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Qatar’s migrant labor system is bigger than the World Cup

Migrant builders take a break while working at a construction site by the Corniche, in Doha, on November 24, 2022, during the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. | Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Migrant workers are the backbone of

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Iran Stunned the U.S. at the 1998 World Cup. That Game Offers Lessons For a Monumental Rematch in Qatar

Whenever the U.S. and Iran, two geopolitical rivals who severed formal diplomatic ties in April 1980, meet in any sort of international sporting competition, it’s more than a game. The Group B World Cup match taking place between the two

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A post-Thanksgiving storm could make for messy travel in the eastern U.S. – The Washington Post

A post-Thanksgiving storm could make for messy travel in the eastern U.S.  The Washington Post Several US regions face weekend weather systems that may complicate post-Thanksgiving travel  CNN Thanksgiving weekend travel weather includes storms, snow and rain  USA TODAY More rain expected in

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Irene Cara, award-winning ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor, dies at 63

Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983’s “Flashdance,” has died.

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Federal judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case

A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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Investigators have received more than 260 digital submissions in probe of University of Idaho murders – CNN

Investigators have received more than 260 digital submissions in probe of University of Idaho murders  CNN Idaho investigators rule out connection between college murders and other unsolved stabbings  Fox News Idaho Police Say Videos Could Be Key In Solving Murders  TMZ Idaho Eyewitness:

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Federal Judge Denies 19-Year-Old’s Request to Attend Father’s Execution in Missouri

ST. LOUIS — A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution. Kevin Johnson is

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US provides Chevron limited authorization to pump oil in Venezuela after reaching humanitarian agreement – CNN

US provides Chevron limited authorization to pump oil in Venezuela after reaching humanitarian agreement  CNN US Treasury authorizes Chevron to expand oil pumping in Venezuela  Fox Business Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume  The Associated Press – en Español U.S. issues

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At least 13 injured in Russian missile attacks on Dnipro

At least 13 people were injured after renewed Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro. “Four of them are in hospital, including a 17-year-old,” the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on his Telegram

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130,000 in Kiev still without power after Russian strikes

Tens of thousands of residents in the Ukrainian capital are still without electricity in the wake of intensive Russian attacks, according to the local authorities. Some 130,000 people in the metropolis of 3 million people were still affected, Kiev’s military

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