The Polish border service has reported an uptick in Middle Eastern migrants trying to illegally cross into the European Union at the border of Belarus and Poland. In the past 24 hours, 117 illegal …
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11/4/22
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The European Commission has authorized the world’s first one-dose drug against a respiratory virus that sickens millions of babies and children globally every year. In a statement Friday, …
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11/4/22
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A bubble barrier that prevents plastic waste from reaching the ocean is one of 15 initiatives named as finalists for the year’s Earthshot Prize, a global competition aimed at finding new ways to …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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11/4/22
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German officials are urging environmental activists to engage in “constructive” protests and avoid endangering lives. A heated debate has broken out over activists' methods after road blockades …
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By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON
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11/4/22
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A new report says hundreds of animals have died in Kenyan widlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other bodies counted the deaths of 205 …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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11/4/22
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Iran is marking the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the country’s morality police. …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/4/22
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Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies are rallying support for Ukraine and coming together to voice suspicion of China’s increasing assertiveness. Foreign ministers from …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/4/22
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of “energy terrorism,” with Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy network leaving millions of people without power. Speaking in his …
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By ANDREW MELDRUM
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11/4/22
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France and Germany are asking Italy’s new far-right-led government to grant a safe port to nearly 1,000 people rescued by humanitarian groups in the central Mediterranean, some of whom have been …
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By COLLEEN BARRY and SYLVIE CORBET
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11/4/22
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Pope Francis has joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders in Bahrain in calling for the world's great religions to work for peace. Francis, Bahrain's king and top Muslim leaders called especially …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/4/22
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Officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in a stable condition after being shot and wounded during a protest march. His party says it will decide later Friday when the march is …
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By MUNIR AHMED AND RIAZAT BUTT
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11/4/22
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South Korea has scrambled dozens of military aircraft, including advanced F35 fighter jets, after spotting 180 North Korean warplanes flying in North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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11/4/22
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Beijing for a one-day visit that has drawn criticism over China’s tacit support for Russia in its war on Ukraine. Scholz’s visit Friday, however, also …
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11/3/22
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Britain’s interior minister has visited immigration facilities on England’s southeastern coast as she grappled with an overcrowding crisis at a migrant facility and an outcry over her claim that …
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By SYLVIA HUI
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11/3/22
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Greece's coast guard says five children are among the 22 people confirmed dead in the sinking of a sailing boat carrying migrants. A search and rescue operation continued Thursday for a further 34 …
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11/3/22
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This year's World Cup will be the first without Diego Maradona. The Argentina great died in 2020. Maradona's most famous feats and failures are being replicated in street art. The world's largest …
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By DÉBORA REY
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11/3/22
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Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu. This fish …
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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and JORGE SAENZ
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11/3/22
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Pakistani officials say a gunman opened fire at a protest convoy led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, wounding him slightly but killing one of his supporters. Nine other people were also wounded …
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11/3/22
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The Halloween party crush in Seoul's Itaewon entertainment district has caused an outpouring of public sympathy in South Korea toward the 150 dead, mostly in their 20s and 30s. But there's also a …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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11/3/22
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An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/3/22
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