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NASA's Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight

In this image made available by NASA, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter hovers above the surface of the planet during its second flight, April 22, 2021. /AP NASA's little Mars helicopter aced its

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The dark-money tipping point

A man holds a sign before U.S. Supreme Court. /Getty Editor's note: Sheldon Whitehouse is a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. Hank Johnson is a U.S. Representative for Georgia's fourth congressi

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Parties, Interest Organisations Sceptical as Swedish Government Seeks to Ban Holocaust Denial

Numerous parties and organisations working against anti-Semitism have ventured that an outright ban may be ineffective and undermine freedom of speech, while ignoring m

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Messi fires Barca to Copa del Rey win, Chelsea reach FA Cup final

Barcelona players celebrate after winning their Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao in Seville, Spain, April 17, 2021. /CFP Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Athletic Bilb

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Oath Keepers member first to plead guilty in U.S. Capitol riot

FILE PHOTO: Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. /VCG A founding member of the right-wing

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Twitter bans James O’Keefe of Project Veritas over fake account policy

Twitter has banned right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe, creator of political gotcha video producer Project Veritas, for violating its “platform manipulation and spam policy,” sugges

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Biden aims for bipartisanship but applies sly pressure

President Joe Biden has begun publicly courting Republicans to back his sweeping infrastructure plan, but his reach across the aisle is intended just as much to keep De

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The Arab Spring was a tragic experiment in 'American-style democracy'

Thousands of Egyptian protesters attend, a rally in Tahrir Square to demand an end to military rule, in Cairo, Egypt, November 22, 2011. / VCG Editor's note: Dennis Etler is a current affairs

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Airlines anxiously await return to the skies

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What Israel's political deadlock means for the Middle East

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a Likud party post-vote event in Jerusalem, Israel, March 24, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and

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What Israel's political deadlock means for the Middle East

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a Likud party post-vote event in Jerusalem, Israel, March 24, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and

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Amid growing challenges, Biden to hold 1st news conference

President Joe Biden held off on holding his first news conference so he could use it to celebrate passage of a defining legislative achievement, his giant COVID-19 reli

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Biden turns to online influencers to sell major policies

The oldest man elected president in U.S. history is turning to cutting techniques on social media to sell his policies to the American public.Having first hired PR agencies to push messages to younge

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Biden eyes $3T package for infrastructure, schools, families

Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on inf

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Pelosi's push for 9/11-style Capitol riot commission stalls in political quicksand

Surrounded by broken glass in a defaced Capitol on the night of Jan. 6, Speaker Nancy Pelosi conferred with a senior House Republican about a bipartisan commission that

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Dutch seek stability amid COVID-19 as they head to the polls

Election panels in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. /CGTN Europe On Monday, the first of over 14 million voters will be allowed to go to the polls in the Netherlands. Over the next three days, the

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Myanmar junta spurns UN appeal, kills more protesters

Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 peopl