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Ukraine says it needs help shooting down Russia’s missile attacks

Russia is hammering Ukraine with missile attacks, many aimed at electricity stations. Ukraine is shooting down many of these attacks but says it needs more help from the U.S. and NATO.

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‘Sunny Makes Money:’ India installs a record volume of solar power in 2022

As the 27th U.N. climate change conference closes, India is bragging: It’s installed a record volume of solar power in 2022 in an attempt to wean itself off of coal.

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These are the migrants who plant and pick the strawberries in your supermarket

If you’ve ever had strawberries, there is a good chance they were grown in a province in southern Spain called Huelva. The work of planting and picking usually falls on migrants, many from Africa. (Image credit: Ricci Shryock for NPR)

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Elon Musk’s Twitter reinstates Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Elon Musk’s Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies at the time.

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You Can Still Get Free COVID-19 Tests Through Insurance

Planning to gather with loved ones over the holidays? Here’s a timely reminder that every member of your family enrolled in health insurance is eligible for eight free rapid at-home COVID-19 tests every month. That goes for whatever insurance you

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Tesla safety at centre of South Korean trial over fiery, fatal crash

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The fiery crash killed a prominent lawyer – a close friend of South Korea’s president.

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Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

The move came just days after the uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state’s second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months.

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U.S. journalist says he was detained at World Cup stadium in Qatar over rainbow shirt

DOHA (Reuters) – A U.S. journalist said he was briefly detained on Monday when he tried to enter a World Cup stadium in Qatar while wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community in a country where same-sex

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The World Cup is officially underway in Qatar. Here’s why it’s so controversial.

The 2022 World Cup officially kicked off in Qatar on Sunday, beginning weeks of competition in the world’s most popular sport. But even as soccer’s stars take the world stage, the first World Cup to take place in a Middle

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The World Cup is officially underway in Qatar. Here’s why it’s so controversial.

The 2022 World Cup officially kicked off in Qatar on Sunday, beginning weeks of competition in the world’s most popular sport. But even as soccer’s stars take the world stage, the first World Cup to take place in a Middle

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