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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Latvia's foreign minister is staking a claim to the top job at NATO. Krisjanis Karins says NATO needs a consensus builder who is committed to defense spending and has a clear vision of how to handle …
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By LORNE COOK
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11/28/23
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Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a …
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11/28/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as an existential battle against purported attempts by the West to destroy Russia, a ranting speech ahead of a …
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11/28/23
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The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. The …
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BY CHINEDU ASADU
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11/28/23
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Pope Francis has taken measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke who is one of his highest-ranking critics. Two people briefed on the measures said that Francis has yanked Burke's right to a Vatican …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/28/23
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A spokesperson for Ukraine's spy agency says the wife of Ukraine's intelligence chief has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning. The spokesman for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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11/28/23
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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says Finland will close its entire border with Russia due to concerns over migration. Orpo made the announcement during a news conference on Tuesday. Finland had only one …
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11/28/23
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Kfir Bibas has spent nearly a fifth of his life in Hamas captivity. The 10-month-old was abducted from his home in a southern Israeli kibbutz on Oct. 7, when Palestinian militants snatched about 240 …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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11/28/23
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A group tracking antisemitism in Germany says that it has documented a drastic increase of antisemitic incidents in the country in the month after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The RIAS group says …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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11/28/23
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France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas. The measures are part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister, …
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11/28/23
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Dubai is preparing to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden have signaled they will not be attending the negotiations. The talks come during the ongoing …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/28/23
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South Korea says it has postponed the planned launch of its first military spy satellite set for this Thursday. South Korea's first domestically built spy satellite had been scheduled to lift off …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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11/28/23
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Officials in India say rescuers are 5 meters (about 16.4 feet) away from the 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks, …
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11/28/23
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An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and captives became hungry. She was kept in a “suffocating” room …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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11/28/23
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Relatives and a friend of Israelis kidnapped and killed by Hamas are visiting Australia this week and sharing personal stories in an effort to lobby for international support for all hostages to be …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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11/27/23
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The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 presidential election. The decision announced Monday …
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11/27/23
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A year ago, Li Houchen was on the streets of Shanghai, hollering “Freedom!” to protest China’s harsh “zero COVID” controls and growing authoritarianism. He was one of thousands of people …
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By HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG
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11/27/23
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Blinken will return to Israel and the West Bank to discuss further extensions of the Gaza cease-fire
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East for the third time since Israel’s war with Hamas began last month to explore further extensions of the cease-fire …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/27/23
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