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Mexico's cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches
Cartel violence haunted the central Mexican town of Huitzilac days after a mass shooting claimed the lives of eight men
May 17, 2024Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes is sentenced to prison
A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan
May 14, 2024The Latest | Israel finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, as first aid unloaded by sea
Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of three hostages in the Gaza Strip
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Flash floods due to unusually heavy rains kill at least 50 people in Afghanistan
A Taliban official says flash floods from heavy seasonal rains in western Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people and dozens remain missing, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports and might rise
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Malaysia minister says terror suspect who killed 2 police officers acted on his own
Malaysia's government says the young man who attacked a police station and killed two officers was a recluse and believed to have acted on his own, despite suspected links to the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group
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It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
Mali’s historic city of Djenné was once a center of Islamic learning, known for its sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016
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Protesters rally in Peru against decree classifying seven gender identities as “mental illness”
Sexual diversity activists have protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses.”
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As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media
Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza
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Argentine president begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials and courting the far-right
Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing “poverty and death” to Spain and weighing in on corruption allegations against th...
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Doctors Without Borders works to help during crisis in Sudan
Doctors Without Borders Director of Operations Oliver Behn discusses working in Sudan’s Southern State of Darfur.
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An unusual autumn freeze grips parts of South America, giving Chile its coldest May in 74 years
Chileans are bundling up for their coldest autumn in more than 70 years mere days after sunning in T-shirts
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State Department issues travel alert for LGBTQ people, events abroad
The alert follows a similar warning from the FBI and the DHS.
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Inside Gaza's mental health crisis impacting civilians
UNICEF said nearly all children need mental health and psychosocial support.
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In Brazil’s flooded south, a secret mission to recover thousands of guns from an airport
A group of volunteers working to save people from the floods in southern Brazil have claimed they were misled into participating in an operation to remove several thousand firearms from the airport of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital Porto Alegre
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Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote
Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next month
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Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender
Canadian police say they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s
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Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country
Senegal’s new prime minister has criticized the French military presence in the West African country
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Social divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for political violence
When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible
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Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration
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Some of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral
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May 17
Gunmen open fire and kill 4 people, including 3 Spaniards, in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province
A Taliban spokesman says that several gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan, killing at least four people, including three foreign nationals
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They were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors
Teams of 35 international doctors, including 22 Americans, were trapped in Gaza after Israel seized the main crossing into Egypt and sealed off their way out
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Gaza girl with rare neurological disease enjoys music at children’s event
Julia, who was diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood, was able to enjoy music at a children’s event after receiving life-saving medication.
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King Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day
King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles away as he continues to be treated for cancer
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Subway commuters in Buenos Aires see fares spike by 360% as part of austerity campaign in Argentina
Commuters in Buenos Aires are being hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares
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Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity'
Iran's state media say police arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism
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IDF recovers bodies of 3 hostages in overnight operation
The hostages had escaped from the Nova Music Festival and were killed in the area of Kibbutz Mefalsim before their bodies were taken to Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
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Humanitarian aid trucks move into Gaza through temporary pier built by US military
Some people were seen reportedly trying to stop the aid trucks from entering Gaza.
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Philippines arrests Australian suspect, reportedly the father of a rugby star, for drugs trafficking
Officials say one of Indonesia’s most-wanted drug suspects has been arrested in the Philippines after an international manhunt
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Haiti is seeking a new prime minister. Dozens of candidates jostle for the key job
A weeklong search for a new prime minister has flooded the inboxes of a transitional presidential council with dozens of candidates jostling to become Haiti’s next leader
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US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing
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Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival
The Israeli military says its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
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Protests against powerful group persist in Syria's last major rebel stronghold
Members of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group in the country’s rebel-held northwest have fired bullets in the air and beaten up protesters with clubs, injuring some of them
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Kosovo criticizes Council of Europe for not holding a vote on its membership, blames Serbia lobbying
Kosovo has criticized the Council of Europe’s decision against holding a vote on its membership, saying it deprived its people and especially its ethnic minorities of democratic tools offered by the continent’s top human rights body
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Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk
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Georgia's prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 'family purity'
Georgia's prime minister has joined tens of thousands of people on march through the country's capital to mark the Day of Family Purity
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Mayoral candidate, five others killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in Mexico
A mayoral candidate and five other people have been killed in a shooting at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas
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English village told to boil water after outbreak from parasite sickens more than 45
A scenic fishing village in southwestern England is on its third day under instructions to boil its tap water after a parasite sickened more than 45 people
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May 17
Ukraine's president signs two laws to enable prisoners to join the army's ranks and to increase fines for draft dodgers
Ukraine's president signs two laws to enable prisoners to join the army's ranks and to increase fines for draft dodgers
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EU bans 4 more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the bloc, citing disinformation
The European Union has banned four more Russian media outlets from broadcasting in the 27-nation bloc for what it calls the spread of propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine and disinformation as the EU heads into elections in three weeks
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May 17
German parliament approves plans to relax strict restrictions on family names
The German parliament has approved plans to relax strict restrictions on family names — clearing the way, among other things, for couples to take double-barreled surnames and pass them on to their children
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Moroccan asylum-seeker gets life sentence for killing UK retiree in attack motivated by war in Gaza
A Moroccan asylum-seeker who stabbed a British retiree to death in revenge for Israel’s war against Hamas has been sentenced to at least 45 years in prison
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Why climate migration in Brazil is a global issue
The force of climate migration comes in many forms.
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French Interior Minister says suspected synagogue attacker was Algerian and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist
French Interior Minister says suspected synagogue attacker was Algerian and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist
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A man is convicted in Malawi over a TikTok video showing a caricature of the president dancing
A man in Malawi has been convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance moves
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Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security
The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has fallen slightly after France imposed a state of emergency
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An annual rich list says Paul McCartney is Britain's first billionaire musician
Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle
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AP PHOTOS: For the first time India's elderly and disabled are able to vote from home
Vijay Lakshmi, 85, stood beaming at the entrance of her house as she welcomed a team dispatched by the Election Commission of India. They were here to collect her vote.
The team visiting Vijay lakshmi’s neighbourhood comprised of 5 people in total, including a policeman and a cameraperson to document the process.
The octogenarian had just gotten the dressing changed on her injured arm when the team arrived. She didn’t need to be briefed as she was all prepared and excited to vote. “It would not have been possible for me to cast my vote had the team not visited my house,” she said.
The election commission for the first time has provided the facility of home voting for the elderly and persons with disabilities in the 2024 national elections. Voters at or above the age of 85 and those with 40% disability have been given the option to vote from home. More than 17 million such voters have registered across the country, the commission said.
Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the...
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Abu Dhabi, once an untapped desert city, sees its first brewery open as UAE relaxes its alcohol laws
In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu Dhabi-branded brewery and distillery with funky camels on its cans and playful names familiar to anyone living in the United Arab Emirates
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May 17
South Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building with 33 dead, 19 still missing
Authorities say an exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa has ended and revised figures show they don't believe any more people are missing
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May 17
Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's ‘expansionism’
Russia and China helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Asso...
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May 17
Putin says Russian offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region aims to create buffer zone but no plans to capture city
Putin says Russian offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region aims to create buffer zone but no plans to capture city
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