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The Washington Post
What to know about daylight saving time: Your time-change questions, answered

Agence France-Presse
Latest California storm leaves at least two dead

The Associated Press
As atmospheric river exits, a new storm threatens California

Reuters News Agency
At least eight dead after migrant boats overturn off California coast - More

The Associated Press
How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts

History Net
Death by dentures? John McCain Sr.’s WWII battles with teeth, toilets.

Defense News
White House asks for $11 billion more for Navy, Marine Corps spending

The Associated Press
US government moves to stop potential banking crisis

The Guardian
Mike Pence: Donald Trump was wrong, history will hold him accountable - More - More

BBC News
Donald Trump: His four biggest legal problems

The Daily Beast
Trump Gets Caught Trying to Play Judges to Manufacture Trial Delays

BBC News
The Serbian who inspired US Capitol rioters, then emigrated to Texas

The Washington Post
At the border, desperate migrants face a technology wall

BBC News
Vaccine could save billions of bees from deadly disease

The Observer
Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom

Reuters News Agency
UK races to minimise damage from Silicon Valley Bank collapse - More

Agence France-Presse
Macron’s pension reforms pass French senate vote - More

Deutsche Welle
Dutch farmers, climate activists hold protests in The Hague

The Observer
Fury in Germany as Hamburg shooting brings ‘lax’ gun laws into focus

Reuters News Agency
Finding COVID-19's origins is a moral imperative - WHO's Tedros

The Guardian
Divers used chartered yacht to sabotage Nord Stream pipelines

CBC News
F-16s will 'eventually' be sent to Ukraine, Adm. Mike Mullen says

Politico
A tough week for U.S.-Ukraine news reveals an imperfect harmony

The Guardian
Ukraine ‘buying time’ in Bakhmut ahead of counteroffensive - More

CBC News
Pushing past grief and fear, two Ukrainian teachers turned their school into a refuge

France 24
Ukraine readies counteroffensive as Russia advances in Bakhmut

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine, Russia say hundreds of enemy troops killed in battle for Bakhmut

The Associated Press
Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut - More

The Telegraph
New Russian army unit sent to find soldiers lost in chaos of faltering offensive

Business Insider
Helmet-cam video shows Ukrainian troops storming a Russian trench and capturing two POWs

The Associated Press
Moldovan police say they foiled Russia-backed plot to create 'mass disorder'

Deutsche Welle
Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Mozambique, again - More

BBC News
Turkey earthquake: Istanbul residents fear homes will collapse

Reuters News Agency
Israel hits areas in Syria's Hama and Tartous countryside

BBC News
Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests

CBC News
10 weeks of street protests in Israel have failed to sway Netanyahu's nationalist government

Reuters News Agency
Israeli troops kill three Palestinian gunmen in West Bank

The Associated Press
Iraqi PM promises action to tackle crippling climate change

The Associated Press
Saudi Arabia's golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets

Agence France-Presse
Iran confirms death sentence for Swedish-Iranian dissident - More

The Associated Press
Indonesia's Merapi volcano spews hot clouds in new eruption

Deutsche Welle
Xi's government doles out key cabinet positions - More

Reuters News Agency
US-sanctioned PLA general to become public face of China's growing military

Reuters News Agency
North Korea decides on war deterrence measures, KCNA says

Reuters News Agency
North Korea test-fires strategic cruise missiles from submarine

The Associated Press
Argentina’s initial fervor for Pope Francis has faded

Deutsche Welle
Peru: Emergency declared after Cyclone Yaku kills six

BBC News
Mexico too dangerous for spring break, Texas officials say

International Commentary

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