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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi national security adviser Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, second right, attend their meeting at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

U.S. and Russia discuss ending Ukraine war, without Kyiv

The talks build on last week's phone call between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin during which the two leaders agreed to work together toward a negotiated end to the war.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, at left, has signaled she may use her authority to force New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a fellow Democrat, from office.  Hochul said she plans to meet with "key leaders" on Tuesday before reaching a decision about what she described as "troubling" conduct.

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  • News

NYC mayor could be removed from office. And, concerns over peace talks for Ukraine

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled she may use her authority to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office. And, high-stakes negotiations to end the war in Ukraine begin today.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
An archaeologist is seen on a screenshot from a video of an excavation in the basement of a building on Gracechurch Street in London's financial district.

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  • World

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a building in the heart of London.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
In this photo illustration, the YouTube website is displayed on October 10, 2006, following Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of the platform.

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  • Technology

YouTube turns 20 years old today

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed soon after.

February 17, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is received by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs Abdulmajeed al-Smari upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Monday.

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  • World

Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and Ukraine war

After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to push President Trump's plan for Gaza and to meet with Russian counterparts on steps to ending the war in Ukraine.

February 17, 2025
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Leaders from Italy, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, France, Germany and the EU pose for a group photo during a meeting on European defense and Ukraine, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Feb. 12.

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  • Politics

European leaders scramble ahead of Trump's Ukraine summit with Putin

European leaders were hopeful they could work with the Trump administration on the Ukraine war and other issues. But comments last week by several U.S. officials have poured cold water on such hopes.

February 17, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Pope Francis arrives for the Holy Mass in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City on Feb. 9.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis' hospital stay is extended due to 'polymicrobial infection'

The 88-year-old pontiff was initially admitted to the hospital on Friday for bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said test results show Francis has "a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract."

February 17, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
President Donald Trump signs an executive order withholding federal funding from schools and universities that impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the Oval Office on Feb. 14, 2025. Many of Trump's executive actions are facing legal challenges in the courts.

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  • News

A look at Trump's first month in office. And, how to beat parental burnout

Trump was sworn into his second term four weeks ago. Here's a look at what he's done since then. And, Marco Rubio takes his first trip to the Middle East as secretary of state.

February 17, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Race winner Jacob Kiplimo breaks the world record at the eDreams Mitja Marato de Barcelona, on Sunday in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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  • Sports

Jacob Kiplimo sets new half marathon record, finishes in under 57 minutes

Kiplimo ran with a vengeance in Barcelona on Sunday — beating the previous fastest half marathon time by a whole 48 seconds.

February 16, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.

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  • World

Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the center of east Congo's second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning in an unprecedented expansion of their reach in their yearslong fighting.

February 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Passengers jostle with each other to board a train at the New Delhi Railway station, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb.15, 2025.

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  • Asia

At least 18 people are dead after a stampede at New Delhi railway station in India

Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were traveling to the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. Thousands of people were gathered at the New Delhi railway station waiting to board a train.

February 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, pictured on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, criticized the comments of U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

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  • World

German chancellor slams Vance's call for Europe to be inclusive of far-right parties

Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance for suggesting that far-right parties should not be shut out of government. Germany's other political parties have refused to work with the far-right AfD.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Rob Schmitz
A marble statue of late Pope John Paul II is backdropped on Saturday by the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where Pope Francis was hospitalized after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.

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  • Religion

Doctors order 'absolute rest' for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection

Doctors prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis, the Vatican said Saturday, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted to a hospital following a weeklong bout of bronchitis.

February 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Kamilla Souza getting ready to study the brain of this beached whale.

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  • Science

'Give me the head!' Neuroscientist inspires whale and dolphin research in Brazil

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose in the heat.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Hamas militants escort Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 15, 2025, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange.

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  • Middle East

Hamas releases three Israeli hostages, the 6th group freed under a ceasefire deal

In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships.

February 15, 2025
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Daniel Estrin
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