Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
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US eyes troop ‘flexibility’, increased defence spending in South Korea
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Typhoon Kalmaegi kills two people as it batters Philippines
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Mayoral race pits Democrat Zohran Mamdani against independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.