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North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by leader Kim Jong Un to honor the war dead. State media photos showed Kim Jong Un walking through the new street — called Saeppyol Street — and visiting the homes of some of the families with his increasingly prominent daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, as he pledged to repay the “young martyrs” who “sacrificed all to their motherland.” In recent months, North

North Korea opens new housing district for families of Ukraine war dead

Teen daughter of a Chicago man detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer

Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan more than 150 years ago

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Israeli move to designate large parts of West Bank as state land condemned as ‘de facto annexation’

The Israeli government has advanced the registration of territory in the occupied West Bank as state land in a move that Palestinians have decried as “de facto annexation.”For the first time since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, the government will create a mechanism to officially register large swaths of land under the state.Israel’s Foreign Ministry defended the move as an “administrative measure” which would “bring order” to land registration. But government ministers made clear the intent was to increase settlement and entrench Israel’s grip on the land.Far-right Fin

No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

Hungarian opposition leader Magyar vows to pull Hungary back toward the West in campaign launch

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Iran’s top diplomat to attend 'indirect' talks with US in Geneva, state-run IRNA news agency says

Iran’s top diplomat was traveling Sunday from Tehran to Geneva, where the second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. will take place, Iranian state media reported. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his delegation left for the Swiss city after the first round of indirect talks took place in Oman last week. Oman will mediate the talks in Geneva, the IRNA state-run news agency reported on its Telegram channel. Similar talks last year broke down after Israel launched what became a 12-day war on Iran, that included the U.S. bombing Iranian nuclear sites.

Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

Israel will begin contentious West Bank land registration in new step to deepen control

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Seahawks expected to hire 49ers tight end coach Fleury as offensive coordinator, AP source says

The Seattle Seahawks are expected to hire San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach and run game coordinator Brian Fleury as their new offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the hiring process said Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity regarding Fleury because a deal is still being worked on. Fleury has been a member of San Francisco’s coaching staff since 2019. He began his career as a defensive quality control coach and spent the last four seasons as the 49ers’ tight ends coach. Fleury added the title of run game co

Fight breaks out between No. 17 St. John's and Providence and seven players are ejected

Seven players were ejected from Saturday’s game between No. 17 St. John’s and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground. St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, who led Providence to the 1987 Final Four, was in the middle of it, trying to hold back his players. But several of them entered the fray as it drifted toward the Red Storm bench. “You’re not supposed to come off the bench, but you can’t let your players get beat up,” Pitino said after the 79-69 vi

FBI: DNA recovered from glove found near Guthrie home that appears to match glove worn by suspect

States ready to seize Supreme Court redistricting decision amid countdown to midterm elections

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Trump has chipped away at the long-standing wall between church and state. It’s just the beginning

At first glance, the December meeting of a little-known government panel looked like ordinary bureaucratic business.But then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s advisory board opened its proceedings in an unusual way: with a Christian prayer.The benediction was delivered by a White House official. “Thank you for your son, Jesus, who died for our sins,” the official said at one point, according to two sources who attended the meeting.Under President Donald Trump, moments like this, rare in recent administrations, are becoming commonplace. A series of faith initiatives championed b

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Crown prince urges the world to stand with the people of Iran as 250,000 rally in Munich

About 250,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran's government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran. Banging drums and chanting for regime change, the giant and boisterous rally in Munich was part of what Pahlavi described as a “global day of action" to support Iranians in the wake of deadly nationwide protests. He also called for demonstrations in Los Angeles and Toronto. Police said in a post on X that the number of p

Architect submits most-detailed renderings so far for White House ballroom

New Jersey man found guilty of killing brother and his family, then lighting fires to cover it up

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US, Iran to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week, Swiss government says

Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of indirect talks on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days. After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his administration would be “very traumatic.” Similar talks last year broke down in June as Israel launched what became a 12-day war on Iran

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Tom Wilson fights in Canada's game vs. France at the Olympics

Who says there’s no fighting in hockey at the Olympics? Tom Wilson clearly does not care that it's shunned in international play. Wilson dropped the gloves late in Canada’s 10-2 rout of France on Sunday, going after the player who delivered a forearm to the head of teammate Nathan MacKinnon minutes earlier. “Obviously fighting isn’t a big thing in this tournament, but when a guy takes a run at one of our big guys, that’s what Willy does," three-time Olympian Drew Doughty said. "I mean, he does a lot more than that, but it was great to see him step up.”

Anthony Kim wins LIV Golf Adelaide in a remarkable career comeback

Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course

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Mikaela Shiffrin's giant slalom at Milan Cortina ended without a medal but plenty of optimism

Mikaela Shiffrin stood at the start gate atop the giant slalom course at sun-splashed Tofane and made a promise to herself. “I’m going to do this whole thing here,” she said. Considering the path the American star has taken to reach the Milan Cortina Olympics, and to this event in particular, that was enough. So while the leaderboard near the finish line during Sunday's GS needed to flip to the second page before Shiffrin's name appeared in 11th, the most decorated skier in the history of the sport didn't view her finish as a disappointment.

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Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle

In the weeks following the US military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the world’s attention turned to who was best placed to run a country that had spent 13 years under his authoritarian regime.Since Maduro’s unceremonious ouster at the hands of US special forces on January 3, the right to succeed him has been claimed by: Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s former deputy, currently sworn in as acting president with the apparent support of US President Donald Trump; Trump himself, who has previously claimed to be “in charge” of Venezuela; and the Venezuelan opposition, with l