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French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre in a museum heist that stunned the world, officials said Sunday. A swarm of investigators had been mobilized to track down the thieves who robbed the world-renowned museum in broad daylight
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More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the US on Sunday as air traffic controller absences continued to disrupt travel and a federal government shutdown reached its 26th day. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration experienced air traffic control staffing issues at 22 locations on
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Russia’s defense ministry said Monday it had downed 193 Ukrainian drones overnight, with local authorities reporting one person killed in the attack. “During the past night, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry wrote on Telegram. The governor of the border region
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A strengthening Melissa grew into a Category 4 hurricane Sunday and US forecasters said it could reach Category 5 status, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, The US National Hurricane Center added that Melissa is expected to move near
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A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting. Any agreement would be a
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Tanzania’s governing party has been in charge for 64 years, for much of that time without any serious opposition. That looks set to be extended when Tanzanians go to the polls Wednesday in an election widely expected to be won by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a former vice president
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India moved 50,000 people to relief camps on Monday as it began evacuations a day before Cyclone Montha, intensifying over the Bay of Bengal, is set to bring strong winds and heavy rains to its east coast, officials said. Authorities canceled holidays for emergency staff and ordered schools and
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Venezuela on Sunday blasted the arrival in nearby Trinidad and Tobago of a US warship as a dangerous “provocation,” amid mounting fears of potential attacks against the Venezuelan mainland. The USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer, docked Sunday in the Trinidadian capital Port of Spain for a four-day visit, which
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Former President Joe Biden called these “dark days” as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump. “Since its founding, America served as a
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A Turkish court has issued another formal arrest order for Istanbul’s jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on suspicion of “political espionage,” state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Monday, stepping up a long-running opposition crackdown. Imamoglu, a key rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in jail since March pending
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Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to help retrieve the bodies. Under the fragile US-brokered ceasefire, reached on Oct. 10, Hamas is expected
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Mali closed schools and universities nationwide starting Monday due to a fuel scarcity caused by a blockade on fuel imports militants imposed on the capital. Education Minister Amadou Sy Savane announced on state television Sunday classes would be suspended for two weeks “due to disruptions in fuel supplies that are
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US President Donald Trump headed for Asia on Saturday and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed Saturday to secure the return of all deceased hostages still held in Gaza, as he met with the families of two captives during his visit to Israel. “We will not forget the lives of the hostages who died in the captivity of Hamas,
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Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people and wounded more than a dozen in multiple regions of Ukraine, authorities said Saturday. In Dnipropetrovsk, the regional military administration chief said two people were killed and seven more wounded in missile and drone attacks. “Fires broke out. Apartment and
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US President Donald Trump left on Friday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping – adding that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his