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Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat visited Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the small Mediterranean country.
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A-10 Warthogs back in US after lengthy Sicily stay delayed return
Six Air National Guard jets stuck at a Navy base in Sicily for months have returned to the U.S., a Guard official said.
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Scholz’s challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
BERLIN — Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack ...
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Foes on the court, but allies against cancer off it
American Overseas School of Rome’s Gloria Olivieri puts up a shot in a victory over Rota earlier this month. The Falcons are ...
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Cancer-linked chemicals linger near Air Force base in northeastern Japan
PFAS was found at five places near Misawa Air Base during a December survey, the Aomori Prefectural Office website said.
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One by one, world leaders in Davos fall in line in Trump era
Last year, Mark Rutte attended the Davos gathering as Dutch prime minister while angling for his current job as secretary general of NATO, praising Trump for pushing Europeans to step up defense ...
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Micheál Martin returns as Ireland’s prime minister after securing backing of parliament
DUBLIN — Irish lawmakers voted Thursday to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time at the helm of a coalition government. Members of the lower house of parliament, the ...
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Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria resume after 13 years
ISTANBUL — Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria resumed Thursday after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Damascus.
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NATO chief says Russian victory over Ukraine would have a costly impact on alliance’s credibility
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the ...
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Baltic ally Estonia hails cooperation with US in acquiring half-dozen HIMARS
The Baltic country Estonia, which has been a NATO member since 2004, received six High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems for the first time earlier this month as part of its push to deter Russian ...
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From the Archives: The Death March: Story of Bataan
Survivors of the Bataan Death March at their reunion held at the Bahnhof Hotel in Darmstadt, Germany, April 8-9, 1949. The two women in the picture are most likely Mrs. Earleen Francis and Mrs. Carmen ...
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U.S. Army nurses — and survivors of the Bataan Death March — at the march’s survivors reunion, 1949
Darmstadt, Germany, April 8, 1949: Most likely three former Army nurses, Mrs. Eileen Francis, Mrs. Carmen Sewell, and 1st Lt. Eleanor M. Garen, all survivors of the Bataan Death March and imprisonment ...