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Feb 2, 2025 | 
arkansasonline.com | Claire Parker |Joanna Slater |Ellen Francis
JERUSALEM -- Hamas released U.S. citizen Keith Siegel in the fourth round of hostages-for-prisoners exchanges under the Gaza ceasefire with Israel, and the Rafah crossing to Egypt reopened for the first time in eight months to allow medical evacuations. Siegel, 65, a citizen of the United States and Israel, and two Israeli men -- Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Yarden Bibas, 35 -- were freed Saturday morning after 15 months in captivity in tightly choreographed handover ceremonies at two sites in Gaza.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Ellen Francis
BUDAPEST — Donald Trump’s election win prompted renewed proclamations about the need for unity and autonomy at a gathering of European leaders in the Hungarian capital on Thursday, but beyond the glare of the cameras, there was agitation.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
svet.sme.sk | Ellen Francis
Orbán vyzval Ukrajinu, aby zvážila ústupky voči Rusku. Ursula von der Leyenová a Viktor Orbán sa v prejavoch navzájom kritizovali. (Zdroj: TASR/AP)Text vyšiel pôvodne v denníku The Washington Post. Niektorí európski lídri sa zrejme síce potichu obávajú možného návratu Donalda Trumpa, ale maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán sa ho už nevie dočkať.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Stephanie Shiau |Xinhua Chen |Ayana K April-Sanders |Ellen Francis
The authors have declared no competing interest. The Camden Study was supported by historical grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01HD018269/Scholl; R01ES007437/Scholl; R01HD038329/Scholl; R21DK078865/Chen; R21HD058128/Scholl; R21HD061763/Chen; R01MD007828/Chen) with additional current support provided by P30ES005022. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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May 24, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Ellen Francis
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May 7, 2024 | 
finans.dk | Ellen Francis |Emily Rauhala |Vic Chiang
PARIS - Making his first trip to Europe since before the pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping was treated to a state banquet at the Élysée Palace on Monday and will visit the French president’s favorite childhood vacation spot. But French hospitality hasn’t appeared to resolve tensions over trade or win Beijing’s commitment to take a
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Ellen Francis |Michael Birnbaum
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Wednesday expelled Travis King, a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July, according to North Korean and U.S. officials, ending a high-stakes detention that the Biden administration had feared could drag on for months or years. State media claimed that Pvt. King “confessed that he illegally intruded into the territory of the DPRK” — the abbreviation for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Hours later, Pvt.
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Sep 17, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Jeanne Whalen |Lauren Kaori Gurley |Adela Suliman |Ellen Francis
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman traveled to Michigan this weekend in a show of support from the Pennsylvania Democrat to striking autoworkers. Mr. Fetterman’s office said he drove Saturday to Wayne, Mich., to walk the picket line at the Ford factory where his Bronco was built. About 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers union have staged a walkout against all three of Detroit’s biggest car makers. The union is demanding better wages and benefits.
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May 5, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Frances Vinall |Ellen Francis
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pledged to disarm the country, proposing gun-control measures on Friday after two shootings, one of them at a school, killed at least 16 people. The rampages this week shook the Balkan nation where such shootings were relatively rare. The Serbian president addressed the country Friday after police said they arrested a person suspected of firing from a car and killing eight people in a village in Mladenovac, south of the capital, Belgrade.
