Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil. Officials said Thursday that 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease had been reported in the region as of this …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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3/28/24
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A new study in Hungary shows that dogs, beyond being able to respond to commands like “sit” and “stay,” can learn to associate words with specific objects. Such a relationship with language …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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3/28/24
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Russia’s top investigative body says that another suspect has been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 143 people. A statement from the …
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3/28/24
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French lawmakers have condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression." The nonbinding vote on Thursday marked another step in …
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3/28/24
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Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament have approved a bill that would ban discrimination over the texture, length, color or style of someone’s hair. The bill’s authors hope the …
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By JADE LE DELEY
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3/28/24
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The Philippine president says his government will enforce a “countermeasure package” in response to “aggressive and dangerous attacks” by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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3/28/24
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Authorities say Russia has fired salvoes of drones and missiles overnight at southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, injuring more than a dozen people as the Kremlin’s forces persevered with …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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3/28/24
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With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands of volunteer election monitors on the rules they’ll need to watch for fraud and ensure a fair vote. The vote …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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3/28/24
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Ukraine's foreign minister has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries. Dmytro Kuleba will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar …
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3/28/24
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Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti have issued their first official statement. They are pledging to restore “public …
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3/27/24
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Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously little-known opposition figure won over 54% of the votes. Sunday's election marked a stunning victory for …
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By BABACAR DIONE
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3/27/24
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Nigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity
Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity say they saw them and that they couldn't hold back tears of joy during the reunion. The …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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3/27/24
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An environmentally themed mural by elusive street artist Banksy that appeared last week on a London street has been encased in plastic and surrounded by fencing after an apparent act of vandalism. …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/27/24
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Pope Francis appears in better health, walking into the Vatican audience hall on his own with a cane for his weekly audience and delivering his prepared text with a clear voice. The pope’s …
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3/27/24
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An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has told a newspaper in the country that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in …
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3/27/24
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The death toll in last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 140 on Wednesday after another victim died in a hospital, Russian officials said. They say a 80 people injured in the attack remain …
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3/27/24
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A new United Nations report estimates that 19% of the food produced around the world went to waste in 2022. That's a little more than 1 billion metric tons of food that could have helped feed the …
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By CARLOS MUREITHI
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3/27/24
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China’s nationalist leader Xi Jinping has called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting with top American business leaders in Beijing. It comes amid a steady improvement in relations …
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Associated Press
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3/27/24
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced one of his top security officials. Oleksii Danilov, who served as secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, was replaced late …
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3/27/24
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of people gathered in a synagogue in Kyiv this weekend to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, more than two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Following …
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3/27/24
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