A Hong Kong court says criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition. Thursday's ruling came in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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3/7/24
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Women across the world will demand equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice, decision-making jobs and other essential needs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day Friday. …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/7/24
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At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year as activists say the country has made little progress in protecting women from abusers. A decade ago, Turkey was the first country to ratify a …
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By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER
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3/7/24
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It’s not just opposition politicians who are targeted in the crackdown by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years. Also falling victim are independent voices as well as …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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3/7/24
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Corruption is a key issue in Portugal's early general election on Sunday. Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party and center-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades and …
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By BARRY HATTON
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3/7/24
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Welcome to what might be the most dangerous place to be a police officer in North America. At least 34 officers have been killed in the line of duty in the Mexican city of Celaya in the last three …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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3/7/24
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Modi is visiting Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy in '19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since India stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Thousands of armed paramilitary troops and …
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3/6/24
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Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon. The draft …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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3/6/24
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Frozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off their grief without answers
Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her …
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By EILEEN NG
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3/6/24
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North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea. The Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that Kim made the …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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3/6/24
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The Senegalese government has announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election. A statement issued after a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday noted …
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BY BABACAR DIONE
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3/6/24
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Mourners in Poland have paid tribute to a young Belarusian woman who died after being brutally attacked and raped on the streets of Warsaw last month, a crime that has shocked the country. In recent …
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By VANESSA GERA
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3/6/24
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Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in northern Mozambique has left more than 70 children missing and caused 100,000 people to flee …
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By TOM GOULD and GERALD IMRAY
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3/6/24
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Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information. Worldcoin was created by OpenAI …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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3/6/24
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The Czech Parliament has approved changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history. After a green light from the lower …
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3/6/24
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Syria's activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria. They say dozens are missing …
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By GHAITH AL-SAYED and BASSEM MROUE
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3/6/24
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Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime …
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By EVENS SANON and BERT WILKINSON
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3/6/24
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The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th …
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3/6/24
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UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014
The U.N. migration agency says more than 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International Organization for …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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3/6/24
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The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting. The International …
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3/6/24
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