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'Dang, Why didn’t I just pick Kamala?' Trump voters react to president's first month

Some of Donald Trump's voters are expressing regret nearly a month into his second term as president.

The Wall Street Journal followed up with nearly two dozen Trump supporters more than three weeks into his presidency and found that some of them were thrilled by his actions to shake up Washington — while others expressed regret or concern about his cuts to the government workforce and immigration raids.

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Storms in eastern U.S. claim nine lives: officials​

At least nine people have died in the eastern United States, including eight in Kentucky, as powerful storms brought flooding and exceptionally powerful winds, downing trees and cutting power, local officials announced Sunday.

Brutally cold weather is expected to hit much of the country later in the week.

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Cryptocurrency promoted by Argentina's Milei crashes

by Nicolás BIEDERMAN

Argentina's President Javier Milei admitted making a mistake on Saturday after promoting a cryptocurrency whose value soared and then crashed, with his office announcing an "urgent investigation".

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18 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India's capital late Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world's largest religious gathering, officials and reports said.

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters -- including one last month, when at least 30 people died in another stampede at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.

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Vatican says 'stable' Pope Francis watched Sunday mass on hospital TV

Pope Francis followed Sunday mass and his traditional Angelus weekly prayer on television in a Rome hospital where the 88-year-old pontiff is being treated for bronchitis.

The Argentine pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Friday for the latest respiratory infection, influenza or bronchitis, he has caught in recent winters.

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MAGA rioter says plot to murder FBI agents covered by Trump pardon

Capitol rioter Edward Kelley wasn't only convicted of assaulting police officers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 — he was also convicted of plotting to murder the FBI agents who had investigated his role in the riots.

Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Kelley is arguing that the pardon he received from President Donald Trump should apply not just to his actions at the Capitol riots but to the post-riot murder plot that a jury found him guilty of last year.

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'Very personal': hundreds flock to Navalny grave on death anniversary

Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to the grave of a man whose name the Kremlin has warned not to utter in public -- Alexei Navalny -- and could not hold back the tears.

The child psychologist joined hundreds to honour the memory of Vladimir Putin's main opponent on the first anniversary of his death in mysterious circumstances in an Arctic prison.

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'Conclave' and 'Brutalist' share BAFTA honors

by Clara LALANNE

Papal thriller "Conclave" and immigrant epic "The Brutalist" on Sunday tied for top honors at Britain's BAFTA awards with each film picking up four coveted gongs.

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Tom Hanks' SNL return as MAGA racist sends Trump world into tailspin

A MAGA man first born in 2016 made a return to Saturday Night Live Sunday as the show celebrated its 50th anniversary — and Donald Trump’s legion of supporters went into a tailspin.

Tom Hanks returned to the show with Doug, a “Make America Great Again” hat-wearing man with a southern accent who first debuted on the show as Trump ran for his first presidential term.

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Navalny's widow seeks to rally divided Russian opposition

by Anna MALPAS

Alexei Navalny's widow received a standing ovation as she spoke in a packed church in Berlin Sunday on the anniversary of the Russian opposition leader's death behind bars.

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Rights groups slam Australian plan to transfer criminals to Nauru

by Laura CHUNG

Rights groups on Monday denounced an Australian plan to send three violent foreign criminals -- including a murderer -- to live on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru.

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Singapore opposition leader fined for lying to parliament

by Martin ABBUGAO

Singapore's opposition leader was fined on Monday for lying to parliament while helping a fellow party member cover up a false witness account, but narrowly avoided being barred from contesting upcoming national elections.

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U.S. tensions plague final phase of German election campaign

by Femke COLBORNE

Germany enters the final week of election campaigning Monday, with the debate more heated than ever amid controversy over alleged U.S. interference in favor of the far right.

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