The Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola. Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez held a …
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA
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11/9/23
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has announced he's dissolving the nation’s parliament and calling an early election two days after Prime Minister António Costa resigned with his …
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11/9/23
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Kenya says it won't deploy its police officers to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U.N Security Council to give the eastern …
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By EMMANUEL IGUNZA and DÁNICA COTO
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11/9/23
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The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, has closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a …
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By EGILL BJARNASON
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11/9/23
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Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Scabies, diarrhea and respiratory infections rip through overcrowded shelters. And some …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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11/9/23
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German police say a student with a handgun is suspected of having killed another student at a high school in the country’s southwest. German news agency dpa said Thursday that the teenage suspect …
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11/9/23
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Russian-installed health officials in Crimea say private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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11/9/23
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People have come together across Germany to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass” in 1938 during which the Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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11/9/23
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A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa has hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and wounding another, as well as three citizens of the Philippines, crew members on …
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11/9/23
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Analysts say that Pakistan’s crackdown on undocumented migrants risks radicalizing Afghans who have been forced out of the country. More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as …
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By RIAZAT BUTT
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11/9/23
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Spain's Socialists to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support of new government
Spain’s Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region’s failed secession bid in exchange …
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By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON
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11/9/23
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An undersea volcano's eruption off Japan three weeks ago has provided a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last long. The undersea volcano just off the southern …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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11/9/23
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Mobile and resilient, the US military is placing a new emphasis on ground troops for Pacific defense
As China's navy grows and its land-based missile systems expand, the United States is reworking its strategy in the Indo-Pacific, particularly as it relates to the defense of Taiwan. This week the …
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By DAVID RISING
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11/9/23
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Heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, suspected North Korean cooperation with Russia in its war on Ukraine and concerns about China’s growing assertiveness are topping U.S. Secretary of …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/9/23
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Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations are gathering Thursday in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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11/9/23
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Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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11/9/23
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A group of South Pacific leaders was due to travel to the beautiful island of Aitutaki on Thursday ahead of a meeting to discuss climate change and other regional concerns. Australian Prime Minister …
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By NICK PERRY
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11/8/23
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Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a U.N. agency that presides over the international seabed has concluded its last meeting of the year. The ongoing …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/8/23
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The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel's arrest of the young woman, saying she is being punished for an online post she didn't write. Israeli authorities arrested Ahed …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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11/8/23
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About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The …
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By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE
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11/8/23
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