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Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home

Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of Joe Biden's family home in Delaware this week, the president's personal lawyer said in a statement Saturday. . Bauer said Biden's personal lawyers and White House counsel previously arranged with the Justice Department to be present during the inspection, and they agreed to not publicize news of the search in advance "in accordance with its standard procedures."

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 2 mins read

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After Brazil unrest, painstaking effort to restore damaged treasures

Randall Felix delicately handles the wood on a 19th century chair whose armrest was ripped off when supporters of Brazil's' far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress earlier this month.. The chair on Felix's desk is just one of dozens of precious objects destroyed in the unrest, when on January 8, Bolsonaro backers ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress in Brasilia, refusing to recognize his election defeat.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 2 mins read

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Ukraine directors bring horrors of Russian invasion to Sundance

Two new documentaries from Ukrainian filmmakers highlighting the carnage wrought on their country by Russian aggression -- and the insidious effects of Kremlin propaganda -- premiere at the Sundance film festival this week.. The director hopes to use the publicity from Sundance to crowdfund a reconnaissance drone for filmmaker friends currently serving in the Ukrainian army. 

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 3 mins read

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France, Germany bid to firm ties strained by Ukraine invasion

Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Paris on Sunday to celebrate 60 years of postwar Franco-German cooperation, with the historic partnership under strain from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and broader tectonic shifts.. "I'm very hopeful that French-German relations will find new momentum thanks to the celebrations on Sunday," she said.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 3 mins read

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Burkina Faso wants French troops out: state news agency

Burkina Faso's military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the state news agency AIB reported on Saturday.. France has 400 special forces soldiers stationed in junta-ruled Burkina to battle an Islamist insurgency, but relations have deteriorated in recent months.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 3 mins read

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Processions, lunches and concert to crown King Charles III

The coronation weekend for King Charles III will feature a star-studded concert, nationwide "big lunch" and volunteering initiative as well as the traditional ceremony and royal processions, Buckingham Palace announced late Saturday.. The pair will arrive from the palace without other royals in "The King's Procession", before returning in a larger ceremonial entourage known as "The Coronation Procession" featuring other family members. 

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 3 mins read

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Peru closes Machu Picchu as protesters face arrest in Lima

Peru closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu Saturday as authorities expelled protesters from a Lima university where they have been sheltering as they wage relentless anti-government demonstrations in the capital.. Prior to the closing of Machu Picchu, rail services to the site had already been suspended due to damage to the track by demonstrators.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 2 mins read

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Brazil's Lula fires army chief

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sacked the country's army chief, Julio Cesar de Arruda, in the wake of riots earlier this month by supporters of former leader Jair Bolsonaro, military sources told AFP Saturday.. Lula has said he suspects security forces may have been involved in the riots, in which more than 2,000 people were arrested.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 1 mins read

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Russia to retaliate after RT accounts frozen in France: reports

Moscow will retaliate against French media in Russia after the bank accounts of RT France, the French arm of its state broadcaster, were frozen, Russian news agencies quoting an anonymous foreign ministry source reported Saturday.  . "The blocking of RT France accounts will lead to retaliatory measures against the French media in Russia," the TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies quoted the foreign ministry source as saying.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 2 mins read

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Brazil's newly elected Lula heads to Argentina on first trip abroad

Just weeks after taking office and the major violence that ensued in the capital Brasilia, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is making his first trip abroad Sunday, swiftly putting in action his plan to return Brazil to the international stage.. Lula makes his first trip abroad after the January 8 assault on the capital of Brasilia, during which Bolsonaro backers ransacked the seat of government, attacking the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress.

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 3 mins read