An official leading preliminary coalition talks in the Netherlands says that the far-right party led by Dutch election winner Geert Wilders should open negotiations with three other parties on …
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By MIKE CORDER
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12/11/23
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The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals. Guyana’s president says he is coming to the …
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12/11/23
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A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged South Africa’s historic Parliament complex in Cape Town has been declared unfit to stand trial. Zandile Mafe was …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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12/11/23
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Report says United Arab Emirates is trying nearly 90 detainees on terror charges during COP28 summit
An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass trial of nearly 90 prisoners on terrorism charges as it hosts the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit. The trial …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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12/11/23
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Swedish authorities say that five people have been seriously injured after a construction site elevator plunged to the ground in Stockholm. Further details about their injuries weren't immediately …
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12/11/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to a shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines. The visit on Monday showcased the country’s nuclear might amid the fighting in …
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12/11/23
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Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are sounding the alarm and saying that neither they nor his lawyers have heard from him in six days. Navalny is serving a 19-year prison …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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12/11/23
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Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
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12/11/23
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office. On Monday he will be grilled by lawyers about his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic while fending …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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12/11/23
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As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over deadlines for lowering their carbon dioxide emissions, a Danish-led group of countries has decided to set the ultimate goal: to remove more …
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By DAVID KEYTON
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12/11/23
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Indigenous women at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai are coming together to share some of their innovative ideas on how communities on the front lines of climate change can contend with it. …
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By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India
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12/11/23
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A U.S. Air Force pilot has safely ejected before his F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea off South Korea’s southwestern coast. The U.S. military says the unidentified pilot was recovered by South …
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12/11/23
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KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, …
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AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice
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12/11/23
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A series of loud explosions has occurred in Ukraine’s capital followed by air raid sirens. There was no immediate word on the origin of the explosions early Monday, but they sounded like air …
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12/10/23
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Voter turnout plunged below 30% in Hong Kong’s first district council elections since new rules introduced under Beijing’s guidance effectively shut out all pro-democracy candidates. It was the …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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12/10/23
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The government of Guyana, under pressure from neighboring Brazil and a Caribbean trading bloc, has agreed to join bilateral talks with Venezuela over an escalating territorial dispute. The …
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By BERT WILKINSON
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12/10/23
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The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning …
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By JARI TANNER and JAMES BROOKS
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12/10/23
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Leaders from across West Africa are meeting in Nigeria in a renewed push for respect for democracy across the coup-hit region. At the meeting in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, the leaders acknowledged for …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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12/10/23
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Several thousand people have demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish incidents following Hamas’ attack on Israel two months ago. Police …
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12/10/23
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A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment. According to …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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12/10/23
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