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Fact Check-Video of Biden's Ukraine speech was digitally altered

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An edited video of U.S. President Joe Biden making a speech alongside Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy is being shared online. Moments where Biden stuttered during the speech were edited togeth…

Watch live: President Biden will publicly address aerial object

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s President Biden walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House on Thursday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Biden is set to give a speech on Thursday afternoon to publicly ad…

Republicans call on Biden to increase military support for Ukraine

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Two leading House Republicans have called on President Joe Biden to increase military support to Ukraine in its defense against Russias invasion and reiterated support on both sides of the aisle for …

National Archives asks former U.S

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presidents, VPs to check for ... WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The National Archives asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents on Thursday to re-check their personal records for any classified documents or other presidential…

Analysis: How an old debate previews Biden's new strategy for winning senior voter

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s In pressing Republicans on Social Security and Medicare, President Joe Biden is reprising one of the most dramatic moments of his long career. During the 2012 vice-presidential debate, Biden engage…

President Carter is on hospice care, but what is it? Our medical analyst explain

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s On Saturday, the Carter Center announced that former US President Jimmy Carter will be receiving hospice care at his home in Georgia. After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimm…

Analysis: Faint cracks emerge in the facade of Putin's rule, one year after Ukraine invasion

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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is fond of a phrase, the wonderful Russia of the future, his shorthand for a country without President Vladimir Putin. But in the year that has passed since…

Ukraine war: Russia must be defeated but not 'crushed', Macron say

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s French President Emmanuel Macron has said he does not want to see Russia crushed by a defeat in Ukraine. Speaking to French media, Mr Macron urged Western nations to increase military support for K…

Members of far-right group jailed over Macron attack plot

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Three members of a far-right group have been found guilty of plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron. The so-called "Barjols" had chosen a World War One commemoration ceremony which the…

Third Trump attorney appears before federal grand jury investigating Mar-a-Lago document

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s Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, appeared last month before a federal grand jury investigating the mishandling of classified documents from his time in the White House, two…

First on CNN: FBI searched University of Delaware for Biden documents, source say

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s The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into President Joe Bidens handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the investigat…

Pence to fight subpoena on separation of powers grounds because he was president of Senate

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to fight a recent subpoena from the special counsel based on the grounds that he was president of the Senate at the time and therefore shielded from the o…

President Zelenskyy shakes up Ukraine's cabinet amid corruption allegation

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s Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays his respects to victims of a deadly helicopter crash during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukrai…

Brazilian senator says Bolsonaro participated in a meeting to overturn election

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A Brazilian senator says former President Jair Bolsonaro attended a meeting in December to overturn Brazils 2022 presidential election results, which granted current leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva …

French Football Federation president quits after backlash to Zidane remark

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s Noël Le Graët has stepped aside as president of the French Football Federation, just days after making dismissive comments about Zinedine Zidane. Le Graët, 81, apologised to former national captain Z…

President Biden says balloon was not a major security breach

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US President Joe Biden has said he does not believe the suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over US airspace was a major security breach. Mr Biden told news programme Noticias Telemundo on Thur…

Premier League is 'financially doped', says LaLiga president

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Feb 1 (Reuters) - Spain's LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said teams in the Premier League are "financially doped" after they spent a record $1 billion in the January transfer window and outspent t…

The clues in the State of the Union that suggest Joe Biden will run for president in 2024

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President Joe Biden will probably announce in the next couple of months that he will run for a second presidential term in 2024. Were there clues in his State of the Union speech about his re-electio…

Opinion: GOPer calls Biden's polls 'a bucket of bleh'

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A call to action we will rightfully hear several times tonight and into 2024:finish the job as in keep lowering health care costs, lifting kids out of poverty, protect democracy, repro freedom, votin…

Turkey elections: Biggest test for Erdogan amid cost of living crisi

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s "I was paying 4,500 liras ($240; £195) for rent last year, but my landlord said he needed to raise the price," said Seda. "We doubled the amount we pay, but he still asked us to leave the flat." She…

China balloon: US going to take care of it, says Joe Biden

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Media caption, Watch: BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera explains the US/China row President Joe Biden says the US is "going to take care of" a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flyi…

How the US Could Ban TikTok in 7 Not-So-Easy Step

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s Individual users would not have faced penalties for staying on TikTok, and internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon would not have been covered under the order unless they had any kind of …

Why lifting Tanzania's opposition ban suits President Samia

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In our series of letters from African journalists, Sammy Awami considers how democracy is faring in Tanzania as the East African nation nears the second anniversary of the death of President John Mag…

Trump repeatedly refuses to answer in four-hour interview

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In August, Donald Trump was deposed for a lawsuit where he's accused of inflating property values. In a video released by the New York Attorney General's Office on Tuesday, the former president inv…

Czech president-elect to speak to Taiwan president in diplomatic ...

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PRAGUE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Czech President-elect Petr Pavel is due to speak with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, Pavel's spokeswoman said, a highly unusual move given the lack of formal ti…