The Reluctant All-Star Whose Manager Calls Him ‘Boring’

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Trump Says Saudia Arabia Will Increase Oil Production

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Trump’s Potemkin Economy

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Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on Tuesday

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will begin a manual recount of votes on Tuesday from a May parliamentary election clouded by allegations of fraud, a step towards the formation of a new parliament and government.

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Syrian rebels lose string of southwest towns

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule on Saturday as insurgent lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment that the United Nations says has forced 160,000 people to flee.

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Egypt's Sisi, facing online backlash, says country is on the 'right track'

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt was on the "right track" to rebuild its economy after years of instability that had nearly brought the country to its knees.

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The Philadelphia History Museum Is Closing Its Doors (Maybe for Good)

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Parents and Children Remain Separated by Miles and Bureaucracy

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They Bonded Over Mexican Art and Street Tacos

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She Found Her Leading Man Backstage

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32 Floors and 1 Subway Ride Later

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Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?

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Egyptian court delays verdict in mass trial over Rabaa sit-in

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people involved in a 2013 sit-in protest that was broken up by security forces, saying defendants could not be transferred to the court due to "security concerns".

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He Was Denied a Commission in 1942. Now The Army Is Making Amends.

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Indigenous Mexicans spurn presidential vote with blockades, bulldozers

NAHUATZEN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican voters will stream to the polls this Sunday in a pivotal presidential contest, but leaders representing tens of thousands of indigenous people have vowed to block voting in their communities to protest a system they say has failed them.

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Iraq to begin manual recount of May election votes on Tuesday

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will begin a manual recount of May national election votes on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Independent High Electoral Commission said in a statement on Saturday.

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Turkish airstrikes kill four Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish military carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq's Avasin Basyan region on Saturday, killing four Kurdish militants, it said on its official Twitter account.

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Syrian army gains in southwest, rebels talk peace terms

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army seized more towns in the southwest on Saturday, as air strikes pounded others that still held out against the rapid offensive and rebels said they had begun negotiating peace terms through the government's ally Russia.

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Merkel secures asylum seeker return deals with 14 EU countries

BERLIN (Reuters) - Fourteen European Union countries have said they are prepared to sign deals with Germany to take back asylum seekers who had previously registered elsewhere, part of an effort to placate Chancellor Angela Merkel's restive Bavarian allies.

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Czech Communist party agrees to back minority government

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Communist Party agreed on Saturday to help a minority cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis survive a vote of confidence, clearing the way for the billionaire businessman to govern after winning an election in October.

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