A severe drought has pushed Colombia's capital to start rationing tap water. Officials in Bogota moved to ration water starting this week after reservoirs hit historically low levels due to the …
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An orphaned killer whale stranded in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon is proving difficult for rescuers to catch. An official at the site says the capture operation is in the “demobilization …
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4/12/24
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Russian military trainers have arrived in Niger to reinforce the country’s air defenses as the western African nation pulls away from close cooperation with the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts, …
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By JESSICA DONATI
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4/12/24
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Local media in Turkey say one person was killed and seven injured when a cable car in the south of the country hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below. …
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4/12/24
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Palestinian health officials say dozens of Israeli settlers have rampaged through a village in the West Bank, killing one man and wounding at least 25 others. An Israeli rights group says the …
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By JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL
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4/12/24
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Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents. He says that so …
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By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
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4/12/24
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Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what …
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The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000 people. Forecasters warn that more rains can be expected …
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4/12/24
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The Kremlin says that a draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective talks to end the fighting that has dragged into a third year. …
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4/12/24
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The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September. It's the longest trip of Francis’ papacy and will surely test his health, stamina and …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and NINIEK KARMINI
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4/12/24
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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced an investigation into suspected Russian interference in Europe-wide elections in June. He says that his country’s intelligence service has …
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4/12/24
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Polish lawmakers are to vote on whether to lift the country’s near total abortion ban, a divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in …
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By VANESSA GERA
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4/12/24
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South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some experts say the results …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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4/12/24
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Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations …
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By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN FERNAND KOENA
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4/12/24
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The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a camp for tens of thousands of people who have fled into neighboring Chad, the anniversary is marked by near starvation. Many people here fled the fighting …
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By PATRICIA SIMON and RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA
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4/12/24
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Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia's full-scale invasion two …
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By ERIKA KINETZ
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4/12/24
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Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the country’s deadliest attack in history — the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center …
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By DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE
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4/12/24
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Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations, a day after barring political parties and groups. That's according to a copy of the …
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By BABA AHMED and JESSICA DONATI
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4/11/24
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has mocked a planned round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced agreements ignoring its interests. …
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4/11/24
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Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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4/11/24
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