Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. Ma left office …
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Associated Press
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4/10/24
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Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex has been aborted. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled …
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4/10/24
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A new approach in Senegal is mixing a small number of hard-of-hearing students into public classrooms. It's a step forward in the West African country where some people still associate disabilities …
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By ANDREI POPOVICIU
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4/10/24
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Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s …
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4/9/24
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Italian officials say an explosion at a hydroelectric plant Tuesday in the Apennine Mountains south of Bologna has left at least three people dead and another four reported missing. Five were being …
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4/9/24
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Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti's capital, forcing aid workers in downtown Port-au-Prince to halt urgently needed care for thousands of people. The Alliance for International Medical Action says …
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By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON
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4/9/24
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Authorities say 51 passengers were rescued after their bus was swept away by floodwaters on a bridge in northern Kenya. The bus is stuck in the river but the waters are subsiding. Police were looking …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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4/9/24
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South Africa’s Electoral Court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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4/9/24
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South Koreans vote Wednesday for a new parliament in a hotly contested election that's seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The vote has raised worries about a deepening …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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4/9/24
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Turkey and Israel have announced tit-for-tat trade barriers as relations between them further deteriorate amid the war in Gaza. Turkey announced Tuesday that it was restricting exports of 54 types of …
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4/9/24
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The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine poses no direct threat to its safety. However, it said the episode …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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4/9/24
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The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says he is “very, very concerned” about China’s aggression toward Philippine forces near disputed islands in the South China Sea. The Chinese coast …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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4/9/24
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Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law. The authorities …
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By GRANT PECK
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4/9/24
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China's Xi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in show of support against Western democracies
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and shared opposition to Western democracies led by the U.S. No …
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4/9/24
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Germany is strongly rejecting a case brought by Nicaragua at the United Nations’ top court accusing Berlin of facilitating breaches of the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law by …
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By MIKE CORDER
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4/9/24
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A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week. China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Zhao Leji would visit the isolated country from Thursday to Saturday. He is chairman …
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4/9/24
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Russian space officials have aborted a test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from a far-eastern launch pad just moments before the planned blastoff. The Angara-A5 rocket had been scheduled to lift …
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4/9/24
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Iran has released two conservationists who worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison on espionage charges. A report by the Tehran newspaper Etemad said …
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4/9/24
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The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills …
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By JULHAS ALAM
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4/9/24
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In times of triple-digit inflation, Argentines are used to seeing prices for household goods skyrocket, but even they are shocked by the cost of this season’s must-have item: mosquito repellent. …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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4/9/24
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