Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil with Europeans on final trip
PARIS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Thursday to Rome for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of flare-ups with Turkey, capping what is likely his final trip.

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YouTube patriots? The men backing S. Korea's impeached president
SEOUL - Fears of North Korea, online conspiracies and unproven claims of electoral fraud -- conservative South Korean men told AFP why they had descended on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence to protect him from arrest.

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Musk takes slash-and-burn style to Europe
Having worked successfully to get his candidate elected in the United States, Elon Musk is setting his sights on Europe.

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Yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials, drugs involving Thailand
A Japanese yakuza leader on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials such as uranium and weapons-grade plutonium from Myanmar to other countries, the Justice Department said. 

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America mourns Jimmy Carter at state funeral
WASHINGTON - Jimmy Carter was to be honoured on Thursday with a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, amid a groundswell of tributes honoring the 39th US president and the last from the so-called Greatest Generation.

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Ukraine allies hold last meeting before Trump takes office
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - Ukraine's Western allies will gather with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany on Thursday in their last such meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.

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