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The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport
The United Arab Emirates was attempting to dry out from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded
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IDF soldiers are seen rifling through the possessions of Gazans in some videos.
April 17, 2024UK lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good
A plan by Britain’s government to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking has cleared its first hurdle in Parliament despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party
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Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them.
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Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive
Jews around the world will soon celebrate Passover, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery
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Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream
Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream
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Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack
A Sydney shopping mall has opened to the public for the first time since the mass stabbing in which six people died
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IDF's conduct, ethics under scrutiny following soldiers' social media posts
IDF soldiers are seen rifling through the possessions of Gazans in some videos.
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Dubai sees severe flooding after getting 2 years' worth of rain in 24 hours
Some carriers temporarily suspended flights to and from Dubai.
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Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut
Lebanon's Interior Minister says Israeli agents were most likely behind this month's killing of a U
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Biden administration to end sanctions waiver on Venezuelan oil
President Nicolás Maduro did not hold free and fair elections as promised.
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US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades
The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democrati...
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US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes fade for a fair presidential election in July
US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes fade for a fair presidential election in July
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Britain's contentious plan to send some migrants to Rwanda hits a hurdle in Parliament
A law that will enable Britain to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda has suffered a setback after Parliament’s upper chamber pressed its attempt to amend the contentious legislation
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Will US sanctions against Iran go far enough?
The sanctions include targeting Iran's missile and drone program.
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Belarus' parliament votes to leave Europe's conventional forces treaty already abandoned by Russia
The Belarusian parliament has voted to suspend the country’s participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty that once was a key security doctrine for the continent
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El Salvador's Bukele releases father of soccer player from prison after son's plea on social media
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media
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Tsunami alert after Indonesian volcano has several eruptions, thousands told to leave
Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami alert after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high
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The U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo's escalating violence is being forgotten by the world
The U.N. human rights chief says the world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo as conflicts continue in places like Ukraine and Gaza
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Neglected burial ground for migrants on Greek island gets overhaul
A makeshift burial ground for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos has been cleaned up and redesigned after years of neglect
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9 arrests made in $14.8 million gold heist, only fraction recovered
Police believe the suspects melted and sold the gold.
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Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants trying to sneak into the country from Afghanistan
Pakistan's military says security forces killed seven militants in a remote northwestern border area when they tried to sneak into the country from Afghanistan
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Father's visit to Haitian birthplace becomes a fight to escape
Frantzy Saintelus risked his life trying to escape his birthplace.
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9 are facing charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft in the country's history
Canadian police say nine people are facing charges in the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago
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Greek minister says 2 major new marine parks will be created by the end of this year
Greece's environment and energy minister says his country will be able to create two new major marine parks in the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea by the end of this year
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Switzerland's lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence
The lower house of Swiss parliament is following in the footsteps of the Senate, or upper house, and has approved a measure that would ban the use of, public wearing or display of Nazi and racist symbols that could foment extremist hate or violence
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Milan's famous La Scala names new director of the opera house after months of controversy
Milan’s La Scala, one of the world’s most prestigious and historic opera houses, has named Fortunato Ortombina as its new director
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Hundreds pay tribute to police officer shot dead 40 years ago from inside Libya's UK embassy
Hundreds of people have attended a vigil in central London to commemorate the life of a police officer who was shot dead 40 years ago from inside the Libyan embassy
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Italy's leader keeps the focus on migration on her fourth visit to Tunisia in a year
Italy’s leader has acknowledged that Tunisia “cannot become the arrival point for migrants coming from the rest of Europe.”
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Sweden's parliament passes a law to make it easier for young people to legally change their gender
The Swedish parliament has passed a law lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16
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Cat rescued from Dubai flooding after clinging to car door
A cat clinging to a car door was rescued by police in Dubai after two years' worth of rain fell in just 24 hours.
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Swedish Parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their gender, lowers age limit to 16
Swedish Parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their gender, lowers age limit to 16
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Protests, heightened terror threat mean tight security at Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden
Police in Sweden say that security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern city of Malmo
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Hugh Grant says he took 'enormous sum' to settle suit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid
Hugh Grant says he accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him
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Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth
A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his birth is opening in Berlin, where he made his breakthrough and where a 1906 exhibition kicked off an enduring revival of interest in the German Romantic ...
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Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria
Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria
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Russia begins withdrawing peacekeeping forces from Karabakh, now under full Azerbaijan control
Officials from both countries say Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been stationed as peacekeepers since the end of a war in 2020
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Georgia's parliament votes to approve so-called 'Russian law' targeting media in first reading
Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad
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French police evict hundreds from abandoned Paris warehouse ahead of Olympics
The Paris Games are 100 days away, and police have carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of Paris
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Thailand and New Zealand vow to strengthen economic ties as they set lofty new trade goals
Thailand and New Zealand have vowed to boost economic cooperation with an aim to triple two-way trade by 2045, as the New Zealand leader visited Thailand for the first time in 11 years
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Defense and security are on citizens' minds before the EU Parliament elections, a survey finds
A survey has found Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is foremost in European Union citizens’ minds, with defense and security being key campaign issues ahead of June elections
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Copenhagen fights the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark
Danish firefighters are working to extinguish the last pockets of a fire that gutted Copenhagen’s 400-year-old stock exchange building, as owners of the structure looked ahead to rebuilding the iconic landmark
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