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Myanmar’s ambassador to UK calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi as protesters defy curfew

Myanmar’s ambassador to the UK has called on his country’s military to release detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted President Win Myint.

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Climate Activist Spends 589 Days And Counting Picking Up Litter In Calif. Park

Edgar McGregor, 20, says he has been cleaning up trash in Eaton Canyon every day for more than a year and a half. He declared it finally free of municipal waste on Friday, but says his work continues. (Image credit:

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GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won’t seek reelection in 2022

He made the surprise announcement in a video Monday, making him the fifth Republican in the Senate to bow out rather than seek another term in a party searching for direction after President Donald Trump.

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Biden’s Eked Out A Win on the Pandemic Bill. That Should Scare Democrats

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. If the very narrow success of the pandemic-relief package isn’t being received as a

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As Hungary Cuts Radio Station, Critics Say Europe Should Put Orban On Notice

Taking Klubradio off the air was the latest blow to press freedom in a country where the right-wing populist leadership and its allies have increased control and influence over the media. (Image credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why You Should Be Wary of Claims That the Stock Market Is in a Bubble

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere. So say an increasing number of Wall Street professionals, who see the lofty prices of everything from equities to Bitcoin, new homes to the soaring value of newly public companies as clear signs that the financial system

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CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks in Private Gatherings

In its first set of advice for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said March 8 that these people can visit others, indoors and without masks or socially distancing, under specific

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‘Bloody Sunday’: Left activists, labor leaders executed in Philippines after Duterte says ‘finish off’ the communists

In an event that human rights groups are calling “Bloody Sunday,” at least nine left-wing activists and labor leaders were executed at their homes and offices this past weekend during a series of coordinated raids carried out jointly by the

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WATCH LIVE: Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan remembered at memorial service

A memorial on Tuesday will commemorate the life of American civil rights activist, presidential confidant and corporate pioneer Vernon Jordan.

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4 Ways Andrew Cuomo’s Political Future Could Play Out – FiveThirtyEight

4 Ways Andrew Cuomo’s Political Future Could Play Out  FiveThirtyEight New York Republicans announce Cuomo impeachment resolution: ‘We believe the time has come’  Fox News Live: Cuomo Holds Covid Briefing Amid Harassment Allegations | NBC News  NBC News N.Y. Gov. Cuomo tours Javits

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