Two people have been charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna. Austrian news agency APA reported Monday …
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5/15/23
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The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker, has been found guilty of negligence. The unidentified officer was given a 60-day conditional …
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5/15/23
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A Chinese envoy is preparing to visit Ukraine and Russia, but there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to end the 15-month-long invasion. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it …
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5/15/23
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum has launched a two-year effort to preserve 8,000 shoes that belonged to children before they were murdered at the Nazi German death camp. In all, about 110,000 …
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By VANESSA GERA
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5/15/23
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Ballots tallied Monday show voters in Thailand want change after nine years under a former general who took power in a coup. Main opposition parties easily bested other contenders in the general …
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By GRANT PECK and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
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5/15/23
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For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus. The flight …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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5/15/23
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Thailand’s main opposition parties have easily bested other contenders with virtually all the votes counted from Sunday’s general election. Their victory fulfilled many voters’ hopes that the …
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By GRANT PECK
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5/14/23
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One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions has been killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed …
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5/14/23
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh …
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5/14/23
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International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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5/14/23
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Voters are going to the polls in Germany’s northern state of Bremen to decide Sunday whether the center-left Social Democrats can continue to run a city they’ve governed since World War II. The …
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5/14/23
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The leader of the most powerful al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by moving away from extremist factions. Abu Mohammed al-Golani is marketing Hayat Tahrir …
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By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
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5/14/23
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Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as an extremely severe cyclone is set to hit their coastal areas, as authorities told thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter. U.N. agencies and aid …
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By JULHAS ALAM
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5/14/23
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Pakistan prime minister says those involved in violence of Khan detention will face terrorism trials
Pakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts. …
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5/13/23
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has expressed concern about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in Asia, saying the security situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region was …
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By KARL RITTER and DAVID KEYTON
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5/13/23
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Volunteers in coastal districts of Bangladesh are using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter as the delta nation braces for an extremely severe cyclone, which is expected to slam ashore in …
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By JULHAS ALAM
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5/13/23
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An early vote counts shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is set to lose Karnataka, the only southern India state it governs. India’s Election Commission on Saturday says …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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5/13/23
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London’s top police officer has defended the department from complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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5/12/23
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Officials say an explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack. Police and firefighters went to the building …
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5/12/23
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Ukrainian military commanders say their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it …
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By SAMYA KULLAB
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5/12/23
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