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This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

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Middle East

UAE says it has intercepted 2 missiles from Yemen's Houthis

Jan 23, 2022

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near Emirati soil.

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Africa

Protestors take to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou Saturday Jan. 22, 2022, 27, 2021.

A popular uprising and soldier mutinies challenge Burkina Faso's president

Jan 23, 2022

Government officials had sought to reassure people that the situation was under control even as shots rang out for hours at the army base.

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Arts & Life

French designer Thierry Mugler acknowledges applause following his fall/winter 2001-2002 ready-to-wear collection presentation in Paris on March 12, 2001.

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies at 73

Jan 23, 2022

"May his soul Rest In Peace," his Instagram said in a post that was all black with no image. It did not give a cause of death.

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World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks as he greets embassy staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv on Jan. 19. The State Department is ordering family members of embassy staff to leave.

State Department orders families of embassy staff to leave Ukraine

Jan 23, 2022

Citing a "continued threat of Russian military action," the U.S. State Department also authorized the voluntary departure of nonessential embassy employees at its embassy in Kyiv.

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Politics

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection testifies before the House Rules Committee in December.

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

Jan 23, 2022

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed Sunday that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

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National Security

Soldiers of Poland, Britain, US and Romania take part in military exercises at the military training ground in Bemowo Piskie, Poland on Nov. 18, 2021.

U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia

Jan 23, 2022

Biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries, including Romania and Poland, a U.S. official told NPR. Russia has stationed 100,000 troops near Ukraine.

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Shots - Health News

Rapid tests can help you figure out if you have been infected with the coronavirus. But how accurate are they? Scientists trying to find out whether they are less sensitive to omicron and why.

Why rapid COVID tests aren't more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them

Jan 23, 2022

Recent research and anecdotes suggest people are testing negative on rapid tests even after they have symptoms, then later testing positive. Here's what researchers think is going on.

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Politics

In August, President Biden attended a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base after 13 members of the U.S. military were killed in an attack during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Biden's predecessors could have felt his first-year pain

Jan 23, 2022

Yet these early reversals haven't always been crippling. On the contrary, three of the past four presidents elected — and five of the past eight — have recovered from shaky starts to win re-election.

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World

People rallying in patriotic support of Ukraine hold a 500 meter long ribbon in the colors of the Ukrainian flag outside St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on Unity Day on Saturday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine crisis deepens after U.K. says Russia may try to install a pro-Kremlin leader

Jan 23, 2022

The situation along the Russia-Ukraine border remains tense, with thousands of Russian troops amassed just across the divide and Ukraine preparing for a possible invasion.