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    "Us midterm elections",
    "Texas",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n**178:****** The number of people _killed_ in South Sudan on Sunday, according to a local official, after dozens of young gunmen launched a surprise attack in the north of the East African state. Ninety children were among the dead. The attack has exacerbated fears that the country could slide back into civil war, just eight years after the last one ended.\n\n****\n\n* * *\n\n**53%:** The _share_ of the vote that Texas state Rep. **James Talarico** received in yesterday’s Democratic Senate primary, with most ballots counted. His opponent, US Rep. **Jasmine Crockett** , conceded this morning. The Republican primary, meanwhile, will go to a runoff, as neither Sen. **John Cornyn** nor Texas Attorney General **Ken Paxton** received more than 50% of the vote. It’s the _ideal scenario_ for Democrats, as they seek to win in a Texas Senate race for the first time since 1988.\n\n**20:** The _number of shots_ fired at Temple Emanu-El synagogue in Toronto, Canada, on Monday night, as Jewish people went to celebrate the festival of Purim. Nobody was injured, though the shots did some damage to the building. No suspects have been identified. Antisemitic attacks have _doubled_ or tripled, depending on the location, over the last few years.\n\n**40%:** The _proportion_ of India’s oil imports that go through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway Iran has _threatened_ to close – by bombing ships that pass through it – amid its conflict with the US and Israel. New Delhi, whose crude stocks could only satisfy about 25 days of demand, is therefore searching for alternative sources of oil. It may look again to Russia, from whom it had _significantly reduced_ its purchases.",
  "title": "Hard numbers: Fears rise of another South Sudan civil war, Democrats get their way in Texas primaries, Shots fired at Toronto synagogue, Iran conflict has India seeking alternative oil sources"
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