After dying alone, hundreds of mourners attend funeral of one of the last RAF 'Pilots of the Caribbean'
Hundreds of people gathered at a London church on Thursday for the funeral of one of the last Black Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots to have fought in World War II.
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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use
U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid
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U.S. judge sentences Oath Keepers founder to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON A federal judge sentenced the founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart
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Russia's mercenaries send back bodies of U.S. and Turkish citizens from Ukraine
MOSCOW Russia's most powerful mercenary on Thursday said he was sending back the bodies of a U.S. citizen
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White House lays out first-ever national strategy to combat antisemitism
President Joe Biden unveiled his administration's new "whole of society" plan to combat antisemitism Thursday, which he called the "most ambitious and comprehensive US government-led effort to fight antisemitism in American history."
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Tina Turner created a career on her terms, not defined by her trauma
Tina Turner escaped a violent marriage to a controlling musical partner and empowered herself to emerge through a musical renaissance
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Man arrested after car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives
Police say a car has collided with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices are located
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Threat of US credit downgrade looms over debt ceiling talks
With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA credit is at risk, the stakes are growing in the standoff in Washington over raising the nation’s debt limit
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Former Mozambique finance minister loses last appeal, set for extradition to US over $2B scandal
Mozambique's former finance minister has lost a last-ditch legal appeal in South Africa and faces extradition to the United States over a $2 billion corruption scandal related to loans to Mozambican state-owned companies
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Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes' actions after 2020 election amounted to domestic terrorism, judge finds
The federal judge presiding over sentencing for Oath Keepers members convicted of seditious conspiracy has ruled that militia leader Stewart Rhodes' actions amounted to domestic terrorism.
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US Supreme Court curbs states' property tax 'windfall'
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curbed state and local governments from seizing and selling the
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Sweden considers letting Ukrainian pilots try out Gripen fighter jets
Sweden’s defense minister says the Nordic country is considering whether to let Ukrainian pilots test its JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets
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