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Ian forecast: Hurricane warning for South Carolina as storm strengthens – The Washington Post

Ian forecast: Hurricane warning for South Carolina as storm strengthens  The Washington Post Tracking Ian: Storm will strengthen before its next landfall  WFAA Tropical Storm Ian pummels Florida: Live updates  CNN 11 a.m. Thursday | Ian gains a little more strength, expected to

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Iran’s regime has one response for popular uprisings: Crackdown

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what’s sustaining protesters in Iran and why he thinks the regime is incapable of reform.

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Putin’s plan to annex regions of Ukraine will likely make it harder to end the war

Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning an elaborate Kremlin ceremony Friday to annex four regions of Ukraine. The move could make it much harder to find a solution to the war.

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The Telegram app has a global doxing issue

The messaging and social media app Telegram has a major doxing problem. NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with writer Peter Guest, who reported on the global issue in Wired.

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Scientists May Have Just Discovered a Lake on Mars

The Mars that was and the Mars that is are two very different things. Three or so billion years ago, the Red Planet was awash with water, as now-dry riverbeds, deltas, and ocean basins reveal. But when the planet lost

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Qatar confirms COVID-19 test requirements for World Cup fans

Fans going to the World Cup in Qatar must show a negative COVID-19 test when they arrive as part of the host nation’s rules to combat COVID-19. About 1.2 million visitors to Qatar are expected for the tournament, which starts

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Here’s Where All The Strongest Hurricanes Have Hit the U.S. in the Past 50 Years

Hurricane Ian devastated southern Florida on Wednesday afternoon when it hit as a Category 4 storm, causing intense flooding and leaving 2.5 million Floridians without power. While this storm marks the most powerful hurricane seen this season, it makes history

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Senate passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a partial government shutdown and provide another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine as it seeks to repel Russia’s brutal invasion.

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‘This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history’ – POLITICO

‘This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history’  POLITICO LIVE: Biden Receives Briefing on Impacts of Hurricane Ian | NBC News  NBC News Flooding Slams Florida as Ian Turns Toward the Carolinas: Live Updates  The New York Times After devastating Florida, Ian

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Google Winds Down Stadia Game-Streaming Service Three Years After Launch

Google said it will terminate services for Stadia, its troubled cloud gaming service, after it failed to gain traction with players almost three years after its launch. Stadia was an attempt from Alphabet Inc.’s Google to take on the video

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