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Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them

Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its nearly 3-year-old war in Ukraine as Pr
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Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case , but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat o
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Venezuela latest: Nicolás Maduro inaugurated for a third term, defying evidence of fraud

Venezuela latest: Nicolás Maduro inaugurated for a third term, defying evidence of fraud

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate , as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down
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Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case

Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.
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Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

MIAMI (AP) — More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Homeland Security Department said Friday in one of the Biden administration's final acts on immigration pol
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Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds fueling devastating blazes in Los Angeles area

Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds fueling devastating blazes in Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds fueling massive blazes in the Los Angeles area that have killed 10 people, obliterated whole neighborhoods and set the nation's second-largest city on edge.
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Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea

Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday.
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Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months

MIAMI (AP) — More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Homeland Security Department said Friday in one of the Biden administration's final acts on immigration pol
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Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell

Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell

OTTAWA — Canada's labour market capped the year on an upbeat note, adding 91,000 jobs in December, shattering economist expectations. Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage points to 6.
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LETTER Childbirth is an 'extenuating circumstance'

LETTER Childbirth is an 'extenuating circumstance'

As I walked through what my birthing experience might look like, imagining myself being internally examined while in the throes of labour laying on a stretcher alone in a curtained room without my partner’s hand, comforting words or touch … this just didn’t feel right
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