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World News - British authorities charge two men with aiding Russia's intelligence service - April 26 (UPI) -- A new British national security law has been used to charge two Britons for allegedly aiding Russian intelligence after a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-owned warehouse in London.

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World News -- China's FM warns Blinken relationship with U.S. could take a downward spiral -- The U.S.-China relationship could either continue to stabilize or spiral downwards, China's foreign minister Wang Yi warned Friday as he met his U.S. counterpart, Antony Blinken, in Beijing.

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World News -- North Korea tests rocket launcher system in threat to Seoul and possible show for Russia -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of new 240mm shells for a multiple rocket launcher system, state-run media reported Friday, in a growing threat to Seoul and a possible demonstration for Russia.

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World News -- Denmark increases military aid to Ukraine by $633 million -- Danish lawmakers have agreed to an additional $633 million in military support for Ukraine this year, the Scandinavia nation's defense ministry said.

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World News -- Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns -- Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry turned in his resignation on Thursday to make room for a new government to approve a security force accepted by the United Nations.

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Carp streamers cover Tokyo Tower and Skytree in Japan

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Palestinians celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gaza

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Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass

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World News -- Australian authorities charge 5 teens in connection with church stabbings -- Australian authorities have charged five juveniles in related terrorism activities and police continued to probe an April 15 stabbing in Wakeley.

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World News -- Venice launches $5 entry fee for day-trippers -- Visitors to Italy looking to make a day trip to Venice will be charged a fee to enter the iconic city starting Thursday as part of a plan to address over-tourism.

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World News -- Climate row kills Scotland's SNP-Scottish Greens coalition, SNP to rule without majority -- Scotland's Scottish Nationalist Party-led coalition fell apart Thursday after a three year-long power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens imploded in a row over the scrapping of carbon emissions targets.

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U.S. News -- U.S. unveils $1B military package for Ukraine after months of delays -- The Pentagon announced a military package worth $1 billion for Ukraine, as the United States rushes to send new weaponry to the besieged ally following months of delays.

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World News -- Chinese dissident denied asylum fights to stay in South Korea -- A Chinese dissident who was imprisoned in his native country for more than two years fights to stay in South Korea after being denied asylum.

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World News -- North Korea warns of forceful response if U.S. tightens sanctions monitoring -- North Korea on Thursday condemned new efforts to monitor sanctions enforcement against it and warned the United States of an "upward readjustment of force" in response.

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Sports News -- Santiago, Chile to host 2027 Special Olympics World Games -- Santiago, Chile, will host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games, marking the first time in its 55-year history the games will take place in the Southern Hemisphere.

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World News -- Russia vetoes U.N. resolution opposing space-based nuclear arms -- Russia vetoed a U.S.- and Japan-sponsored U.N. resolution, opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, during a Wednesday vote among the United Nations' 15-member security council.

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World News -- After villages razed in Sudan, U.S. calls for immediate end to attacks in North Darfur -- The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday called for an immediate cessation of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and breakaway Rapid Support Forces that endangers millions in Sudan.

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U.S. News -- Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin appears in Hamas video -- Hamas Wednesday released a video of injured Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The video showed him delivering a long statement written by Hamas.

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World News -- U.N. calls for independent probe into reports of mass graves found at Gaza hospitals -- The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into reports of mass graves found at two hospitals in Gaza that had been besieged by Israeli forces.

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World News -- German MEP won't back out of elections after aide arrested for spying -- Conservative German MEP Maximilian Krah said on Wednesday that he will not drop out of the European election race after one of his top aides was charged with spying for China.

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Weekend severe weather outbreak threatens central U.S.

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Secret Service agent removed from VP Harris' detail after 'distressing behavior'

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Amid poor first-quarter financial results, Southwest ends service in 4 cities

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U. of Pennsylvania scientists forecast highly active Atlantic hurricane season

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Democrats urge DEA to end delay, 'swiftly' reclassify status of marijuana

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