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A Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is test-launched by the Russian military at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image taken from a video released on April 20, 2022. Reuters.
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How Ukraine-Russian war will shape world's arsenals

Swimming - FINA World Championships - Budapest, Hungary - June 19, 2022 General view of Alex Walsh of the U.S. in action before winning the women's 200m medley final REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
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How will swimming's new transgender rules work?

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Why is Messi leaving Barcelona?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a nomination ceremony at the President's residency in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019/ Reuters
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After Israel's tight election, who matters and what happens next?

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What's at stake for Israel's Netanyahu as corruption trial resumes?

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
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Could Trump be prosecuted for inciting the attack on Capitol Hill?

Republican USSenators David Perdue (top L) and Kelly Loeffler (bottom L) and their Georgia runoff election challengers, Democratic US Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, are seen in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
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Why the winners in Georgia runoffs might not be known for days

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Explainer: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?

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Explainer: How the coronavirus changed US political conventions, perhaps forever

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Who is affected by Trump’s suspension of foreign work visas?

US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible during a photo opportunity in front of St John's Episcopal Church in the midst of ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, outside the White House in Washington, US, June 1, 2020/ Reuters
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Explainer: Can Trump send the US military to quell violence at protests?

A 3D-printed oil pump jack is seen in front of a displayed stock graph and "$0 Barrel" words in this illustration picture, April 20, 2020/ Reuters
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People wearing masks following the rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), take a walk at a park in Daegu, South Korea, March 14, 2020/ Reuters
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