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UK leader's chief of staff quits over appointment of Mandelson
Lindsey Vonn Crashes Heavily in Downhill, Taken Away by Helicopter
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Russian airstrike on Ukraine kills 1 as US pushes June deadline for peace deal
Meloni condemns anti-Olympics actions, calling demonstrators 'enemies of Italy'
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market roared back, as technology stocks recovered and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now. The S&P 500 jumped 2% Friday for its best day since May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared roughly 1,200 points and topped the 50,000 level for the first time, while the Nasdaq composite rallied 2.2%.
TOKYO (AP) – The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a more than two-thirds majority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday, Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results. Takaichi, in a televised interview with public television network NHK, said that after the sweeping victory she is now ready to pursue her policies.
NEW YORK (AP) – The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. Investigators found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men.
Olympic court rejects Italian curler's claim of nepotism for losing place
Meloni condemns anti-Olympics actions, calling demonstrators 'enemies of Italy'
Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music
After 4 long years, US figure skater reunites with family from war-torn Ukraine at the Olympics
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TESERO, Italy (AP) – Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo used a trademark burst of speed late in the race to pull away for a sixth Olympic gold by winning the men’s skiathlon Sunday at the Milan Cortina Games.
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MILAN (AP) – Sander Eitrem put aside an awkward stumble at the start to win a gold medal for Norway in the men’s speedskating 5,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday, adding an Olympic record time to the world mark he set last month.
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Lindsey Vonn was over the limit. Beyond it, really. Because of course she was. There is only one speed for maybe the fiercest competitor to ever snap into a pair of skis and point them down the side of a mountain: as fast as she possibly can, for as long as she possibly can, as relentlessly as she possibly can.
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NEW DELHI (AP) – India and the United States released a framework for an interim trade agreement to lower tariffs on Indian goods, which Indian opposition accused of favoring Washington. The joint statement, released Friday, came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his plan last week to reduce import tariffs on the South Asian country.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna, an apparent reversal from earlier criticism of the deal. “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump wrote on social media.
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syria and Saudi Arabia signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements on Saturday, including a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria.
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LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain’s most important diplomatic post in 2024.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as utility workers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant. They wore high-visibility vests and spotless white hard hats, he noticed, even while parked in their vehicle. His search for the Wisconsin-based electrician advertised on the car’s doors returned no results.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded two, officials said Sunday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a peace deal.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video call Wednesday to discuss the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States. The Kremlin leader accepted an invitation to visit China twice this year.
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US, Britain Impose New Sanctions Against Hamas Operatives
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