Pakistan’s army and civil authorities are planning to evacuate 80,000 people to safety along the southern coast, and thousands in neighboring India have sought shelter ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy. It …
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By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED
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6/13/23
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Nearly eight decades after the Holocaust, a German museum curator has made it his mission to return stolen silver objects to Jewish families around the globe. The Nazis took thousands of silver …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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6/13/23
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A regional governor says at least three people have been killed and 25 wounded after missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Serhiy Lysak, …
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6/13/23
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has begun a visit to China that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Mideast politics and competing for energy resources. Abbas arrived Tuesday morning on …
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6/13/23
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The United States military says a helicopter mishap in northeast Syria over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured to various degrees. The military added in a statement Tuesday that the …
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6/13/23
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A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 harrowing days alone in the Amazon rainforest. Their maternal grandparents are vying with …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MANUEL RUEDA
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6/12/23
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The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are meeting in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country. The …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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6/12/23
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A Vatican court has convicted two environmental activists of aggravated damage after they glued their hands to an ancient statue in the Vatican Museums in a protest to draw attention to climate …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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6/12/23
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A U.K.-based tour operator says three British nationals who went missing after a scuba diving boat they were cruising in caught fire in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coast have died. The announcement …
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6/12/23
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A British man has been detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands. The Seoul fire agency says more than 90 emergency, …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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6/12/23
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A report on the world's nuclear weapons says the nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapons systems in …
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6/12/23
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Swedish police say a shooting outside Stockholm has left two people dead and two others wounded in what appears to be a feud between criminal gangs. An unidentified foreign man and a teenager were …
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6/12/23
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An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO’s history and hosted by Germany has started. The exercise was long-planned but serves to showcase the alliance’s capabilities amid high …
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6/12/23
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Initial forensic work has begun to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco’s forces who are among tens of thousands of people buried anonymously in the Valle de …
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By CIARÁN GILES
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6/12/23
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The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has begun tests of newly constructed facilities for discharging treated radioactive wastewater into sea, a plan strongly opposed by local fishing …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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6/12/23
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Italian media are reporting that Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of …
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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6/12/23
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India and Pakistan are bracing for the first severe cyclone this year expected to hit their coastal regions later this week, as authorities halted fishing activities and deployed rescue personnel. …
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By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED
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6/12/23
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Ukrainian military officials say their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces. It is among the first — small — successes in stepped-up counteroffensive operations …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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6/12/23
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The Philippines’ most active volcano is gently spewing lava down its slopes, alerting tens of thousands of people they may have to quickly flee a violent and life-threatening explosion. More than …
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By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA
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6/11/23
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's governing Morena party has decided that a series of five polls over the summer will decide the party's nomination for the June 2024 presidential …
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6/11/23
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