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US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after talks with Putin in MoscowIran claims strike on US ship in Strait of Hormuz as fighting escalatesA whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cardsAt least 25 people dead in a bus crash in Cape Verde's Fogo Island, officials and media sayGerman region votes in election that could bring first far-right state government to powerMonths after Venezuela earthquakes, a family refuses to give up search for their missing relativeCalifornia made Gavin Newsom famous. Will it drag down his 2028 presidential ambitions?Kennedy Center renews call for Trump-backed shutdown after part of a ceiling collapsesEarly Emmys ceremony could bring many trophies for 'The Pitt,' 'Hacks' and 'Pluribus'Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, b