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American retirees in Mexico say their life savings vanished from a Mexican bank

Nine American families told NBC News that they trusted a local banker in San Miguel de Allende only to find millions missing from their accounts.

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Iran slams U.S. for barring top diplomat from New York hospital visit

The State Department said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif could only visit a diplomat in hospital if Tehran released a detained American citizen.

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Climate scientists say Greta Thunberg's efforts are building real momentum

"She is getting people to listen, which we have failed to do," one climatologist said.

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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to run for office

Wong's announcement came ahead of a major rally later Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella protests, where he first shot to fame as a youth leader.

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Amid failed peace talks and relentless violence, Afghans weigh whether to vote

"Our future is uncertain," said a Kabuli who has decided not to vote. "There is no guarantee that tomorrow I will still be alive."

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Fugitives admitted to 3 slayings in Canada before killing themselves, authorities say

The videos the pair recorded before they were found dead Aug. 7 included their plans to kill others, police said.

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U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns

Kurt Volker is at the center of a whistleblower complaint that prompted impeachment inquiry.

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Rudy Giuliani's former DOJ colleagues believe he committed crimes

"I think the Giuliani that I know would prosecute the Giuliani of today," said Jeffrey Harris, who worked closely with him in the 1980s.

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Former Ukrainian prosecutor spoke with Rudy Giuliani "maybe 10 times"

Yuriy Lutsenko, said he was friends with the president's personal attorney and that the pair had known each other for "many years".

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Pompeo subpoenaed by House Democrats over Trump-Ukraine scandal

The committee chairmen also sent a separate letter to Pompeo to schedule the depositions of five State Department officials over the next two weeks.

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Boyfriend of Atlanta woman who didn't realize she'd been shot in the head gets 25 years in prison

Nicole Gordon went to the hospital for severe headaches and memory loss. Doctors found a bullet in her skull.

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What is the Senate doing about the Ukraine whistleblower complaint?

Sources close to the Senate Intelligence Committee say Mark Warner is being careful because he wants to keep GOP committee chair Richard Burr on board.

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Hundreds of boys, men freed from torture building in Nigeria

"The condition under which we found the victims was so dehumanizing, many of them were chained," a police spokesman said.

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Trump goes on tweet offensive about whistleblower, his 'perfect call' and 'Liddle' Adam Schiff'

The tweets included a confounding attack on CNN.

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Demonstrators hold 'Stand with Kashmir' protest outside UN

Demonstrators held a “Stand with Kashmir” protest in solidarity with the people of Kashmir outside the United Nations headquarters in New York

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Senate Democrats accuse NRA of promising access to U.S. officials in exchange for Russian business

The investigation by Senate Finance Committee Democrats says NRA may have violated numerous tax laws.

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The Ukraine story has been playing out for a lot longer than you might think

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Saudi Arabia gets ready to open up to foreign tourists

"It will change the perception, they have to come and see us," said the chairman of the kingdom's commission for tourism and national heritage.

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School strikers around the world march to demand action on climate

Citing a U.N.-backed report, demonstrators called on governments to implement measures to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2.7 degrees.

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Kremlin says it hopes U.S. would not release Trump-Putin calls

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that "we would like to hope that it wouldn't come to that in our relations."

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Brother found guilty of murdering Pakistani model in 'honor killing'

Baloch had posted risque Facebook posts in which she spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in Pakistan.

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Prince Harry to walk in mother Diana's footsteps in visit to Angola

The Duke of Sussex visited communities in the southern Africa nation where the late princess launched a demining campaign 22 years ago.

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Euroviews. World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis ǀ View

Because of my position, no matter what I thought of leaders like George W Bush, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin or Ignacio Lula da Silva, I would never make a face like that of young climate activist Greta Thunberg when she saw President Trump passing near her at the UN.

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Toronto van driver: I 'accomplished my mission' after 10 pedestrians died

The attack drew attention to an online world of sexual loneliness, rage and misogyny after the suspect invoked an uprising by "involuntary celibates."

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Man guilty of killing 6 members of his extended family in Texas

A teenage girl survived the deadly 2014 attack in the Houston area by playing dead after she was grazed by a bullet, authorities have said.

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Drone helps filmmaker rescue pets stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian

"[It] still blows me away how these animals survive," Doug Thron said. "Their will to survive is pretty strong."

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