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World News - Three young people killed in suspected gang-related shooting in Sweden - April 30 (UPI) -- A masked gunman opened fire at a barbershop in the Swedish university town of Uppsala, 40 miles northwest of Stockholm, shooting dead three young people in an apparent gang killing. A suspect is under arrest.

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U.S. News -- U.S. sanctions Iran ballistic missile propellant procurement network

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World News -- Police reveal additional details about Vancouver car-ramming victims

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World News -- Canadian PM Carney's Liberals win federal election dominated by Trump

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World News -- 50 years after the war, Vietnam looks to the future -- Fifty years after a North Vietnamese tank came crashing through the front gate of Saigon's presidential palace and brought an end to the nearly two-decade Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh City is gearing up for a celebration.

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World News -- Power mostly restored to Spain, Portugal; officials rule out cyberattack as cause of outage -- Electricity has returned to most of Spain and Portugal but with continued disruptions on the second day after an unknown failure caused a massive blackout across much of western Europe.

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World News -- Convicted Catholic cardinal drops bid to take part in conclave -- A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a successor to the late Pope Francis.

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World News -- Former Hong Kong lawmakers released from prison after serving sentences for 'subversion' -- Four former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers were released from prison Tuesday after completing their sentences for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government of the special administrative region of China.

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World News -- Israeli Intelligence Chief Ronan Bar quits weeks after Netanyahu ordered his firing -- Israel's head of domestic intelligence, Ronan Bar, announced his resignation five weeks after being fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a maneuver that was immediately blocked by the Supreme Court.

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U.S. News -- Mexico agrees to transfer more water to U.S. -- Mexico has agreed to immediately transfer water to the United States and increase the U.S. share of water flow from their shared rivers, after the Trump administration threatened its southern neighbor with tariffs if it

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World News -- Police had contact with suspect a day before Vancouver ramming attack -- Police had contact with the suspect a day before he got behind the wheel of an SUV and drove it into the crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people, authorities said Monday.

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World News -- Power coming back to Spain, Portugal after all-encompassing outages -- Spain and Portugal declared a state of emergency after an all-encompassing power failure struck those nations as well as Belgium, Andorra and France.

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World News -- Child damages $56M Rothko painting at Netherlands museum -- Dutch curators are considering "next steps" after a child damaged the $56 million painting, "Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8," by American artist Mark Rothko while visiting a museum in Rotterdam.

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World News -- U.S. companies to help Poland build its first nuclear power plant -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that an agreement has been signed that will allow Poland to construct its first AP-1000 nuclear power plant.

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World News -- Analysis: Disarming Hezbollah, Palestinian factions -- Lebanon's chance to reclaim sovereignty -- Lebanon, shattered by five decades of lawlessness, military occupation and the dominance of armed non-state actors, now has a chance to reclaim its long-lost sovereignty.

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World News -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces three-day cease-fire in Ukraine war -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday a three-day cease-fire in its war with Ukraine is set to take place in May, but Ukrainian officials question its timing and validity.

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World News -- North Korea confirms its troops are fighting for Russia in war against Ukraine -- North Korea acknowledged for the first time Monday that it had provided troop reinforcements to aid Russia in its war on Ukraine.

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World News -- Vatican announces conclave to elect new pope to begin May 7 -- Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin in May.

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World News -- Hamas proposes end to war with Israel in talks in Egypt -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas announced Saturday a proposal to end the war that includes full Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

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UPS to cut 20,000 jobs after Amazon decreases usage

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Gazans suffer amid blockade as IDF accuses Hamas of stealing aid

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1st of 3 accusers takes stand at Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial in Manhattan

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Amazon backs off of listing tariff prices after White House labeled it 'hostile and political' act

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Trump to mark first 100 days in office with Michigan rally

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