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• What does it cost to run the offices of Nevada’s House members?

  21-04-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS — Running the offices of Nevada’s four U.S. representatives cost taxpayers more than $6.5 million last year, according to a report of expenditures. The office with the lowest reported overhead — $1.35 million — was that of the ......
  
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• Voting ends in Albania's election after a campaign focused on uphill efforts to join the ...

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Voting ends in Albania's election after a campaign focused on uphill efforts to join the EU in 5 years. ......
  
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• US Secretary of State Rubio to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• US makes 'substantial progress' in China tariff talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Trump pushes Ukraine toward Russia talks without ceasefire

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump insisted that Ukraine meet with Russia to discuss ending their three-year war despite Russia’s reluctance to agree to a ceasefire that the U.S., Europe and Ukraine sought. ......
  
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• Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan, calls it against Sharia

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Poland blames Russian intelligence for arson attack on Warsaw shopping center last year

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Polish officials say a massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services. The fire broke out May 12, 2024, in a vast shopping complex in a ......
  
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• Met Office issues thunderstorm warning across UK - full list of regions affected

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for seven regions across the UK as forecasters predict the weather will bring havoc and disruption with it ......
  
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• Istanbul Talks: Zelenskyy agrees to meet Putin in Türkiye amid pressure from Trump

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Israeli peace activists urge Türkiye to advance 2-state solution to Mideast conflict

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Peace activists say Türkiye able to build bridges between Palestinians, Israelis...
  
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• Israel endorses Trump food plan for Gaza but details are scarce

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Israel embraced a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump for a phased resumption of food distribution to Gaza’s civilians that would prevent it being seized by Hamas. It was unclear, though, when the program would start, or who would fund ......
  
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• Hamas, US officials hold direct Gaza truce talks in Doha

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Hamas and U.S. officials have held direct talks in Doha in recent days, two senior members of the Palestinian group told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Sunday, with one citing “prog ......
  
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• Hamas to release American hostage Edan Alexander amid truce talks

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Hamas announced Sunday that Edan Alexander, the last American hostage remaining in Gaza, will be released as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire, reopen crossings into the Is ......
  
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• Hamas says it will release last living American hostage after discussions with US administration

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander as part of ceasefire efforts

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  TERRORIST group Hamas has announced it will release the last living American hostage in Gaza in a bid to establish a ceasefire. Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier who grew up in the US, was abducted from his base during the October 7 terror attack. ReutersEdan Alexander pleads to Trump to secure his release in a hamas propaganda video[/caption] AFPAn image grab from a video released by Hamas’s armed wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on April 12, 2025[/caption] EPAIsraeli soldiers p
  
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• Governor of Mexican state says the US withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  The governor of the Mexican border state of Baja California has said the United States withdrew tourist visas from her and her husband. Marina del Pilar Ávila, from the ruling Morena party, did not say why her visa was withdrawn. ......
  
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• First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer caught on cam at alleged cocaine party? Here's the truth

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer caught on cam at alleged cocaine party? Here's the truth ......
  
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• Chicagoans pack pews to celebrate South Side son Pope Leo IV: 'It's fantastic'

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  'No more war' says Pope Leo XIV in first Sunday message Pope Leo XIV addressed a packed St. Peter's Square, echoing an urgent plea for peace that was a recurring theme of his predecessor, Pope Francis. CHICAGO – Rome, the ancient city and historic home of the Catholic Church, felt close to the South Side on Sunday as Chicagoans were still grasping the reality that a son of the neighborhood had become pope, the first American ever. Pope Leo XIV, the successor to Pope Francis, was born about
  
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• All the useful Latin phrases you need to know – including final word to shut ...

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  HABEMUS papam, folks! Yes, in layman’s terms, we have a new pope. And with the pontification of Pope Leo XIV comes the reminder that Latin is a very useful language indeed. AlamyLatin lines in the Monty Python film Life of Brian[/caption] GettyHabemus papam, we have a new pope – Leo XIV[/caption] After all, not only did it herald big news in Vatican City that resounded around the world (resonare – to echo), it also plays a massive role in our daily conversation. Don’t bel
  
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• Algeria orders expulsion of French embassy staff over "protocol breaches"

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  ALGIERS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Algeria summoned the French charge d'affaires in Algiers on Sunday and demanded the immediate expulsion of several French embassy employees over "serious breaches" of diplomatic protocol, state news agency APS reported. The move follows what Algerian authorities called "serious and...
  
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• A jazz club in Johannesburg plays its last songs and laments downtown's decline

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  A popular jazz venue in downtown Johannesburg is closing down. The Marabi Club was founded less than a decade ago during a wave of investments that hoped to reshape parts of a decaying city center. Despite its popularity and guests ......
  
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• Zelenskyy hopes for ceasefire with Russia and challenges Putin to meet him in Turkey 'personally'

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
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• Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkey 'personally'

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he would be willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkey "personally", after Donald Trump said direct talks were needed to determine whether peace was possible. ......
  
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• U.S., China reach trade agreement; details coming Monday

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – Market implications are expected Monday morning worldwide following Sunday’s announcement of a trade agreement between the United States and China. ......
  
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• Two bodies pulled from rubble after ‘intense’ house fire in New Jersey suburb: ‘I was terrified’

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  The intense flames erupted around 2 a.m., terrifying neighbors...
  
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• Trump reportedly is set to accept a jet from Qatar's ruling family for possible use ...

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump reportedly is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week, and U.S. officials could convert the plane into a potential presidential aircraft. ABC News reported that Trump will use the plane as a new version of Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office in January 2029, when ownership will be transferred to the foundation overseeing his yet-to-be-
  
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• Trump pursues own Mideast agenda amid divisions with Israel: Report

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Growing tensions emerge between Trump, Netanyahu over Iran, Gaza...
  
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• Transgender issues are a strength for Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of U.S. adults approve of how President Donald Trump is handling transgender issues, according to a new poll — a relative high point for a president who has the approval overall of about 4 in 10 Americans. But support for his individual policies on transgender people is not uniformly strong, with a clearer consensus against policies that affect youth. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey conducted this month found there's mo
  
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• 'Substantial progress' made between US, China during Geneva trade talks: US Treasury secretary

  11-05-2025 23:20 via article.wn.com
  2-day talks began in...
  
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