Britain’s fertility regulator has confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people. The technique is used to keep children …
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By MARIA CHENG
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5/10/23
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Pope Francis and the Orthodox Coptic pope have delivered a joint blessing from St. Peter’s Square. The blessing Wednesday is a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of …
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5/10/23
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Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, working with Interpol, have launched an international appeal to help identify 22 women who mostly met violent deaths. Their bodies, some dismembered, were found …
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By JOHN LEICESTER
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5/10/23
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The Bolivian general who captured Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been buried. The ceremony Sunday for Prado _ considered a hero to some and a pariah to others _ was …
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By CARLOS VALDEZ
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5/9/23
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International news agency Agence France-Presse says its Ukraine video coordinator has been killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. In a tweet, AFP said other …
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5/9/23
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The trial has begun of 36 people accused of a deadly bombing in central Istanbul last November, in which six people were killed and 99 injured, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Fifteen of …
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5/9/23
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Spain’s Civil Guard says it has arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the Andalusia region, as part of a widening crackdown on unauthorized water use amid a prolonged drought. The Civil …
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By JENNIFER O'MAHONY
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5/9/23
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Spain’s Constitutional Court will consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and encouraging tolerance for sexual …
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By JENNIFER O'MAHONY
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5/9/23
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The German government has presented a proposal for a law that will make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender, ending decades-old rules that require them to get expert …
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5/9/23
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The number of politically motivated crimes reported in Germany rose by 7% last year. The interior minister said Tuesday that overall, Germany registered 58,961 politically motivated crimes in 2022. …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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5/9/23
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An unmarried Chinese woman has filed her final appeal of a hospital’s denial of access to freeze her eggs in a landmark case of female reproductive rights in the country. Teresa Xu’s case has …
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5/9/23
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The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a “brutal power grab.” Aloysius John has penned an eight-page …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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5/9/23
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The European Union marks its annual Europe Day celebration of peace and unity with Ukraine anxiously looking in from the wings. Ukraine wants to badly join the 27-nation bloc to anchor its future in …
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By RAF CASERT
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5/9/23
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Authorities in Auckland have declared a state of emergency as flooding again hits New Zealand’s largest city. Further north in the city of Whangārei, a high school student was missing after a …
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By NICK PERRY
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5/9/23
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Chile seemed on the cusp of a progressive revolution last year when a committee dominated by leftists drafted a bold new constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter. But voters …
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By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI
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5/8/23
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Wildfires have raged in Russia’s Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them. Blazes engulfed thousands of hectares in Sverdlovsk and Kurgan, as well …
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5/8/23
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The Arab League’s decision to re-admit Syria after 12 years of ostracization was a large symbolic victory for Damascus. Analysts said the decision is part of a larger regional realignment and an …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL
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5/8/23
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Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency says the average daily temperature was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 …
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5/8/23
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Heavy rains in southwestern Germany have flooded roads and basements, forced train routes to close temporarily and left some residents trapped in their homes. In Zollernalbkreis county in the state …
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5/8/23
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French President Emmanuel Macron has led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday commemorating May 8, the day that marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. He laid a …
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5/8/23
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