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World News - More than 19,000 Palestinians displaced amid Israel's 'Gideon's Chariots' operation - May 16 (UPI) -- Officials with the United Nations said Friday that more than 19,000 Palestinians had been displaced amid Israel's latest war offensive to seize increased control of Gaza.

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World News -- Novo Nordisk CEO will step down amid falling share price and 'recent market challenges' -- Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen is stepping down per mutual agreement with the company. The company said Friday he will continue as CEO for a while to smooth the leadership transition.

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World News -- Palestinian death toll tops 53,000 after Israel airstrikes pummel Gaza overnight -- Dozens were killed in airstrikes after Israel stepped up its military offensive in northern Gaza, the Civil Defense Agency said, with the conflict marking another grim milepost as the death toll passed 53,000.

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World News -- Polio detected in Papua New Guinea, medical response is underway -- The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced Friday that a polio outbreak has struck there.

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World News -- Microsoft proposes unbundling Teams to resolve European Commission investigation -- Microsoft said Friday it is proposing a resolution to European Commission concerns over how it bundles Teams with MS Office and Office 365.

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In Gaza, Palestinians seek food relief amid rising hunger crisis

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Israelis gather to mourn fallen soldiers on Yom HaZikaron

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Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica

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World News -- Delayed Russia-Ukraine peace talks get underway in Turkey -- Russia-Ukraine peace talks finally got underway a day late in Instanbul with little to no expectations after U.S. President Donald Trump said a face-to-face meeting with Putin was the only way forward.

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World News -- U.S. extends travel ban to North Korea for another year -- The United States extended its ban on travel to North Korea for the ninth year in a row, a federal notice showed, citing "imminent danger" posed by any trips to the authoritarian state.

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World News -- U.S. sanctions two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators for the group -- The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday sanctioned two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators for what it said were roles in coordinating financial transfers to the group.

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World News -- Trump addresses thousands of American troops stationed in Qatar -- U.S. President Donald Trump told U.S. troops in Qatar his mission was to end conflicts, not start them, but warned he would never hesitate to use American military might to protect the United States or its allies.

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World News -- Europe tells TikTok it is in breach of Digital Services Act ad rules -- In a preliminary finding, the European Commission told TikTok on Wednesday that the app is in breach of the Digital Services Act for not fulfilling an obligation to publish an advertisement repository.

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World News -- Japan searches for two missing crew members after training jet crash -- The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force agency continued its search Thursday for two crew members and their plane which crashed Wednesday somewhere in the country's Aichi Prefecture.

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World News -- Russia-Ukraine peace talks downgraded after Moscow sends junior-level delegation -- The first direct peace talks between Ukraine and Russian in three years due to get underway in Turkey on Thursday were thrown into doubt in a dispute over the seniority of their respective delegations.

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World News -- India kills 31 alleged Maoist rebels in 'biggest-ever operation' targeting Naxalism -- Indian security forces have killed 31 alleged Maoist rebels in what it Modi government officials called "the biggest-ever operation against Naxalism."

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World News -- New Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plans to deliver food relief in Gaza -- he Israeli government will allow humanitarian aid to resume for several hundred thousand starving Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by a new relief group, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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U.S. News -- For third straight day, Trump administration imposes Iran-related sanctions amid nuclear talks -- For a third straight day, the United States on Wednesday issued sanctions targeting Iran as the Trump administration attempts to negotiate a new nuclear arms deal with the Middle Eastern country.

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World News -- Officials: 749 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes aboard cruise ship worth almost $60K -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that 749 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes were discovered aboard a cruise ship at the Long Beach Cruise Ship Terminal in April.

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World News -- Russia sentences election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to 5 years in prison -- A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced well-known election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after it found him guilty of allegedly working for a so-called "undesirable" organization.

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U.S. Navy announces updates for preservation of Pearl Harbor's USS Arizona

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DHS, Secret Service investigating James Comey's seashell photo as potential Trump threat

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Analysis: After meeting Trump, Syria's new leader must prove his willingness, capability

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Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation for sexual assault

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Charter, Cox Communications merger valued at $34.5B

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