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Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout city

Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout city

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city, forcing many Kyiv residents to take shelter in underground subway stations
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Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria

Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday granted Syria a temporary waiver from one crippling set of sanctions and eased restrictions on businesses as a first step in his pledge to end a half-century of penalties .
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Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange

Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange

CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefir
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students , an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political d
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Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport

Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings this month at a Washington airport, the Army
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A stabbing at Hamburg's central train station causes multiple injuries. A woman is arrested

A stabbing at Hamburg's central train station causes multiple injuries. A woman is arrested

BERLIN (AP) — A stabbing attack at the busy central train station in the German city of Hamburg left multiple people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition, authorities said. A woman was arrested as the suspect.
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Iran-US talks made 'some but not conclusive progress,' mediator Oman says

Iran-US talks made 'some but not conclusive progress,' mediator Oman says

ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” Friday in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program , the talks' Omani mediator said.
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A Norwegian man awoke to find a grounded cargo ship had narrowly missed his home

A Norwegian man awoke to find a grounded cargo ship had narrowly missed his home

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian man awoke to find that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord's coast.
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Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students

Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students , calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.
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Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams

Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams

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