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Climate change puts Norway's love of skiing to the test
Climate change puts Norway's love of skiing to the test
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.
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Iran says it now considers EU militaries to be terrorist groups
Iran says it now considers EU militaries to be terrorist gro...
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
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Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Trump warning
Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Tru...
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 Pakistan: officials
Separatists launch 'coordinated' attacks in southwest Pakist...
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
Australia's injured Cummins out of T20 World Cup
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.
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Thousands rally in Minneapolis as immigration anger boils
Thousands rally in Minneapolis as immigration anger boils
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
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Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Trump warning
Britain's Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Tru...
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
Trump names replacement for fired labor statistics chief
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 Congo
Deadly landslide strikes militia-held mining site in DR Cong...
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-backed party claims to have w...
ASEAN does not recognize Myanmar's elections, which military...
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.
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