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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Boris Kovalchuk, chairman of the Management Board of Russia's energy export and import operator Inter RAO during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo State residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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1st Russians are fined or jailed over rainbow-colored items after LGBTQ+ 'movement' is outlawed
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-1:13PM , 49 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights groups have reported, with at least three people who displayed rainbow-colored items receiving jail time or fines.
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Aminta Guerra stands inside what is left of her charred home after a deadly forest fire affected the El Olivar neighborhood of Vina del Mar, Chile, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Hundreds of people are missing as the death toll from Chile's wildfires reaches 123
By PATRICIA LUNA AND MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-11:29AM , 66 Reads
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 123.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has returned to the Middle East on his fifth urgent diplomatic mission since Israel’s war with Hamas began in October. Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with planned stops in Egypt, Qatar, Israel and the West Bank. (Feb 5.)

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Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for Gaza, but obstacles loom
By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA AND SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-9:42AM , 75 Reads
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S.
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Workers prepare ballot boxes and other materials before dispatching them in polling stations for the upcoming general election on Feb. 8, at an election commission office in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

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Pakistan's disillusioned voters wonder if new polls will change a country mired in political feuding
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-7:12AM , 65 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis
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