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10 New Year’s Traditions From Across the Globe

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, communities around the world will celebrate the start of 2024 with unique traditions––some more well known than others. From the famous Times Square ball drop to hanging onions, here are some

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New York City mayor restricts bus arrivals to stem migrant surge – The Hill

New York City mayor restricts bus arrivals to stem migrant surge  The Hill Liberal mayors push Biden for emergency declaration, additional funding to deal with migrant crisis  Fox News Mayor Adams announces executive order aimed at restricting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant

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Two Russians get heavy prison terms for poetry against Ukraine campaign

A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine. Artyom Kamardin was sentenced to seven years in prison and Yegor Shtovba to five years and six months to cries

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Nikki Haley doesn’t cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop – ABC News

Nikki Haley doesn’t cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop  ABC News Nikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War. She didn’t mention slavery.  USA TODAY Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil

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TIME’s Top 10 Photos of 2023

What makes a photograph memorable? This tangled question has been passed around the TIME Photo Department for decades. The truth is, the answer is ever changing. As we grow into each new era of photography and technology, every day we

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The Secret Pleasure of Breaking New Year’s Resolutions

Have you noticed how, as soon as we make our ritual New Year Resolutions, we start bragging about how grandly we are going to fail to keep them? And, indeed, the accompanying feeling of relief, even secret pleasure, that we

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US driver who fled UK after crash left nurse unable to walk gears up for legal fight

The father of an American driver who fled the UK after a crash left a British nurse unable to walk is attempting to raise funds for his son’s legal costs.

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Weather event that caused ‘Beast from the East’ forecast to strike northern Europe in January

The UK could find itself in the deep freeze in January due to a change in wind patterns high up in the atmosphere – the same phenomenon that blew in the bitterly cold Beast from the East in 2018.

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Tough time for Milei, no quick peace for Gaza: Peru shamans’ predictions for 2024

Tough times ahead for Argentina’s new President Javier Milei, continued war in Gaza, and an Uruguay-Argentina 2024 Copa America final: Peru’s shamans made their annual predictions Wednesday for the year ahead. Gathered on a sacred hill in Lima, 14 shamans

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