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CBS News - World

Iranian protesters who escaped tell CBS News war has made things worse -- Two Iranian brothers who joined January's protests say the war has made things worse, and ending it shouldn't only be about uranium.

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Zelenskyy pushes U.S. for more Patriot missiles, warning of Russian attacks -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the U.S. to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems, warning that Russia is preparing a broader campaign of ballistic missile attacks. -- May 27

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"Donald Trump" the buffalo spared from sacrifice in Bangladesh -- An albino buffalo with a tuft of hair that got him nicknamed "Donald Trump" was granted a government reprieve from sacrifice in a Muslim religious festival.

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Legendary mafia leader's "vast fortune" seized by police -- Italy said it was seizing $232 million in assets belonging to the late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was captured after 30 years on the run.

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3M sued for $1.4 billion by Australia over "forever chemicals" at defense bases -- Australia is suing 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called "forever chemical" contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases, the government says.

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Iran fires missile at Kuwait after second round of U.S. strikes in days -- Iran says it targeted a U.S. base in retaliation for the second set of what the Pentagon calls "purely defensive" strikes carried out this week.

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Another alleged drug boat struck by U.S. military in eastern Pacific, killing 2 -- The U.S. military said it struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men, the day after it said a similar strike killed one man and left two survivors.

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Fire at girls' school in Kenya kills at least 16 students, injures scores more -- A fire at a school for girls in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths, according to police, who said search teams have been deployed.

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U.S. carries out new strikes against Iranian military site, official says -- The U.S. military carried out another round of strikes on Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, another challenge to a shaky ceasefire between the two countries.

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Uganda closes its border with Congo over Ebola outbreak -- Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging.

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Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed - but not the 14 injured in the Iran war -- More than a dozen soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury are still recovering at the military hospital.

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Official complains of persecution over CIA agents' deaths in Mexico -- Two CIA agents died in a car crash while accompanying soldiers and state prosecutors in a raid of a drug lab in Chihuahua.

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U.S. setting up Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya, officials say -- The U.S. is in the process of setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to Ebola​ or infected with the deadly illness.

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Is a shifting tide behind a Russian warning to foreigners in Ukraine? -- As Russia hammers Ukraine with bombs and warns foreigners to flee its capital, analysts think it may reflect a war "shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces." -- May 27

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China executes man for poisoning billionaire Netflix producer -- Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the company that holds the film adaptation rights for the blockbuster sci-fi trilogy "The Three-Body Problem." -- May 27

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