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World News - Pope Leo's visit to Lebanon: a call for hope, peace, unity - BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV has picked war-torn Lebanon as part of his first official trip abroad, aiming to call for unity and help preserve the country.

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World News -- Special counsel demands 15-year prison term for ex-PM Han in martial law case -- A special counsel team on Wednesday demanded a 15-year prison term for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposition of martial law.

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World News -- Brazil's Supreme Court orders Bolsonaro to begin 27-year prison term -- Prosecutors charged Bolsonaro with plotting to violently subvert Brazil's democracy and target rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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World News -- Global airlines cancel Venezuelan flights amid military tensions -- Tensions between the United States and Venezuela prompted many airlines to cancel flights to the South American nation and strand some passengers.

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World News -- Digital bank Klarna launches KlarnaUSD stablecoin linked to currency -- Global digital bank Klarna has launched the KlarnaUSD stablecoin, which heralds the bank's support of the $27 trillion global stablecoin market.

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Oriol Pla, Dana Walden win big at International Emmy Awards

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F1: Max Verstappen wins Las Vegas Grand Prix

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World News -- Four more arrested in Louvre heist -- Four more people have been arrested and are accused of participating in the Oct. 19 heist of valuable historical artifacts from the Louvre in Paris.

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World News -- Colombian operation rescues 17 minors tied to extremist Lev Tahor sect -- Colombian authorities said 17 minors linked to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor were rescued during an inspection at a hotel in the northwest.

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World News -- Jakarta surpasses Tokyo as world's biggest city -- In just seven years, Jakarta, Indonesia, took a giant leap from 33rd biggest city in the world to surpass Tokyo at the top of the list as it has grown to 42 million residents.

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World News -- Possible hostage remains returned to Israel for ID -- Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad transferred the remains -- which they identified as belonging to an Israeli hostage -- to the Red Cross.

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Science News -- New capsule docks at space station, preventing Chinese astronauts' stranding -- China's uncrewed Shenzhou-22 space vessel arrived at the Tiangong space station on Tuesday morning, avoiding the potential stranding of three Chinese astronauts on the orbiting space outpost.

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World News -- European Court of Justice orders Poland to recognize same-sex marriage -- Poland was told by Europe's highest court its refusal to recognize the marriage of two men who relocated from Germany amounted to discrimination.

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World News -- British regulator urges tech firms to do more to protect women, girls -- Britain's communications regulator issued plan to tech firms to tackle mysogyny, stalking and image abuse of and women and girls in the online world.

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World News -- Trump holds back-to-back talks with China, Japan amid Taiwan feud -- President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shortly after speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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World News -- Almost a year after Assad's fall, Syria's missing remain a deep wound -- The fate of the tens of thousands of people who were arbitrarily arrested or forcibly disappeared since the civil war began in 2011 remains unknown.

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World News -- Ex-U.N. chief Ban lauds S. Korea's co-sponsorship of N. Korea human rights resolution -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday lauded South Korea's co-sponsorship of this year's U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations in North Korea.

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New U.S. ambassador arrives in Chile, sparks controversy with government

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Amazon begins rollout of Leo high-speed Internet service

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Trump pardons turkeys at White House in Thanksgiving tradition

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Reports: Ukraine agrees to most of U.S. peace plan with Russia

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Accused Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear dies in federal custody

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