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17 dead in Russian military research facility fire last week

17 dead in Russian military research facility fire last week

MOSCOW (AP) — At least 17 people have died in last week's fire at a Russian military research facility, authorities said Monday.
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U.S. promises more aid, return of diplomats in Kyiv visit

U.S. promises more aid, return of diplomats in Kyiv visit

NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER (AP) — American Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday after a secrecy-shrouded visit to Kyiv that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is committed to winning his country'
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Zelenskyy meets top-level US delegation, gets aid promises

Zelenskyy meets top-level US delegation, gets aid promises

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to the country’s capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia's invasion.
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Sudan group says renewed tribal clashes kill 168 in Darfur

Sudan group says renewed tribal clashes kill 168 in Darfur

CAIRO (AP) — Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region Sunday killed 168 people, a local aid group said, one of the deadliest bouts of violence in the country in recent years.
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Far from home, Ukrainian refugees pray at Easter for peace

Far from home, Ukrainian refugees pray at Easter for peace

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Far from home and unsure when or even if they will ever get back, Ukrainians displaced by war gathered at churches across Eastern Europe on Sunday to celebrate the Orthodox Easter holiday in safety and to pray for an end to t
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10 of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead

10 of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's guard says 10 of the 26 people aboard a tour boat that sank in the frigid waters of a northern national park have been confirmed dead.
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Lebanese army recovers 8 bodies from capsized migrant boat

Lebanese army recovers 8 bodies from capsized migrant boat

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army Sunday recovered the bodies of eight migrants whose boat carrying at least 56 people capsized the night before, raising the death toll to nine, state media reported.
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Ukraine battered again; Zelenskyy says US officials to visit

Ukraine battered again; Zelenskyy says US officials to visit

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in Ukraine tried to storm a steel plant housing soldiers and civilians in the southern city of Mariupol on Saturday in an attempt to crush the last pocket of resistance in a place of deep symbolic and strategic val
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Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
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Suspect found dead after shooting 4, causing panic in DC

Suspect found dead after shooting 4, causing panic in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets in the nation's capital Friday, leading to lockdowns at several schools and leaving a community on edge before the suspect was
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