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Hezbollah steps up rocket fire into Israel, which sends more troops into Lebanon

Hezbollah steps up rocket fire into Israel, which sends more troops into Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the militant group’s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border.
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Biden cancels trip to Germany and Angola because of hurricane

Biden cancels trip to Germany and Angola because of hurricane

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to remain at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the White House announced on Tuesday.
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Biggest Kashmir party opposed to India's stripping of region's autonomy wins most seats in election

Biggest Kashmir party opposed to India's stripping of region's autonomy wins most seats in election

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India's stripping of the region's semi-autonomy won the most seats in a local election , official data showed Tuesday, in a vote seen as a referendum against the move by Prime Minist
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Kashmir's biggest party opposed to India's stripping of region's autonomy wins most seats in poll

Kashmir's biggest party opposed to India's stripping of region's autonomy wins most seats in poll

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Kashmir’s biggest pro-India political party on Tuesday won most seats in the recent election for a largely powerless local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, official data showed, in a vote seen as a referendum against th
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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled machine learning

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled machine learning

STOCKHOLM (AP) — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence — were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning and art
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Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as it expands attacks

Hezbollah leader says more Israelis will be displaced as it expands attacks

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s acting leader says more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group expands its rocket fire deeper into Israel.
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Five Russian climbers die in a fall on the world’s seventh highest peak

Five Russian climbers die in a fall on the world’s seventh highest peak

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh highest peak have been killed, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday.
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Five Russian climbers die in a fall on the world’s seventh highest peak

Five Russian climbers die in a fall on the world’s seventh highest peak

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh highest peak have been killed, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday.
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Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine

Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old American in a closed trial to nearly seven years in prison for allegedly fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
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Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene's debris

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene's debris

BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up debris left over from Helene two weeks ago and highways were clogged with people fleeing ahead of the storm.
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