The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning piracy, armed robbery and hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s top hotspot for attacks on shipping …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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5/31/22
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The Mexican government says it has agreed to review a labor complaint filed by the United States under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact. The complaint filed earlier this month says workers' …
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5/31/22
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The United States says it will push for additional sanctionson North Korea if it conducts a new nuclear test explosion. U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials have said North Korea could soon …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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5/31/22
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Ukrainian soccer star Oleksandr Zinchenko couldn’t hold back the tears as he tried to explain what it means to represent his country’s national team at this moment, with a spot at the World Cup …
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5/31/22
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Martina Trevisan has advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 28 by beating a hobbled Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3 at the French Open. Trevisan will next face either Coco Gauff …
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5/31/22
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Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is facing new accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term. Navalny said on Instagram that an investigator visited him in prison …
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5/31/22
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Blood smears the stairwell floor and the shards of glass strewn about while shrapnel pockmarks the walls. Outside, a crater between two apartment blocks marks the spot where the rocket hit in the …
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By ELENA BECATOROS
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5/31/22
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it’s time for the government to “move on” after months of scandal. Some of his Conservative Party colleagues think it’s time he moved on instead. A …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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5/31/22
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India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released Tuesday by the government. It was the slowest pace in …
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5/31/22
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Japan’s parliament has enacted a $21 billion extra budget to tackle soaring fuel and food prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The extra budget is for the current fiscal year that started …
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5/31/22
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Aleksandar Vucic has been sworn in for his second 5-yar term as Serbia’s president, pledging to keep the Balkan country on its European Union membership path and hinting that a new government might …
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By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
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5/31/22
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tonga on Tuesday as he continued his regional island-hopping tour a day after failing to ink an ambitious deal with 10 South Pacific nations. Wang fell …
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By NICK PERRY
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5/31/22
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara’s planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. In recent days Erdogan has said …
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5/30/22
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Nigeria has recorded its first death from monkeypox in 2022 while Congo has confirmed nine deaths and 465 cases this year. The chief of the Sankuru health division in Congo said Monday that the …
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By CHINEDU ASADU and JEAN-YVES KAMALE
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5/30/22
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An aging Japanese militant who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on the airport outside Tel Aviv showed up in Beirut at an event commemorating the 50th …
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By BASSEM MROUE
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5/30/22
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has defended an annual march that celebrated Israel’s takeover of east Jerusalem and was marked by violence and anti-Palestinian racism. Authorities called up …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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5/30/22
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The French news broadcaster BFM TV says a 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in Ukraine. It says the journalist was fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation …
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5/30/22
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The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns …
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By MARIA CHENG
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5/30/22
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German police have recorded a significant increase of depictions of sexual abuse against children last year compared to the year before. The country’s top criminal police official said Monday that …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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5/30/22
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Asian stocks are higher after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string of declines and China eased anti-virus curbs on business activity in Shanghai and Beijing. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and …
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By JOE McDONALD
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5/30/22
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