North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power this year, as he opened a key political meeting to set new policy goals for …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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12/26/23
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Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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12/26/23
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Sweden moves one step closer to NATO membership after Turkish parliamentary committee gives approval
The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has given its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO, drawing the previously non-aligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western …
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12/26/23
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Four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother have been killed in their apartment east of Paris in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime. Authorities …
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By NICOLAS GARRIGA and OLEG CETINIC
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12/26/23
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Russian naval ship in Crimea damaged in airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russian Defense Ministry says
A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the landing ship Novocherkassk has been hit by plane-launched guided …
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12/26/23
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Firefighters and volunteers worked overnight to reinforce dikes in northern and eastern Germany against rising floodwaters as heavy rain falling on already soaked ground pushed rivers and streams …
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12/26/23
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf.” It was his first appearance since associates …
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12/26/23
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Christmas Day meant the same as any other for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents; Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a …
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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE
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12/25/23
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The president of Belarus says Russia has completed its shipments of short-range, tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that has raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and …
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12/25/23
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Christmas carries more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year: for the first time, the country is observing it as a public holiday on Dec. 25, rather than the later date followed in …
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12/25/23
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Turkey has intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend. The Turkish defense ministry …
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By ABDELRAHMAN ZEYAD and HOGIR ABDO
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12/25/23
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Liverpool soccer star Mohamed Salah says he “shares the pain” of grieving families at Christmas amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Egypt international posted a message on X, formerly known as …
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12/25/23
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Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the …
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12/25/23
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Pope Francis is denouncing the weapons industry in his Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians. Francis delivered his annual Christmas Day …
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12/25/23
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A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India. The exceptional holiday ordeal left some 300 Indians en route for Nicaragua blocked …
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By CHRISTOPHE ENA and ANGELA CHARLTON
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12/25/23
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Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world." He recalled Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, saying: …
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12/24/23
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A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries is trekking through Mexico. The procession Sunday comes just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken …
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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE
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12/24/23
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Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people as Ukraine prepares to officially celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed …
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12/24/23
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Christians around the world are striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Believers in …
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By DAVID McHUGH, ABDUL RAHMAN SHAHEEN and SHAZIA BHATTI
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12/24/23
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British Home Secretary James Cleverly is under fire for making a date rape joke at a party just hours after announcing plans to crack down on the offense. Cleverly, who oversees national security and …
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12/24/23
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