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Election Victory Glow Fades As Putin Faces 2 Major Issues

7:40am March 29, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Russians are angry about a mall fire in Siberia that killed 64 people. And, the U.S. and other countries expelled Russian diplomats after an ex-Russian spy in Britain was exposed to a nerve agent.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks with students at Denver South High School, in October 2016.

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Malala Yousafzai Returns To Pakistan For First Time Since 2012 Attack

7:29am March 29, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The education advocate and human rights campaigner became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate after being shot in the head at age 15 by a Taliban gunman.

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Russians Mourn As Funerals Begin For Mall Fire Victims

6:31am March 29, 2018

David Greene talks to Polina Ivanova of Reuters about the grief and outrage many Russians are expressing after more than 64 people were killed in a shopping mall fire in Siberia.

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Murder Of Elderly Jewish French Woman Triggers Demonstrations

6:17am March 29, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Thousands marched in Paris Wednesday evening to protest last week's murder of an elderly Jewish woman in what is being characterized as an anti-Semitic crime.

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Dozens Die In Fire At Venezuela Police Station

6:13am March 29, 2018

by Philip Reeves

A fire at a police station in Venezuela has killed at least 68 people, according to officials there. Anguished family members are waiting to hear the news about their loved one.

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Cambridge Analytica Scandal Ripples Across The World

6:12am March 29, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

The data-mining company is embroiled in scandal with Facebook over the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Cambridge Analytica reportedly has been involved in over 200 elections, including Kenya.

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Brexit Countdown: 1 Year To Go

5:01am March 29, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

There is not much time for Britain to negotiate a deal on the future of its relationship with the European Union. Next year at this time, the U.K. will formally leave the EU.

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Gunmen In Mexico Kidnap 3 Film Students

5:01am March 29, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The government is offering a reward for details about the students abducted outside Guadalajara last week. Prosecutors are investigating reports that police might be involved in their disappearance.

A container ship waits to be unloaded at the Port of Oakland in California. President Trump says the trade deficit that the U.S. runs with other nations must be slashed for the well-being of the country.

America Has A Large Trade Deficit, But Economists Aren't Too Concerned About It

11:53pm March 28, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump says the trade deficit that the U.S. runs with other nations must be slashed for the well-being of the country. But analysts say the deficit provides other benefits to the economy.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to supporters outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012.

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Ecuador Disconnects Julian Assange From The Internet

11:09pm March 28, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The government of Ecuador said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living inside its London embassy, was jeopardizing its relationships with other countries in his social media posts.