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Merkel: No way back on German plan to end nuclear power use

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BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her decision to end Germany's use of nuclear power next year, but acknowledged that it will...

Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charges

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions...

House votes to evacuate more Afghan allies as US war ends

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House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to allow in thousands more of the Afghans who worked alongside Americans in the Afghanistan war, citing the urgency...

PG&E will spend up to $30 billion burying power lines

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SAN RAMON, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) of its power lines in an effort to prevent...

Ransomware victim Kaseya gets master key to unlock networks

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BOSTON — The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key...

Germany’s Merkel says pipeline deal with US good for Ukraine

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that a compromise deal that will allow the completion of a Russian gas pipeline to Europe...

Team USA chiropractor sorry for COVID protocol-Nazi post

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TOKYO — The chiropractor for the American women's wrestling team has apologized after comparing Olympic COVID-19 protocols to Nazi Germany in a social media...

Belarus authorities move to shut top journalist association

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KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Belarus moved Wednesday to outlaw the country's leading journalists' association, part of a sweeping crackdown on independent media and...

$470 million flood damage bill in hard-hit Dutch town

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Flooding that raged through a southern Dutch tourist town last week caused around 400 million euros ($470 million) in damage...

Slammed for bribery, Siemens continued to ignore red flags

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German engineering giant Siemens ignored some of its own red flags for foreign bribery in the aftermath of a major corruption scandal in 2008,...