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Red Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels in a truck in Goma, Monday as the U.N. health agency said 900 died in the fight.

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  • World

Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

February 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo illustration, a message appears on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website on Feb. 5. The Trump administration issued a directive late Tuesday night that all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally Friday at midnight.

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  • Politics

USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt 'unconstitutional and illegal' cuts

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions representing USAID workers sue the Trump administration over cuts to the agency.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jenna McLaughlin,
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Palmerston, the rescue cat of the U.K.'s Foreign Office, stalks past 10 Downing St. in front of the waiting media in central London on June 9, 2017.

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  • Strange News

U.K.'s foreign office cat Palmerston shows up for duty in Bermuda

The former rescue feline joined the British diplomatic service in 2016 and gained a large following online for fulfilling his duty with charisma. He retired in 2020 but is back in action now.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a campaign rally, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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  • Europe

Italian politicians allege Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting party killed a protected duck

Italian politicians want action against a hunting party that included the president's son, who they accuse of allegedly killing a ruddy shelduck. One Italian paper called it the "Donald Duck crisis."

February 06, 2025
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Pets At Home in Southend, U.K., is one retailer to be selling dog treats made from lab-grown meat.

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  • World

Bone appétit! Dog treats from lab-grown meat are hitting the U.K. market

Experts say a fifth of U.K. meat consumption is by pets, not people. If Fido eats lab-grown meat, they say, it could cut the country's carbon footprint.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A man walks past a house that remains partly standing, but with sheets serving as makeshift walls and solar panels partly working, in an area largely destroyed by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive in Gaza City on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel's defense minister tells the army to prepare to relocate Palestinians from Gaza

He says the military should prepare exit options by land, sea and air so that anyone who wishes to can leave for "any country willing to accept them."

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Jerome Socolovsky and
  • Ryland Barton
A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in Vilnius, Lithuania on Feb. 4, 2025.

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  • Europe

Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

The severing of electricity ties to Russia is rich in geopolitical significance. Work on it sped up after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

February 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday.

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  • World

Mexico deploys the first National Guard troops to U.S. border after tariff threat

Trump said he would delay imposing tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised to send the country's National Guard to reinforce the border.

February 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City on Wednesday.

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  • World

Guatemala gives U.S. another migrant deportation deal

The agreements potentially help the Trump administration address a key sticking point in immigration enforcement since not everyone in the U.S. illegally can be easily sent back home.

February 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump has ended the de minimis duty-free exception for China, as part of his imposition of tariffs. The app for Shein, the Chinese-founded discount online retailer, is seen here on a smartphone.

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  • Your Money

China no longer has a de minimis trade exemption. What is it?

The trade loophole is meant to ease small-scale sales — but critics say it's been abused and gives Chinese firms an unfair advantage.

February 05, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Displaced Palestinians make their way back on foot from the southern Gaza regions to their homes in the north via Al Rashid Road after the ceasefire agreement, Jan. 28.

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  • Analysis

A brief history of Gaza's tortured role in the Middle East conflict

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear of being uprooted again, and President Trump's remarks struck a raw nerve.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Myre
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • News

The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Trump says the U.S. will 'take over' Gaza and relocate its people. What does it mean?

It wasn't immediately clear what legal authority Trump would have to execute his proposals, and they would likely be met by fierce resistance from Palestinians and from regional Arab countries.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 4. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit Trump since he returned to the White House last month.

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  • News

Trump's proposal for the Gaza Strip. And, what corporations got wrong about DEI

President Trump announced that he wants the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip. And, some DEI experts say Trump's attacks on diversity-in-business programs may be the wakeup call big companies need.

February 05, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures as she attends a hearing at the House of Representative in Quezon City, Philippines, Nov. 25, 2024.

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  • World

Philippine vice president impeached by House, faces Senate trial

Sara Duterte, the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, has faced at least four impeachment complaints by several legislators and left-wing activist groups over a range of issues.

February 05, 2025
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