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Day of attacks by U.S. and Iran marks most serious escalation of conflict in weeks
The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, in a move that threatened to reignite the six-month-old conflict that has driven global energy prices higher and weighed heavily on U.S. President Donald Trump's popularity at home.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in 2nd national security case
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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In search for senior Hamas operative, Israeli raid on Gaza City camp kills 3 children
Four people were killed in a Gaza City displacement camp Tuesday in a raid Israel's defence minister said was to locate a senior Hamas official.
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Accused in Charlie Kirk shooting pleads not guilty to murder charge that could carry death penalty
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting prominent U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus last year, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a murder charge that a judge ruled could carry the death penalty.
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Apple Maps follows Google, changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday followed a decision by Alphabet late on Saturday to change the name of the lake on its Google Maps for U.S. users.