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TRUMP ORDERS NUCLEAR TESTS: Global Alarm Follows

President Trump directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, prompting international condemnation and urgent debate over the legal strategic and diplomatic fallout as allies and adversaries react

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7,500 - New US annual refugee cap the lowest in history

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"We saw people murdered in front of us" — Ezzeldin Hassan Musa

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