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May 18, 2024
ISLAMABAD — Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports.
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May 18, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition was stable but serious Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance.
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May 18, 2024
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday as the nation's leader was in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshot wounds, officials said.
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May 18, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition was stable but serious Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance.
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May 18, 2024
President Volodymr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia's new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region could be just the first wave while U.S. aid delays hurt Kyiv.
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May 18, 2024
Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
Taquería El Califa de León is a taco stand in Mexico City, Mexico, that earned its first Michelin star. The star was the first for the taco stand and the first Michelin guide for Mexico. Now, customers are waiting at least two hours to get their hands on the award-winning tacos.
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May 17, 2024
Seventeen of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza have departed, with the physician known for saving Sen.
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May 17, 2024
Seventeen of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza have departed, with the physician known for saving Sen.
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May 17, 2024
NBC News filmed a line of trucks carrying aid brought by ships which are using the new U.S.-built pier to unload supplies into the besieged enclave. A crowd of people can be seen chasing after the convoy.
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May 17, 2024
An investigation is ongoing into a suspected arson attack at a Buenos Aires hotel that left three lesbian women dead and another injured last week.
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May 17, 2024
The Israel Defense Force says the bodies of three festivalgoers killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack have been recovered from southern Gaza.
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May 17, 2024
"Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Itzik Gelenter were murdered by Hamas while escaping the Nova Music festival on October 7th and their bodies were taken into Gaza," said IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari.
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May 17, 2024
Israeli officials on Friday announced their forces in Gaza had recovered the bodies of three revelers killed by Hamas attackers near the Supernova, or Nova, music festival on Oct. 7.
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May 17, 2024
Israeli officials on Friday announced their forces in Gaza had recovered the bodies of three revelers killed by Hamas attackers near the Supernova, or Nova, music festival on Oct. 7.
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May 17, 2024
The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for 762,400 pounds ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said.
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May 17, 2024
Lawmakers in Taiwan shoved, tackled and hit each other in a bitter dispute about parliamentary reforms, days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office/
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May 17, 2024
The Vatican has issued new rules radically reforming its process for evaluating faith-based supernatural phenomena like visions of the Virgin Mary or stigmata.
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May 17, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a visit to China, emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his relationship with Xi Jinping.
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May 17, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said its forces had slowed the Russian advance in the war's new hotspot as Moscow said Friday a massive wave of drones attacked several regions including occupied Crimea.
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May 17, 2024
Chinese authorities pledged new support for state-owned enterprises to enable them to buy unsold apartments, in an effort that could help developers get more funding to finish construction on pre-sold properties.
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May 17, 2024
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, the latest apparent act in a storm of antisemitism roiling France amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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May 17, 2024
Heavy fighting was reported to be taking place around the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. The town was under constant barrage from Russian forces, Ukrainian officials said.
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May 17, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said its forces had slowed the Russian advance in the war's new hotspot as Moscow said Friday a massive wave of drones attacked several regions of the country, including occupied Crimea.
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May 17, 2024
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital, an official said.
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May 17, 2024
French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital, an official said.
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May 17, 2024
North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said.
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May 17, 2024
North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said.
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May 17, 2024
Trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore into Gaza using a temporary pier built by the United States, the U.S. military said Friday, as Israeli forces pressed on with sweeping operations in the north and south of the enclave.
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May 17, 2024
Rare footage of a deep-sea hooked squid in its natural habitat was captured earlier this month by a team of scientists in the South Pacific. Bright bioluminescent lights, which are used to startle its prey, could be seen at the end of two of the squid's arms.
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May 17, 2024
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.
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May 17, 2024
Trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore into Gaza using a temporary pier delivered by the United States, the U.S. military said Friday.
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May 16, 2024
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.
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May 16, 2024
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.
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May 16, 2024
The U.S. completed the installation of a mobile pier in Gaza, a new means of getting desperately needed aid into the territory in the coming days. The Pentagon has said the effort could put U.S. forces in harm's way. NBC News' Richard Engel reports.
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May 16, 2024
The Republican-led House passed a bill that would put restrictions on the president's ability to withhold weapons transfers to Israel in a vote that drew attention to a divided Democratic caucus on the war in Gaza.
