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WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks at University of Alabama commencement event

Trump’s evening remarks in Tuscaloosa will be the Republican president’s first address to graduates in his second term and will come as he has been celebrating the first 100 days of his administration.

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President Trump’s Global Impact After 100 Days

Donald Trump has passed one hundred days in his second term as president of the United States. We look at how he is reshaping the US relationship with the rest of the world. (Image credit: JIM WATSON)

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Kuwait frees 10 more detained Americans in second release since March, officials say

Kuwait has released an additional 10 American detainees, bringing to nearly two dozen the total number freed by the country in the past two months, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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A look at the partnership between Vietnam and the U.S. 50 years after the fall of Saigon

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the unification of the country under Communist rule after decades of war. From the ashes, the U.S. and Vietnam now enjoy close relations, due in no small part to

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Mike Waltz’s demotion is a loss for defence hawks

The reshuffle by Donald Trump portends more instability in America’s national security team

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Trial begins for Australian woman charged with killing ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms

The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.

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Why a woodpecker is breaking car mirrors in this small New England town

During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village of Rockport, Massachusetts, hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings. Now, they’re slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect

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Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks

Stargazers oppose these fast-growing satellite constellations, saying it spoils their observations.

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How a warming Arctic may be eroding Indigenous history in Alaska

In a remote part of Alaska, global warming is being blamed for endangering a treasure trove of Indigenous artifacts. Archaeologists at one dig site near the Bering Sea say they’re in a race against time. Nelufar Hedayat reports for the

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How NIH staffing cuts may delay a promising cancer treatment’s implementation

Earlier in April, doctors at the National Institutes of Health made a promising step in the fight against cancer, announcing an immunotherapy treatment was able to shrink gastrointestinal tumors for about a quarter of patients. But NIH staffing shortages, layoffs

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