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Breaking News | News | UkraineUkraine fires US-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia, Moscow says
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House passes new rules for Congress as McCarthy clears first major test as House speaker
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Hamas leader calls on Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s landmark Al-Aqsa Mosque on Ramadan
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