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• Olympic flame for Milan Cortina Winter Games handed to Italian organizers in Athens
• ID of Thai agricultural worker's remains leaves 1 final hostage in Gaza
• Affordable Care Act premiums are set to spike. A new poll shows enrollees are already struggling
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• Trump hosting the leaders of Congo and Rwanda to sign key deal for peace in eastern Congo
• Eurovision chiefs face thorny question of whether Israel should take part in the 2026 song contest
• Iranians seek portable wealth as hedge against falling currency after Israel war
• Japan's Takaichi is winning fans not with politics but with her style and 'work, work, work' mantra
• Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert
• China's Xi and France's Macron pledge cooperation on global crises and trade
• 3 officers and a man have been wounded and a suspect killed in Omaha shootings