President-elect Donald Trump escalated his blunt public challenge to the U.S. intelligence agencies he will soon oversee, appearing to embrace assertions that Russia did not provide the hacked Democratic emails that roiled the 2016 election.
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An outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority who had intended to run in parliamentary elections before they were cancelled earlier this year died during his arrest by PA forces early Thursday, officials said.
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EU leaders defend LGBT rights amid concern over Hungary law
Several European Union leaders insisted Thursday that discrimination must not be tolerated in the 27-nation bloc, setting the scene for a heated summit over new legislation in Hungary that would ban showing content about LGBT issues to youth.