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May 16, 2024
NBC News International Correspondent Raf Sanchez reports from Tel Aviv on the growing rift inside Israel's war cabinet about what the government in Gaza will look like after the war.
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May 16, 2024
18 Mexican restaurants were honored with Michelin stars this year, including the Tacos El Califa de León taco stand in Mexico City.
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May 16, 2024
NBC News spoke to survivors and filmed the destruction at the Al-Sabra clinic in Gaza's Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, where displaced families were sheltering when an Israeli airstrike killed at least 14 people during dawn prayers on May 15.
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May 16, 2024
After a dramatic new portrait of King Charles III caused a stir around the world earlier this week, many art experts are weighing in with their opinions about the painting.
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May 16, 2024
A visual art installation called "The Portal" is linking New York and Dublin. Some played games and waved to friends. Others have used it to flash and moon.
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May 16, 2024
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay.
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May 16, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Kharkiv to honor soldiers wounded in the defense of the city from Russian advances.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen their partnership Thursday as Moscow's military advances in Ukraine's Kharkiv.
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May 16, 2024
Tens of thousands of people turned out on Wednesday for Hong Kong's signature bun festival, including a bun-scrambling competition.
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May 16, 2024
The Israeli military said Thursday that five soldiers were killed and seven injured in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza, amid renewed battles in the area against regrouped Hamas militants.
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May 16, 2024
Slovakia's populist prime minister was in "very serious" condition, officials said Thursday, after being shot multiple times in an attempted assassination that sent shock waves across the small central European country and the broader continent.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen their partnership Thursday as Moscow's military advances in Ukraine's Kharkiv.
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May 16, 2024
An American soldier who was accused of stealing from his girlfriend during an unauthorized trip to Russia, has pleaded guilty to theft, Russian media reported.
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May 16, 2024
Slovakia's populist prime minister was in "very serious" condition, officials said Thursday, after being shot multiple times in an attempted assassination that sent shockwaves across the small central European country and the broader continent.
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May 16, 2024
A state of emergency was declared in the Pacific island of New Caledonia after deadly riots broke out over electoral reform.
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May 16, 2024
The Israeli military said Thursday that five soldiers were killed and seven injured in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza, amid renewed battles in the area against regrouped Hamas militants.
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May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing at the start of a two-day visit - Putin's first foreign trip since his re-election as president. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing for Early Today.
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May 16, 2024
The U.S. has begun towing a floating dock system for delivering humanitarian aid toward Gaza and expects the system to be installed in the next 24 hours.
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May 16, 2024
Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make "tomorrow better than today" as he took his oath of office Wednesday.
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May 16, 2024
Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make "tomorrow better than today" as he took his oath of office Wednesday.
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May 15, 2024
Two Brazilian athletes who were training to represent Brazil in rowing at the Olympics in Paris have given up their spots to help flood victims in their country. This comes as many homes were underwater in the worst flooding Brazil has seen in 80 years.
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May 15, 2024
‘We cannot leave' says doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth's life, now trapped in Gaza
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May 15, 2024
‘We cannot leave' says doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth's life, now trapped in Gaza
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May 15, 2024
France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform.
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May 15, 2024
A gunman shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia and officials said he was fighting for his life. The interior minister said Fico was shot five times and that a suspect was arrested after the shooting. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports.
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May 15, 2024
Student protesters at UC Berkeley, began dismantling their encampment after reaching an agreement with administrators.
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May 15, 2024
The Biden administration informally notified Congress on Tuesday that it is continuing to advance a potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel through the State Department review process, a U.S. official familiar with the process told NBC News.
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May 15, 2024
The U.S. removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, a State Department official said on Wednesday but it's still listed as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
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May 15, 2024
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel must not try to establish military or civilian rule in Gaza and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept that, "even with the possibility of personal or political costs."
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May 15, 2024
The U.S. on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for "repressive actions" and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country.
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May 15, 2024
The U.S. on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for "repressive actions" and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country.
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May 15, 2024
The U.S. has begun towing a floating dock system for delivering humanitarian aid toward Gaza and expects the system to be installed in the next 24 hours.
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May 15, 2024
During a surprise visit to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the stage alongside a local band and play Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World."
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May 15, 2024
The populist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was "fighting for his life" Wednesday after he was shot multiple times in an "attempted assassination," his party's officials said.
