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Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000, local health officials say as more bodies are exchanged

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza health officials said Saturday that over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, as Israel and Hamas completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of the tenuous ceasefire agr

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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have rece

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Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, repeating allegations about treatment of white farmers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers.

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Orbán says Trump will not punish Hungary for buying Russian energy, reducing impact of sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country has received an exemption from U.S.

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Israel says another set of remains of a hostage has been turned over in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Red Cross transferred the remains of a hostage to Israeli troops in Gaza, the prime minister's office said Friday, hours after hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of a soldier whose body was turned over this week by Pales

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Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan are deadlocked despite mediation

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan were at a deadlock on Friday, a day after both sides accused each other of mounting border clashes that risked breaching a ceasefire brokered by Qatar.

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Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian high school and injure 54

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Friday they have identified a 17-year-old boy as the suspect in an attack that shook a mosque at a high school in the capital, Jakarta , injuring at least 54 people, mostly students.

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Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.

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European Union vessel reaches ship raided by pirates off Somalia; all 24 crew on board safe

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia , finding all its 24 mariners safe after an assault that raised renewed fears about piracy i

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China seeks to project power far beyond its coast with the new Fujian aircraft carrier

BANGKOK (AP) — China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state media reported Friday, adding a ship that experts say will help what is already the world’s largest navy expand its power farther beyond its own water

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