International
Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died
The influential Japanese composer died March 28 from cancer. A wide-ranging musician, the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder was a synth-pop idol.
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Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans
Blinken urged his Russian counterpart to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan.
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Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge
The Federal Security Service said that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.
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Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says Francis, 86, does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.
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Senate votes to repeal Iraq War authorization
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate voted 66-30 on legislation to formally repeal the war authorizations that justified the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War.
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Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth.
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40 dead in fire at Mexico migrant center near U.S. border
Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, according to the Mexican president.
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Randall Robinson, human rights activist and lawyer, has died at 81
He died in St. Kitts of aspiration pneumonia. He was known for his advocacy against South African apartheid and for Haitian democracy.
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U.S. launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills U.S. worker
The attack and the U.S. response threaten to upend recent efforts to deescalate tensions across the wider Middle East.
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TikTok CEO faces off with Congress over security fears
TikTok has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials concerned about data security and user safety.
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3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq
Two decades ago, then-President George W. Bush announced the start of combat operations in Iraq.
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Russia agrees to extend the Ukraine grain deal again
Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allows Ukraine to ship food and fertilizer through a humanitarian corridor from Black Sea ports.
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Panic is growing over passport delays. What you should know before traveling
Looking for a passport? The Department of State's website says processing time is eight to eleven weeks with routine service and five to seven weeks for expedited.
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes
The court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.
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The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban
It is the first time the Biden administration has explicitly threatened to ban TikTok.
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