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May 15, 2024
Palestinians on Wednesday marked the anniversary of their expulsion from what is now Israel facing a new mass displacement, as thousands more fled Rafah in the face of a deepening Israeli military operation.
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May 15, 2024
While he's confident he can iron out mounting with the U.S. over Israel's military operations in Rafah, his country would press on in Gaza.
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May 15, 2024
While he's confident he can iron out mounting with the U.S. over Israel's military operations in Rafah, his country would press on in Gaza.
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May 15, 2024
The populist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was in life-threatening condition Wednesday after being shot in an "attempted assassination," his office said.
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May 15, 2024
For centuries, art historians have debated over the landscape in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." But the geologist and Italian Renaissance scholar, Ann Pizzorusso, says she knows the location that features in the world's most famous portrait.
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May 15, 2024
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, "So I raped you," has been detained in France after a three-year search.
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May 15, 2024
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, "So I raped you," has been detained in France after a three-year search.
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May 15, 2024
A massive manhunt is underway in France on or an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to spring an inmate.
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May 15, 2024
Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unraveled the mystery about the backdrop to the painting.
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May 15, 2024
Ukraine's army withdrew some forces from areas around the city of Kharkiv, while local officials said Russian troops had taken up positions inside the key frontline town of Vovchansk.
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May 15, 2024
Palestinians in Gaza marked the Nakba, or "catastrophe," commemorating the time hundreds of thousands fled or were driven out during the war sparked by Israel's declaration of independence in 1948.
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May 15, 2024
Ukraine's army withdrew some forces from areas around the city of Kharkiv, while local officials said Russian troops had taken up positions inside the key frontline town of Vovchansk.
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May 15, 2024
Three people have been killed in unrest in New Caledonia, as rioting continued after France's National Assembly approved changes to voting rules.
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May 15, 2024
Russia carried out a series of airstrikes on residential areas of Kharkiv, injuring at least 20 people. One of the sites hit was a 20-story building in the city center, emergency services said. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, has long been targeted by Russian attacks, but the strikes have become more intense in recent months.
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May 15, 2024
Ukraine's army withdrew some forces from areas around the city of Kharkiv, while local officials said Russian troops had taken up positions inside the key frontline town of Vovchansk.
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May 15, 2024
Google's YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security clampdown.
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May 15, 2024
Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month's win on RuPaul's Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan's presidential office on Wednesday in front of President Tsai Ing-wen.
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May 14, 2024
A manhunt is underway in France after an armed gunman broke a notorious "drug kingpin" out of police custody. Surveillance video shows a black SUV crashing into a police van that was conducting the prisoner transport.
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May 14, 2024
Adam Hamawy, from Princeton, N.J., is among a team of doctors from the Palestinian American Medical Association that was blocked from leaving Gaza on Monday.
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May 14, 2024
The Beverly Hills-based charity founded by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, was considered "in good standing" in California on Tuesday.
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May 14, 2024
River levels in Brazil are going up after intense flooding in the southern part of the country. Around 150 people have been killed and half a million have been forced to leave their homes, shining a devastating spotlight on the rise of climate migration around the world.
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May 14, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine as Russia carries out a strong new offensive. Blinken said new American military aid is on the way, but Ukraine's president said his country still needs Patriot missile batteries to defend itself against the Russian barrage. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports.
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May 14, 2024
President Biden announced higher tariffs on $18 billion worth of products from China. Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles will be raised from 25 percent to 100 percent, and tariffs will be raised on Chinese steel and aluminum, lithium-ion batteries and other products. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports.
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May 14, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined the group 19.99 on stage at Kyiv's Barman Dictat nightclub to play guitar and sing Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World," originally released in 1989 just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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May 14, 2024
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend. NBC News International Correspondent Raf Sanchez reports on what to expect.
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May 14, 2024
Protests commemorating the upcoming 76th anniversary of the Nakba and calling for a cease-fire in Gaza were seen around the world this weekend.
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May 14, 2024
Lawmakers exchanged blows during a heated parliamentary session and police clashed with protesters outside the building as Georgia adopted a controversial new law, denounced by some as "the Russian law" for its resemblance to legislation used by Putin to limit opposition.
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May 14, 2024
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
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