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Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region

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Google on trial: U.S. Justice Department accuses the search giant of illegal monopoly tactics

Google is the defendant in a high-stakes federal case underway in a Washington, D.C. court. At issue: Has the online search leader used its size and power to create an unfair playing field? The Justice Department argues that the company illegall...

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Space capsule brings NASA’s first asteroid samples to Earth


After a seven-year journey through the solar system, a space capsule about the size of a car tire returned to Earth Sunday with a cargo of asteroid rocks and dust that scientists are eager to see. The pod touched down in the Utah desert and was flown...

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This week's word in the news: ROIL

DEFINITION:

To disturb or disquiet; stir up; irritate; vex.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios are closing in on a deal that would end a 145-day strike that has roiled the film and TV business and caused thousands of job losses.
The Los Angeles Times -- 09/25/2023

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Russia woos its poor neighbor for arms

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