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Coup caught on camera: Myanmar woman goes viral for dance video with surreal backdrop

Coup caught on camera: Myanmar woman goes viral for dance video with surreal backdrop

In the video, Khing Hnin Wai performs aerobics to upbeat music, seemingly oblivious to the convoy of military vehicles streaming down the road behind her as Myanmar's army carries out a coup.
by Rachel Treisman

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New law provides Liberian immigrants pathway to citizenship, but few are applying

New law provides Liberian immigrants pathway to citizenship, but few are applying

Although many Liberian immigrants are now eligible for green cards under a new law that gives them a pathway to citizenship, just a miniscule fraction of applications have been approved.
by Riham Feshir

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House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges

House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges

House Democrats say Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol. They made the argument in a legal brief Tuesday that makes their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office.
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Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup

Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup

Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
by The Associated Press

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Biden signs 3 immigration executive orders; activists want more

Biden signs 3 immigration executive orders; activists want more

President Joe Biden signed three executive orders on Tuesday that he said would lead to a more "fair, orderly, humane" immigration system, including one that would begin the difficult process of reuniting migrant children separated from their parents after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Franco Ordoñez

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GOP's McConnell blasts 'loony lies' by Ga. Rep. Greene

GOP's McConnell blasts 'loony lies' by Ga. Rep. Greene

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is blasting newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
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