Biden, EU chief meet on trade tensions, Ukraine
President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen met Friday at the White House to try to defuse a transatlantic trade dispute over subsidies for the green economy, as well as to bolster cooperation on confronting Russia.
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Mexico arrests five in kidnapping and killing of Americans
Mexican authorities have arrested five people over the deadly kidnapping of a group of Americans, after the suspects were left in the street with their hands tied by alleged cartel members, officials said Friday.
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'Pineapple express' storm wallops California
Dozens of evacuation orders were in place Friday as a powerful atmospheric river, known as a "Pineapple express," surged into an already-sodden California, sparking warnings of widespread flash flooding.
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From Colombia or Haiti, migrants' long road ends in Canada
For exhausted migrants, a small stretch of snow-covered road is the last step in a long journey to a new life in Canada. Some drag heavy suitcases, others carry all their worldly belongings in small plastic bags.
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BBC takes Lineker off air after asylum row
Gary Lineker was told by the BBC to "step back" from presenting his football show on Friday after the former England star sparked an impartiality row by criticising the British government's new asylum policy.
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US firm reaches next stage in Man Utd bidding process
US hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has made it through to the second stage of the bidding process in the potential sale of Manchester United.
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US closes Silicon Valley Bank in biggest collapse since 2008
US regulators pulled the plug on Silicon Valley Bank on Friday in a spectacular move that sent global banking shares into turmoil, as markets fretted over possible contagion from America's biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Two Palestinians killed in West Bank, one by Israeli settler
Two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank Friday, one of them by a settler, after a shooting hit Tel Aviv, as a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no letup.
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'Step by step': Young Georgians shun Moscow, push for EU dream
Georgia's young protesters, having forced parliament into a U-turn on controversial new legislation, are determined to maintain the pressure on the government, which they believe is steering the country away from Europe.
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Biden, EU chief meet on trade tensions
President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen meet Friday to try to defuse a transatlantic trade dispute over subsidies for the green economy, as well as bolster cooperation on confronting Russia.
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