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  1. Trump's pick for ambassador to UN Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration

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    Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Department said.

  2. Aid for Venezuela arrives at border as Maduro vows to block entry

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    A U.S. military transport plane carrying humanitarian aid meant for Venezuelans landed in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Saturday, where food and medicine is being stored amidst uncertainty over how and where aid will be distributed.

  3. Pope defrocks former U.S. cardinal over sex abuse

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    Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and of sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.

  4. 5 dead, 5 injured after gunmen storm Cancun bar

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    Gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican resort city of Cancun and opened fire, killing five people and wounding five more, authorities said Saturday.

  5. Pence blasts allies on Iran, Venezuela as Freeland urges 'working together'

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    As U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence launched a renewed rebuke of European powers over their position on Iran and Venezuela on Saturday, leaders from Canada and Germany defended their own multilateral vision for how the West should address world crises.