Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region during the night. The strikes killed at least one person and buried families under …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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11/30/23
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Dozens of South Korean dog farmers have scuffled with police during a rally near the presidential office to protest a recent push by authorities to outlaw dog meat consumption. About 200 farmers, …
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By JIWON SONG
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11/30/23
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In the depths of captivity in Gaza, they formed an unlikely but prized friendship. Danielle Aloni and her 5-year-old daughter Emilia had been seized from a kibbutz by Hamas in its Oct. 7 rampage into …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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11/30/23
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Somalia’s maritime police force has intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in …
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By EMMANUEL IGUNZA
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11/30/23
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World leaders and other people offered a polarized reaction to the death of the lionized and vilified former diplomat Henry Kissinger, who managed to hold global attention decades after his service …
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By FOSTER KLUG
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11/29/23
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The alliance with the United States has allowed South Korea to build a strong democracy with citizens confident Washington would protect them if North Korea ever acted on its dream of unifying the …
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By FOSTER KLUG
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11/29/23
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A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix. The …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/29/23
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Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent …
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11/29/23
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China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was somewhere short on …
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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
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11/29/23
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A British foster child who killed the woman caring for him when he ran over her with her car has been sentenced to two years in custody. The boy was 12 at the time. He previously pleaded guilty to …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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11/29/23
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Ukraine's foreign minister insists that NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping his country defend itself against Russia. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also …
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By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE
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11/29/23
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Mali’s military government has announced an investigation into the Tuareg rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 and now accuse the government of failing to comply with it. Experts …
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11/29/23
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Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana are asking for peace for their community amid what they see as an existential threat. Their village, Surama, is …
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By JUAN ARRÁEZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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11/29/23
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It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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11/29/23
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A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. Earlier this year, …
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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
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11/29/23
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new extension of the cease-fire agreement in Israel’s war with Hamas after the current one expires. The aim …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/29/23
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At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
The United Nations' rights office says at least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region. …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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11/29/23
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A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent. …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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11/29/23
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A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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11/28/23
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Officials say that hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital will be removed over the coming year. The plan to remove the cats, who are considered …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/28/23
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