that earned its first Michelin star. The star was the first for the taco stand and the first Michelin guide for Mexico. Now, customers are waiting at least two hours to get their hands on the award-winning tacos.
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May 17, 2024
Seventeen of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza have departed, with the physician known for saving Sen.
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May 17, 2024
Seventeen of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza have departed, with the physician known for saving Sen.
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May 17, 2024
NBC News filmed a line of trucks carrying aid brought by ships which are using the new U.S.-built pier to unload supplies into the besieged enclave. A crowd of people can be seen chasing after the convoy.
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May 17, 2024
An investigation is ongoing into a suspected arson attack at a Buenos Aires hotel that left three lesbian women dead and another injured last week.
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May 17, 2024
The Israel Defense Force says the bodies of three festivalgoers killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack have been recovered from southern Gaza.
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May 17, 2024
"Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Itzik Gelenter were murdered by Hamas while escaping the Nova Music festival on October 7th and their bodies were taken into Gaza," said IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari.
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May 17, 2024
Israeli officials on Friday announced their forces in Gaza had recovered the bodies of three revelers killed by Hamas attackers near the Supernova, or Nova, music festival on Oct. 7.
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May 17, 2024
Israeli officials on Friday announced their forces in Gaza had recovered the bodies of three revelers killed by Hamas attackers near the Supernova, or Nova, music festival on Oct. 7.
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May 17, 2024
The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for 762,400 pounds ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said.
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May 17, 2024
Lawmakers in Taiwan shoved, tackled and hit each other in a bitter dispute about parliamentary reforms, days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office/
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May 17, 2024
The Vatican has issued new rules radically reforming its process for evaluating faith-based supernatural phenomena like visions of the Virgin Mary or stigmata.
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May 17, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a visit to China, emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his relationship with Xi Jinping.
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May 17, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said its forces had slowed the Russian advance in the war's new hotspot as Moscow said Friday a massive wave of drones attacked several regions including occupied Crimea.
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May 17, 2024
Chinese authorities pledged new support for state-owned enterprises to enable them to buy unsold apartments, in an effort that could help developers get more funding to finish construction on pre-sold properties.
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May 17, 2024
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, the latest apparent act in a storm of antisemitism roiling France amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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May 17, 2024
Heavy fighting was reported to be taking place around the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. The town was under constant barrage from Russian forces, Ukrainian officials said.
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May 17, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said its forces had slowed the Russian advance in the war's new hotspot as Moscow said Friday a massive wave of drones attacked several regions of the country, including occupied Crimea.
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May 17, 2024
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital, an official said.
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May 17, 2024
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital, an official said.
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May 17, 2024
North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said.
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May 17, 2024
North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said.
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May 17, 2024
Trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore into Gaza using a temporary pier built by the United States, the U.S. military said Friday, as Israeli forces pressed on with sweeping operations in the north and south of the enclave.
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May 17, 2024
Rare footage of a deep-sea hooked squid in its natural habitat was captured earlier this month by a team of scientists in the South Pacific. Bright bioluminescent lights, which are used to startle its prey, could be seen at the end of two of the squid's arms.
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May 17, 2024
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.
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May 17, 2024
Trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore into Gaza using a temporary pier delivered by the United States, the U.S. military said Friday.
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May 16, 2024
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.
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May 16, 2024
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.
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May 16, 2024
The U.S. completed the installation of a mobile pier in Gaza, a new means of getting desperately needed aid into the territory in the coming days. The Pentagon has said the effort could put U.S. forces in harm's way. NBC News' Richard Engel reports.
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May 16, 2024
The Republican-led House passed a bill that would put restrictions on the president's ability to withhold weapons transfers to Israel in a vote that drew attention to a divided Democratic caucus on the war in Gaza.
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May 16, 2024
NBC News International Correspondent Raf Sanchez reports from Tel Aviv on the growing rift inside Israel's war cabinet about what the government in Gaza will look like after the war.
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May 16, 2024
18 Mexican restaurants were honored with Michelin stars this year, including the Tacos El Califa de León taco stand in Mexico City.
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May 16, 2024
NBC News spoke to survivors and filmed the destruction at the Al-Sabra clinic in Gaza's Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, where displaced families were sheltering when an Israeli airstrike killed at least 14 people during dawn prayers on May 15.
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May 16, 2024
After a dramatic new portrait of King Charles III caused a stir around the world earlier this week, many art experts are weighing in with their opinions about the painting.
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May 16, 2024
A visual art installation called "The Portal" is linking New York and Dublin. Some played games and waved to friends. Others have used it to flash and moon.
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May 16, 2024
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay.
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May 16, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Kharkiv to honor soldiers wounded in the defense of the city from Russian advances.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen their partnership Thursday as Moscow's military advances in Ukraine's Kharkiv.
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May 16, 2024
Tens of thousands of people turned out on Wednesday for Hong Kong's signature bun festival, including a bun-scrambling competition.
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May 16, 2024
The Israeli military said Thursday that five soldiers were killed and seven injured in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza, amid renewed battles in the area against regrouped Hamas militants.
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May 16, 2024
Slovakia's populist prime minister was in "very serious" condition, officials said Thursday, after being shot multiple times in an attempted assassination that sent shock waves across the small central European country and the broader continent.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen their partnership Thursday as Moscow's military advances in Ukraine's Kharkiv.
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May 16, 2024
An American soldier who was accused of stealing from his girlfriend during an unauthorized trip to Russia, has pleaded guilty to theft, Russian media reported.
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May 16, 2024
Slovakia's populist prime minister was in "very serious" condition, officials said Thursday, after being shot multiple times in an attempted assassination that sent shockwaves across the small central European country and the broader continent.
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May 16, 2024
A state of emergency was declared in the Pacific island of New Caledonia after deadly riots broke out over electoral reform.
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May 16, 2024
The Israeli military said Thursday that five soldiers were killed and seven injured in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza, amid renewed battles in the area against regrouped Hamas militants.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing at the start of a two-day visit - Putin's first foreign trip since his re-election as president. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing for Early Today.
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May 16, 2024
The U.S. has begun towing a floating dock system for delivering humanitarian aid toward Gaza and expects the system to be installed in the next 24 hours.
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May 16, 2024
Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make "tomorrow better than today" as he took his oath of office Wednesday.
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May 16, 2024
Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make "tomorrow better than today" as he took his oath of office Wednesday.
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May 15, 2024
Two Brazilian athletes who were training to represent Brazil in rowing at the Olympics in Paris have given up their spots to help flood victims in their country. This comes as many homes were underwater in the worst flooding Brazil has seen in 80 years.
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May 15, 2024
‘We cannot leave' says doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth's life, now trapped in Gaza
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May 15, 2024
‘We cannot leave' says doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth's life, now trapped in Gaza
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