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The commander, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., said U.S. forces would continue to combat pockets of Islamic State fighters.

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An audio recording taken by Omar Abou Mrad at St. George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, where his son Yuri is a cancer patient, shows the sheer terror of the moment.

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The Black Lives Matter movement has offered a rare moment for the descendants of plantation laborers brought aboard ships in the 19th century to make their family histories known.

Three top leaders of China’s Communist Party have relatives who own assets in Hong Kong, including more than $51 million in luxury real estate, a New York Times investigation shows.

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The inspector general also found the State Department avoided congressional review by dividing sales of controversial arms into smaller packages.

President Vladimir V. Putin said the vaccine — which has yet to complete clinical trials — “works effectively enough,” but the announcement raised concern that Russia is rushing for political purposes.