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Here’s the latest for Friday, April 26: Pro-Israeli demonstrators at Columbia; Pentagon sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine; Blinken meets with Xi in Beijing; Olympic flame on its way to France.
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Ukrainian former Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed defending his country
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EV maker Lucid reported mixed first quarter results as a wider-than-expected loss trumped the company's confirmation that its Gravity SUV is still on track for a 2024 debut.
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