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Ohio cleaning up toxic train derailment as pollution 'plume' moves downstream

Cleanup is moving quickly after a train carrying toxic materials derailed in Ohio 11 days ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said, while residents and observers questioned the health impacts of pollution that spilt into the Ohio River.

February 15, 2023 3:20 pm
 

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Rescuers pull seven survivors from ruins eight days after Turkey quake

At least seven survivors were rescued on Tuesday from the rubble of earthquake-hit areas of Turkey, local media reported, eight days after worst quake in the country’s modern history.

February 15, 2023 2:21 pm
 

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Russia's Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a “troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

February 15, 2023 10:06 am
 

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Dutch F-35s intercept three Russian military aircraft near Poland

Two Dutch F-35 fighters intercepted a formation of three Russian military aircraft near Poland and escorted them out, the Netherlands’ defence ministry said in a statement late on Monday.

February 15, 2023 9:10 am
 

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Trump, after reported subpoena, defends keeping classified folders

Folders marked classified and found at Donald Trump’s Florida home after he left the White House did not contain any documents, the former U.S. president said on Tuesday after a report that his team received a subpoena for one such folder.

February 15, 2023 8:05 am
 

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Moldova briefly shuts airspace after report of balloon-like object

Moldova briefly closed its air space on Tuesday to investigate reports of a balloon-like object in the sky, a day after the small east European country accused Russia of plotting to bring down its government.

February 15, 2023 7:02 am
 

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Michigan State University shooter's motive a mystery

Authorities on Tuesday said they have “no idea why” a 43-year-old gunman killed three Michigan State University students and wounded five in the latest U.S. mass shooting, but said he had a history of mental health problems before the shooting spree that ended with him turning the gun on himself.

February 15, 2023 6:02 am
 

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NATO allies weigh more arms for Ukraine as Russian artillery batters Bakhmut

Russian forces bombarded front-line Ukrainian troops and towns in the eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday in what appeared to be early salvoes of a new offensive, as Western allies met to weigh sending more arms to Kyiv for an expected counter-attack.

February 15, 2023 5:15 am
 

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Russia rejects accusation of plot to destabilise Moldova

Russia rejected an accusation by Moldova’s president that Moscow is plotting to destabilise the former Soviet republic.

February 14, 2023 5:15 pm
 

Australia

Australia's iron ore giants face earnings, dividend plunge

Australia’s iron ore giants BHP Group, Rio Tinto and Fortescue are set to report a steep drop in their earnings, which is set to compress their payouts to shareholders after China’s COVID lockdown drove down iron ore prices.

February 14, 2023 4:33 pm
 

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Michigan State University police say shots fired, 1 reported dead

Shots were fired at Michigan State University in East Lansing on Monday, with “multiple reported injuries,” university police said on Twitter, urging people on campus and nearby to “shelter in place,” as video from local media showed officers swarming the scene.

February 14, 2023 3:20 pm
 

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U.S. military says it recovers key sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon

The U.S. military said on Monday it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a U.S. fighter jet off South Carolina’s coast on Feb. 4, including key sensors presumably used for intelligence gathering.

February 14, 2023 2:33 pm

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