Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of Ukrainian schools. But the disruption to education goes far beyond devastated buildings. Experts say schooling is suffering in unprecedented …
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By VANESSA GERA and HANNA ARHIROVA
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6/15/23
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The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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6/15/23
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Authorities say a drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has been busted. …
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By NICK PERRY
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6/14/23
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The shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing vessels full of …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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6/14/23
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More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting in Ukraine are facing trial in southern Russia. The captured soldiers were members of the Azov battalion that fought Russian …
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6/14/23
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Israel’s parliament has appointed an opposition lawmaker to the powerful committee that appoints the country’s judges. Wednesday's vote exposed divisions within Prime Minister Benjamin …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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6/14/23
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The Israeli military says it has closed an investigation into its shooting and killing of a Palestinian toddler in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a rare admission of wrongdoing, the …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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6/14/23
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As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely. But hardly a single world leader has said a word recently …
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By RAF CASERT
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6/14/23
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A German opposition party has launched a legal challenge to an electoral reform that is designed to reduce the size of the country’s increasingly bloated parliament. The center-right Christian …
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By GEIR MOULSON
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6/14/23
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden’s application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic …
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6/14/23
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A court in Russia has convicted an associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on extremism charges and sentenced her to 7 1/2 years in prison, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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6/14/23
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Women’s rights advocates have called for protests in dozens of Polish cities after a woman in her fifth month of pregnancy died of sepsis. It was the latest such death since a tightening of …
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By VANESSA GERA
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6/14/23
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A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano has forced nearly 18,000 people to flee to emergency shelters and may create a protracted crisis that could last for months. President …
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By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN
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6/14/23
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Silvio Berlusconi’s legacy — positive or negative — is being hotly debated among Italians as the nation prepares for a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milan’s Gothic-era Duomo …
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By COLLEEN BARRY
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6/14/23
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South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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6/14/23
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Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another man in the city of Nottingham. Nottingham University students …
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6/14/23
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call ahead of a possible visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up …
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By SIMINA MISTREANU
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6/14/23
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The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter. Some of the adults smoked tobacco mixed with the wood …
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By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DAVID BILLER
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6/14/23
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In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president has met with his Nicaraguan counterpart and railed against a theme both leaders have in common: U.S. sanctions. President Ebrahim …
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6/13/23
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Costa Rica and the U.S. government have agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants among the 240,000 asylum seekers already …
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By JAVIER CORDOBA
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6/13/23
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