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French pension deficit set to more than double in a decade – despite reform

Despite France’s recent pension overhaul raising the general retirement age from 62 to 64, the country’s pension defici…

France 24
Feb 20, 2025
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Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages, including children

Members of the Bibas family — a mother and her two children, who were 4 years and 8½ months old when they were taken — …

Washington Post
Feb 20, 2025
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Palestinians in Gaza work to rebuild Jabalia’s central market

Jabalia’s once-bustling market lies in ruins, but vendors in Gaza are clearing the rubble by hand

Al Jazeera
Feb 20, 2025
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Hamas returns 4 Israeli hostages' bodies, believed to include mom, 2 young kids

Hamas released the bodies of 4 Israeli hostages, including, it's believed, the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 20…

CBS News
Feb 20, 2025
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DR Congo : UN warns of regional conflict, as M23 advances in strategic zones

The M23 armed group is advancing on "strategic zones" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after taking two key citi…

France 24
Feb 20, 2025
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Germany: final face off before the legislative elections, Scholz promises to ward off AfD

German voters will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament that will determine how the country is run for the …

France 24
Feb 20, 2025
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A gold-framed Trump mug shot is hanging just outside of the Oval Office

President Trump's mug shot is one of the first things visitors will see when approaching the Oval Office.

NPR
Feb 20, 2025
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How Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store

U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to…

NPR
Feb 20, 2025
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Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn

As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’As the T…

The Guardian
Feb 20, 2025
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A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump admi…

NPR
Feb 20, 2025
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First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later

Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus…

NPR
Feb 20, 2025
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Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze

The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump adm…

NPR
Feb 20, 2025
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