The relationship between the United States and Niger, which for years had been a key Western ally, had grown tense after military leaders seized power in a coup last year.
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Judge declines to delay Trump’s N.Y. hush money criminal trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
Judge Juan Merchan wrote that the former president himself ‘was personally responsible for generating much, if not most, of the surrounding publicity with his public statements’ outside those courtrooms and on social media.
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One dead, 13 injured after semitrailer intentionally crashed into Texas public safety office
Authorities say a Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler though the front a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected.
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20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in U.S. court
The trial beginning Monday in Alexandria, Va., will be the first time that Abu Ghraib survivors are able to bring their claims of torture to a U.S. jury, their lawyer says.
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Jill Biden calls Trump a ‘bully’ who is ‘dangerous’ to LGBTQ people
Jill Biden says former Republican President Donald Trump is a ‘bully’ who is ‘dangerous’ for the LGBTQ community.
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Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures
The hall, which features a mosaic floor, was uncovered as part of a project to shore up the areas dividing the excavated and unexcavated parts of the ancient city.
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China surging equipment sales to Russia to help war effort in Ukraine
U.S. intelligence reports increased sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology Moscow uses to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry.
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Anne Innis Dagg, pioneering giraffe researcher, dies at 91
The Canadian zoologist conducted trailblazing studies of wild giraffes and was featured in the 2018 documentary ‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes.’
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U.S.-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy.
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How immigrant workers in Maine, U.S. have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
At the Flood Brothers farm in Maine’s ‘dairy capital’ of Clinton, foreign-born workers make up half the staff of nearly 50, feeding the cows, tending crops and helping collect the milk.