Should visitors to Thailand be concerned about their safety after six people were found dead in a locked hotel room in Bangkok? Thai authorities were quick to stress they believed the incident …
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7/18/24
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This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence. It underscores how the Islamic State group has turned to a strategy of surprise, …
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By LEE KEATH and MICHAEL WAKIN
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7/18/24
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South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups. The …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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7/18/24
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South Korea says North Korea has launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the balloons were flying north of Seoul, which is about an …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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7/18/24
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Police in Kenya have banned protests in the capital indefinitely citing a lack of leadership that would ensure peaceful protests. The ban was announced hours before a planned protest for Thursday, in …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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7/18/24
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Streets were quiet, people stayed home and malls kept their doors closed in Bangladesh’s capital as protesters attempted to impose a “complete shutdown” after days of violent clashes between …
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By JULHAS ALAM
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7/18/24
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Ursula von der Leyen is making her final leadership pitch in a speech to lawmakers at the European Parliament ahead of a vote on whether to grant her a second five-year term as president of the …
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By MIKE CORDER and JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS
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7/18/24
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Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday morning, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist …
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7/18/24
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Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, the highest post for any defector
South Korea’s president has appointed a prominent North Korean defector as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans who have resettled in South …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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7/18/24
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Two buses carrying Chinese tourists have veered off a road on New Zealand’s South Island in separate crashes, and 15 passengers were taken to hospital. Officials said two of them were seriously …
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
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7/17/24
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Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become. He also pledged in his televised …
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO
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7/17/24
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A Turkish parliamentary commission has begun debating a contentious bill to manage the country's substantial stray dog population. Animal rights advocates fear the measure could result in a mass …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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7/17/24
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Nine crew members were rescued and another died as teams searched for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, according to the country's state news agency. The tanker, …
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By MICHAEL WAKIN
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7/17/24
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Russia’s foreign minister said Russia has “irrefutable evidence” that imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is guilty of espionage. Sergey Lavrov blamed American journalists …
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By JADE LOZADA
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7/17/24
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Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and …
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By ANDRE PENNER and ELÉONORE HUGHES
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7/17/24
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Cleanup crews are working to get Canada’s largest city back to normal after a torrential downpour. Flooding in and around Toronto this week temporarily closed several major roads and left drivers …
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7/17/24
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Panama's border police says that migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and …
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By JUAN ZAMORANO
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7/17/24
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Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection. Former …
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7/17/24
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Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border. According …
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7/17/24
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France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament. She spoke Wednesday as Paris prepares to host …
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7/17/24
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