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    FILE - Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte speaks inside the Southorn Stadium during a thanksgiving gathering organized by Hong Kong-based Filipino workers for the former populist president in Hong Kong on March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen, File)
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    FILE - Nick Reiner appears at the premiere of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2025. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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    FILE - FBI director Kash Patel arrives before President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
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    A man rides a bicycle in the beginning of an intense snowstorm by 20th Street and First Avenue, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Hassell)
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    This photo provided Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps hands as he was re-elected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, during the party's Congress in Pyongyang, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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    A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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    A currency traders reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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    23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan, left, reacts with Bubba Wallace, right, after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Hampton, Ga. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
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    Tyler Reddick wins at Atlanta to give Michael Jordan second straight NASCAR Cup victory
    Jacob Bridgeman smiles next to caddie GW Cable after winning the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
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    Relatives and army soldiers carry the casket of an army officer, who was killed in the suicide bombing in the border district of Bannu, for his burial following a funeral prayer in Mansehra, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Saqib Manzoor)
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    Pakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the Afghan border
    A Palm Beach County Sheriff vehicle blocks traffic near Mar-a-Lago, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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    Charred vehicles sit in a parking lot sit outside a shopping mall in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, as authorities reported that the Mexican Army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Alejandra Leyva)
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    Soccer matches postponed amid violence after army kills Mexican cartel leader 'El Mencho'
    Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales arrive with Jane Millichip, CEO of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London Ken Olisa to the 79th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, Sunday Feb. 22, 2026. (Jaimi Joy/Pool Photo via AP)
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    President of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region Renaud Muselier, right, and President of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region Fabrice Pannekoucke wave the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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    Twin Milan and Cortina Olympic cauldrons are extinguished, signaling the end of Winter...
    FILE - Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a gathering, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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