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Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote
Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next month
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Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender
Canadian police say they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s
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Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country
Senegal’s new prime minister has criticized the French military presence in the West African country
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Social divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for political violence
When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible
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Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration
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Some of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral
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Gunmen open fire and kill 4 people, including 3 foreigners, in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province
A Taliban spokesman says that several gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan, killing at least four people, including three foreign nationals
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US, international volunteer doctors trapped in Gaza hospital by Israeli assault
Teams of 35 international doctors, including 22 Americans, are trapped in Gaza after Israel's seizure of the main crossing into Egypt sealed off their way out
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King Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day
King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles away as he continues to be treated for cancer
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Commuters in Buenos Aires are being hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares
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Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity'
Iran's state media say police arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism
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IDF recovers bodies of 3 hostages in overnight operation
The hostages had escaped from the Nova Music Festival and were killed in the area of Kibbutz Mefalsim before their bodies were taken to Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
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Humanitarian aid trucks move into Gaza through temporary pier built by US military
Some people were seen reportedly trying to stop the aid trucks from entering Gaza.
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Philippines arrests Australian suspect, reportedly the father of a rugby star, for drugs trafficking
Officials say one of Indonesia’s most-wanted drug suspects has been arrested in the Philippines after an international manhunt
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Haiti is seeking a new prime minister. Dozens of candidates jostle for the key job
A weeklong search for a new prime minister has flooded the inboxes of a transitional presidential council with dozens of candidates jostling to become Haiti’s next leader
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The US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension
The U.S. Ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to the alliance with its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing
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Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival
The Israeli military says its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
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Protests against powerful group persist in Syria's last major rebel stronghold
Members of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group in the country’s rebel-held northwest have fired bullets in the air and beaten up protesters with clubs, injuring some of them
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Kosovo criticizes Council of Europe for not holding a vote on its membership, blames Serbia lobbying
Kosovo has criticized the Council of Europe’s decision against holding a vote on its membership, saying it deprived its people and especially its ethnic minorities of democratic tools offered by the continent’s top human rights body
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Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
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Georgia's prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 'family purity'
Georgia's prime minister has joined tens of thousands of people on march through the country's capital to mark the Day of Family Purity
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Mayoral candidate, five others killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in Mexico
A mayoral candidate and five other people have been killed in a shooting at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas
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English village told to boil water after outbreak from parasite sickens more than 45
A scenic fishing village in southwestern England is on its third day under instructions to boil its tap water after a parasite sickened more than 45 people
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Ukraine's president signs two laws to enable prisoners to join the army's ranks and to increase fines for draft dodgers
Ukraine's president signs two laws to enable prisoners to join the army's ranks and to increase fines for draft dodgers
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EU bans 4 more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the bloc, citing disinformation
The European Union has banned four more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the 27-nation bloc for what it calls the spread of propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine and disinformation as the EU heads into elections in three weeks
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German parliament approves plans to relax strict restrictions on family names
The German parliament has approved plans to relax strict restrictions on family names — clearing the way, among other things, for couples to take double-barreled surnames and pass them on to their children
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Moroccan asylum-seeker gets life sentence for killing UK retiree in attack motivated by war in Gaza
A Moroccan asylum-seeker who stabbed a British retiree to death in revenge for Israel’s war against Hamas has been sentenced to at least 45 years in prison
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Why climate migration in Brazil is a global issue
The force of climate migration comes in many forms.
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French Interior Minister says suspected synagogue attacker was Algerian and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist
French Interior Minister says suspected synagogue attacker was Algerian and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist
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A man is convicted in Malawi over a TikTok video showing a caricature of the president dancing
A man in Malawi has been convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance moves
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Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security
The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has fallen slightly after France imposed a state of emergency
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An annual rich list says Paul McCartney is Britain's first billionaire musician
Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle
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AP PHOTOS: For the first time India's elderly and disabled are able to vote from home
Vijay Lakshmi, 85, stood beaming at the entrance of her house as she welcomed a team dispatched by the Election Commission of India. They were here to collect her vote.
The team visiting Vijay lakshmi’s neighbourhood comprised of 5 people in total, including a policeman and a cameraperson to document the process.
The octogenarian had just gotten the dressing changed on her injured arm when the team arrived. She didn’t need to be briefed as she was all prepared and excited to vote. “It would not have been possible for me to cast my vote had the team not visited my house,” she said.
The election commission for the first time has provided the facility of home voting for the elderly and persons with disabilities in the 2024 national elections. Voters at or above the age of 85 and those with 40% disability have been given the option to vote from home. More than 17 million such voters have registered across the country, the commission said.
Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the...
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Abu Dhabi, once an untapped desert city, sees its first brewery open as UAE relaxes its alcohol laws
In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu Dhabi-branded brewery and distillery with funky camels on its cans and playful names familiar to anyone living in the United Arab Emirates
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South Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building with 33 dead, 19 still missing
Authorities say an exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa has ended and revised figures show they don't believe any more people are missing
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Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's ‘expansionism’
Russia and China helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Asso...
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Putin says Russian offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region aims to create buffer zone but no plans to capture city
Putin says Russian offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region aims to create buffer zone but no plans to capture city
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Taiwan foreign minister: Russia and China are helping each other expand their reach, and democracies must push back
Taiwan foreign minister: Russia and China are helping each other expand their reach, and democracies must push back
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Vatican overhauls process to evaluate claims of apparitions, weeping statues to adapt to Internet age, punish hoaxers
Vatican overhauls process to evaluate claims of apparitions, weeping statues to adapt to Internet age, punish hoaxers
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Amid Israel-Hamas war, Gaza experiencing a 'catastrophic' mental health crisis
UNICEF said nearly all children need mental health and psychosocial support.
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German council approves a revised plan by Tesla to expand its plant near Berlin
A local council in Germany has approved a plan by electric carmaker Tesla to expand the grounds of its first plant in Europe, a proposal which has drawn persistent protests this year
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Japan passes a revised law allowing joint child custody for divorced parents for the first time
Japan’s parliament has passed a revision to the country’s civil code that will allow divorced parents the option of joint child custody, a change that brings the nation in line with many other countries
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Turkey's Erdogan pardons elderly generals imprisoned over 1997 'postmodern coup'
Turkey's president has pardoned seven former top military officers who were sentenced to life terms in prison over the ouster of an Islamic-led government in 1997
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8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland
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Slovakia's prime minister underwent another operation. He remains in serious condition
Officials in Slovakia say Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after as assassination attempt and remains in serious condition
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Predator drone
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed the shooting-down of an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone
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The Latest | Israel finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, as first aid unloaded by sea
Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of three hostages in the Gaza Strip
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Protests are planned in Serbia against a real estate project financed by Trump's son-in-law Kushner
Opposition groups in Serbia are planning protests against a real estate development project that will be financed by the firm of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the site of the former Serbian army headquarters destroyed in a U.S.-led NATO ...
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