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Poland halted asylum claims at the Belarus border and now wants Europe to follow its example
When Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, authorities presented it as a temporary emergency measure to counter what they saw as a push by Russia and its ally Belarus to destabilize the country by directing tens of thous...
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Exclusive: Board of Peace quietly met with UNRWA, ex-agency chief says
As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza , it has said there’s no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced Palestinians. But the agency’s last chief says that behind the scenes, board members and others have been...
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A reprieve from rising oil prices helps US stocks finish the week higher
A cooldown in oil prices on Friday helped release some of the pressure that’s built up on Wall Street, and U.S. stocks closed out their first winning week in the last three. The S&P 500 added 0.5% to break a three-day losing streak marked by big swings due to rising yields in the...
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Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, a nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself. Leo rais...
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Xi says he'll see Trump again soon as he wraps up US visit with a look at the Constitution
Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his state visit to Washington on Friday by announcing that he will meet President Donald Trump two more times before the end of the year, doubling the number of face-to-face discussions between the leaders of the world’s two largest economi...
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Bijan Robinson runs roughshod over the Packers as the Falcons breeze to a 35-14 victory
Once the Atlanta Falcons finally reached the red zone, they kept coming back again and again. Bijan Robinson rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns as the Falcons capitalized on the return of quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and trounced the punchless Green Bay Packers 35-14 on Thu...
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A month after Nepal-China floods, Ukrainian families still desperate for answers
Olena Kalynychenko was looking forward to sharing the chrysanthemum tea she had bought in China with her partner. “She said, ‘When I come back home, we will drink the tea made from Chinese flowers,’” said Oles Visich, Kalynychenko’s partner. He has now been waiting for news about...
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Nepal's leader, at UN, says recent floods serve as a 'warning to the world' about climate change
Nepal's prime minister scolded fellow world leaders Thursday, saying the nation's recent deadly flood reminds a warming world that climate change keeps hurting people who didn't cause the crisis but now need help. The August disaster “was not just a local tragedy. It was a warnin...
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Gonzalo No Longer A Tropical Cyclone
Location 180 miles N of Sal Cabo Verde Wind 40 mph Heading NNW at 7 mph Pressure 29.68 Coordinates 23.3W, 19.3N Discussion At 800 PM CVT (2100 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Gonzalo was located near latitude 19.3 North, longitude 23.3 West. The post-tropical cyclone is...
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Protesters of Xi's policies push for change in earshot of White House visit with Trump
President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping with a personal airport greeting, a tour of his new helipad and a candlelit dinner. But outside the White House, protests against Xi continued almost nonstop Thursday during his state visit. The demonstrators repres...
business
US weighs new limits on Cuban travel at the UN as Havana decries Trump's economic squeeze
The Trump administration was considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials who travel to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana as its top diplomat accused the United States on Thursday of unleashing collective punishment on Cuba’s people ...
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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
It’s already been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean — and there’s still quite a ways to go. Tropical storms have spawned in what seems like assembly-line fashion in recent weeks, as El Nino conditions that emerged in June have caused waters to grow warmer than norm...
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Scheffler and Burns finally win together and stake Americans to 3-2 lead in Presidents Cup
Best of friends in golf, winless as partners in team play, Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns looked like that dubious drought might continue Thursday in the Presidents Cup. Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im had the advantage on four straight holes along the back nine and finally converted...
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Hyundai Hope On Wheels provides $500,000 to UTSA pediatric cancer research group
A San Antonio research institute dedicated to fighting childhood cancer received a $500,000 grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels. The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, part of the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, received the grant during a ceremony that...
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San Antonio cold case: Two women were murdered in 1994. Family is still waiting for answers.
Last week would have been Christi Kaufman’s 48th birthday. Instead, her brother Patrick is still doing what he’s been doing for more than three decades — pushing for answers in a case that has never been solved. Kaufman was 15 years old when she was shot and killed inside a home ...
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63-year-old man dies after suffering medical emergency in Comal River, city says
A man died after suffering a medical emergency in the Comal River, according to the City of New Braunfels. Officials responded Sept. 18 to the 100 block of East Lincoln Street near the last public exit of the Comal River. The 63-year-old man from Hallettsville was pulled from the...
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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-ye...