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A Russian attack combining hundreds of drones and nearly three dozen missiles disrupted power supplies in nine regions of Ukraine and damaged residential buildings, killing a seven-year-old boy and wounding nine.

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In recent weeks, the US has bombed at least four boats in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, killing at least 21 people.

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The tornado, packing winds of 152 miles an hour, hit the city with blunt force, killing five people.

A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings and set off several landslides in the central Philippines, killing at least 69 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday.

“Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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