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• Under glare of world's media, Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip
• Bangkok court issues an arrest warrant for Thai co-owner of Miss Universe pageant
• Trade unions in India stage nationwide protests against new labor codes
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• As Russia pummels Ukraine's energy systems, Kyiv hopes US gas will fill the gap
• Taiwan puts $40 billion toward building a defense dome and buying US weapons
• Asian stocks climb after Wall Street rallies on hopes for lower interest rates
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• Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations
• Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere
• Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder
• Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa