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South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president
South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife
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Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed at the start of a holiday-shortened week
Asian markets are mixed after stocks on Wall Street shook off a choppy start to finish higher on Monday, as it kicked off a holiday-shortened week
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Middle East latest: Israeli's defense minister acknowledges it killed Hamas leader
Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen
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Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus
A powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel
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Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children
President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children
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Man faces murder charges in the death of a woman who was lit on fire in New York City subway
A man is facing murder charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames
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Inside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug use
The House Ethics Committee’s long-awaited report into Rep. Matt Gaetz documents a trove of salacious allegations of misconduct, including sex with an underage girl, that tanked the Florida Republican’s nomination to lead the Justice Department
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UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities `very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes
The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus — and it is preparing to deploy
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO's death
The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has pleaded not guilty to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution
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Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutations
Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences
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