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Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni shows a placard reading in Italian "Thank you Italy" at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italy's post-war history, concern was palpable abroad about the prospect of democratic backsliding and resistance to European Union rules. But since being sworn in as premier on Oct. 22, 2022, Meloni has confounded Western skeptics. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

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Italy's far-right Premier Meloni defies fears of harming democracy and clashing with the EU
By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press
Tue,10/17/23-11:15PM , 80 Reads
ROME (AP) — When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italy’s post-war history, many in Europe worried about the prospect of the country's democratic backsliding and resistance to European Union rules.
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In remarks from Tel Aviv, President Joe Biden vows the US will not repeat the world's inaction after the Holocaust, insisting ‘we will not stand by and do nothing again' as Israel responds to the recent attack by Hamas. (Oct. 18)

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President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being 'consumed' by rage
By AAMER MADHANI AND COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press
Tue,10/17/23-11:04PM , 76 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that produced a heaping dose of vocal support, a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, likely by th
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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China's Xi promises open markets and billions in new investments for 'Belt and Road' projects
By SIMINA MISTREANU - Associated Press
Tue,10/17/23-11:03PM , 84 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping promised foreign companies greater access to China’s huge market and more than $100 billion in new financing for other developing economies as he opened a forum Wednesday on his signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
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This undated photo provided by Yehuda Peretz shows Yaniv Zohar in southern Israel. Zohar, a former Associated Press video journalist who covered conflicts and major news in his native country for three decades, was killed in his home during Hamas' bloody cross-border rampage on Oct. 7, 2023, with his wife and two daughters. He was 54. (Yehuda Peretz via AP)

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Former AP videojournalist Yaniv Zohar killed in Hamas attack at home with his family
By ARON HELLER - Associated Press
Tue,10/17/23-3:30PM , 74 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Yaniv Zohar, a former Associated Press videojournalist and beloved colleague who covered conflicts and major news in his native country for three decades, was killed in his home during Hamas' bl
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