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  • WorldReuters

    Russia says after Raisi crash that U.S. undermined aviation safety with sanctions

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions had worsened aviation safety. Iranian media reported that images from the site showed the U.S.-made Bell 212 helicopter on which Raisi was travelling slammed into a mountain peak, although there was no official word on the cause of the crash. Iran was a major buyer of Bell helicopters under the Shah before the 1979 Islamic revolution, thoug

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    Bad news for democracy! Mexican presidential front-runner might back Venezuela, Cuba | Opinion

    Claudia Sheinbaum, the front-runner in Mexico’s June 2 elections, has little foreign policy experience. Here’s what she says she would do. | Opinion

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  • WorldCNN

    Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population

    None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month

    Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 7:49 a.m., according to Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp. “He is in good health and happy to have achieved this record,” said Mingma Sherpa of the expedition Seven Summits Treks, which organized the expedition.

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  • BusinessMarketWatch

    ‘Is he trying to bamboozle me?’ My husband wants a divorce after 20 years. He offered his $275,000 401(k) in exchange for our $250,000 house.

    “I used my 401(k) for life expenses because doctors found a parasite behind my husband’s eye.”

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    A woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she would have to spend $8,000 on flights to claim the prize

    An Australian woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she will have to pay thousands on flights after her first voyage was canceled.

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  • WorldReuters

    Russia sentences another hypersonics expert to 14 years for treason

    LONDON (Reuters) -Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov was convicted of treason and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony on Tuesday in the latest of several cases against experts working on the science underpinning Russia's development of hypersonic missiles. White-haired Maslov, 77, stood in a glass box in the St Petersburg courtroom and listened attentively without showing emotion, as the judge read the verdict after a trial that was closed to the press. Maslov is one of three scientists from

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