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5 things to know for Oct. 7: Biden pardons, Las Vegas stabbings, Iran, Trump, Amazon – CNN

5 things to know for Oct. 7: Biden pardons, Las Vegas stabbings, Iran, Trump, Amazon  CNN State of Play: One month out from midterms  Axios Biden pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession  Fox News Biden pardons all federal offenses of

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Avalanche in the Indian Himalayas kills at least 19 climbers

At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, authorities said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts. A group of climbing trainees and instructors were caught

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More than 1 million displaced since Myanmar coup: UN

More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government

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How Asia Revived the Dying Sport of Snooker

Thirteen years ago, today’s world number one snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan probably didn’t think that in 2022 he’d be taking part in what might be the biggest tournament in the history of the sport. At that time, he was predicting

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Why Ales Bialiatski Won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, as well as two human rights organizations: the Russian group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. “Through their consistent efforts in favor of human

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Trump Hasn’t Returned All Documents, DOJ Officials Believe – The Wall Street Journal

Trump Hasn’t Returned All Documents, DOJ Officials Believe  The Wall Street Journal Justice Dept. Is Said to Believe Trump Has More Documents  The New York Times New Details On Documents Seized From Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Home  CBS Miami Justice Department insists Trump return all

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Justice Department insists Trump return all classified documents – CNN

Justice Department insists Trump return all classified documents  CNN Justice Dept. Is Said to Believe Trump Has More Documents  The New York Times Trump suspected of holding more classified documents — report  DW (English) Trump was sloppy with classified documents, and Meadows didn’t

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Putting nuclear weapons to use risks escalation, impossible to control and potentially catastrophic | Diana Magnay

The US president is hardly unique in saying the risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” is higher now than it has been since the Cuban missile crisis – or as it is known in Russia, the Caribbean crisis.

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Putting nuclear weapons to use risks escalation, impossible to control and potentially catastrophic | Diana Magnay

The US president is hardly unique in saying the risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” is higher now than it has been since the Cuban missile crisis – or as it is known in Russia, the Caribbean crisis.

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Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates

The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical experiments performed on mostly Black inmates at its Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s. (Image credit: Michael Bryant/AP)

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