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Iran Sends Downed Ukrainian Plane’s Black Box to France
Iran has sent the black box of the Ukrainian passenger jet that its armed forces mistakenly shot down in January to France for reading, an Iranian semi-official news agency said Saturday.
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Floods Kill 14 in China as Water Peaks at Three Gorges Dam
At least 14 people have died in the latest round of seasonal rains and flooding in southern China, as soldiers and workers built makeshift barriers with sandbags and rocks Saturday to keep the Yangtze River and its tributaries at bay.
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Mass Protests Rock Russian Far East City Again
Tens of thousands of people in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk took to the streets on Saturday, protesting the arrest of the region's governor on charges of involvement in multiple murders.
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EU Leaders Resume ‘Grumpy’ Summit on Budget, Virus Fund
European Union leaders were hunting for compromises Saturday as a summit to reach a deal on an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund entered its second day with tensions running high.
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French Firefighters Battle Blaze in Cathedral in Nantes
A fire broke out Saturday in the Gothic cathedral of the western French city of Nantes, shattering stained glass windows and sending black smoke spewing from between its towers as firefighters fight the blaze.
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Rep. John Lewis Remembered for Legacy of ‘Good Trouble’
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Urges United Front Ahead of Vote
One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and his newspaper was shut down. A third, the country’s most prominent, has been banned for a year from making so-called 'seditious statements,” or what others might call dissent.
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Film Tracks Rulon Gardner’s Highs, Lows in Years Since Gold
Rulon Gardner is living a quiet life, just the way he likes it.
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Blazers’ Lillard Turns to Recording Music Inside NBA Bubble
When Damian Lillard finishes his daily hoop duties for the Portland Trailblazers, he will spend most of his downtime inside the NBA bubble working on his other passion: music.
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The Pitching Puzzle: Teams Not Sure What to Expect at Start
Months ago, before going into quarantine back home in the Dominican Republic, Johnny Cueto took pride in being picked to start for the San Francisco Giants on opening day.