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Climate change puts Norway's love of skiing to the test

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In Norway, the saying goes that babies are born with skis on their feet. With the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics approaching Friday, the Scandinavian country has won the most Winter Olympic medals.
3 hours ago
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Iran says it now considers EU militaries to be terrorist gro...

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The announcement by Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former Guard commander, of the terror designation will likely be mostly symbolic. Iran has used a 2019 law to reciprocally declare other nations' militaries terror groups following the United States declaring the Guard a terror group that year.
5 hours ago
WORLD

Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Tru...

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Starmer's visit was the first to China by a British prime minister in eight years, following in the footsteps of other Western leaders looking to counter an increasingly volatile United States.
8 hours ago
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Separatists launch 'coordinated' attacks in southwest Pakist...

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Pakistan has been battling a separatist insurgency in Balochistan for decades, where militants target state forces, foreign nationals and non-locals in the mineral-rich southwestern province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
1 day ago
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Australia's injured Cummins out of T20 World Cup

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Test skipper Cummins only played one of the five Ashes Tests against England over the Australian summer as he slowly recovers from a lower back injury.
1 day ago
WORLD

Thousands rally in Minneapolis as immigration anger boils

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The 22-year-old is on the verge of becoming the youngest man to win all four majors, surpassing legendary fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
1 day ago
WORLD

Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Tru...

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Starmer's visit was the first to China by a British prime minister in eight years, following in the footsteps of other Western leaders looking to counter an increasingly volatile United States.
1 day ago
WORLD

Trump names replacement for fired labor statistics chief

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Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he would be nominating economist Brett Matsumoto, who currently serves as a White House advisor, to become BLS commissioner.
1 day ago
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Deadly landslide strikes militia-held mining site in DR Cong...

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Since its resurgence in 2021, the M23 group has taken vast tracts of the DRC's resource-rich east, capturing the Rubaya mine in North Kivu province in April 2024 with Rwanda's help.
1 day ago
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ASEAN does not recognize Myanmar's elections, which military...

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ASEAN’s non-recognition of the elections in Myanmar, which a military-backed party claimed to have won, is a major blow to efforts by the country’s military rulers to gain international recognition.
1 day ago