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Millions vote in India’s grueling election with Prime Minister Modi’s party likely to win third term

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) โ€” Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people lined polling stations before the start of

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Car bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border targets two vehicles

BEIRUT (AP) โ€” A bomb attached to a car exploded early Saturday in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage, state media reported. Damascusโ€™ Mazze neighborhood houses the Iranian consulate, destroyed last month in a strike blamed on Israel. The attack

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of the embattled Kharkiv region

By SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) โ€” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces have secured โ€œcombat controlโ€ of areas where Russian troops entered Ukraineโ€™s northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month. Zelenskyyโ€™s comments on Friday evening appeared to be at odds with those made by Russian officials. Viktor Vodolatskiy, a

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George Floydโ€™s family calls on Congress to pass police reform, 4 years after his murder

By Ashley Van Sant, CNN (CNN) — The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honor. โ€œChange is needed,โ€ Philonise Floyd,ย ย George Floydโ€™s brother, said at a news conference Thursday where democratic lawmakers

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At least 12 children injured after strong wind in Russiaโ€™s Krasnodar blew off a school’s roof

MOSCOW (AP) โ€” Local officials say strong wind has blown off the roof of a school in Russiaโ€™s southern Krasnodar region, injuring at least 12 children. A warning was issued across the region on Friday for hurricane-force winds, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti said. The regional prosecutorโ€™s office in Krasnodar said in a statement

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The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies, after regional talks

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) โ€” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of Chinaโ€™s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore. The U.S. Defense Department said Austin would travel next

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4 hurt, 1 arrested after clashes between Iranian government supporters and opponents in London

LONDON (AP) โ€” Four people were hurt and one was arrested when supporters of Iranโ€™s authorities clashed with anti-government protesters at a London event marking the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Friday evening to โ€œreports of disorderโ€ at a venue in the west London area of Wembley.

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