Pentagon spokesman Kirby named to White House post
US Pentagon press secretary John Kirby will join the National Security Council as coordinator for strategic communications, the Biden administration announced on Friday.
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Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last of its troops holed up in the city's Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms.
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Warriors comeback stuns Mavs to take 2-0 series lead
Stephen Curry scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors staged a stunning fightback to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday and seize control of their NBA Western Conference finals series.
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For desperate migrants, hope is in breach at US border wall
Gladys Martinez's voice is almost lost in the crackling midday heat of Arizona as she steps onto US soil.
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North Korean nuclear sabre rattling overshadows Biden's South Korea trip
President Joe Biden and South Korea's newly sworn-in President Yoon Suk-yeol meet Saturday in Seoul to discuss fears of a nuclear weapon test by North Korea, even as the secretive dictatorship battles a raging Covid outbreak.
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Former FARC hostage Betancourt ends Colombia presidential bid
Ingrid Betancourt, who was abducted 20 years ago while campaigning for Colombia's presidency and held captive by FARC rebels for more than six years, has withdrawn from the race for the May 29 presidential election and thrown her weight behind independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez.
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Cannes film-makers urge France to face up to colonial past
Film-makers are holding up a mirror to France over its colonial past at the Cannes festival, helped by star power and a growing French readiness to face up to injustices committed notably in Africa.
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Judge blocks Biden plan to lift border expulsion policy
A health rule imposed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic that has blocked most asylum seekers at the US border with Mexico must stay in place, a judge ruled Friday.
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Australia votes in close-fought election
Australia's election frontrunner Anthony Albanese asked voters flocking to the polls Saturday to give his centre-left party a "crack" at running the country after a decade of conservative rule.
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McIlroy credits late par saves with keeping him in PGA hunt
Rory McIlroy fell out of the lead at the PGA Championship on Friday but says three clutch closing par saves have kept him into the hunt for the Wanamaker Trophy.
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