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'The world's fault': Zelenskyy speaks out amid Russian assault
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May 16, 2024A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire
At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
May 16, 2024Protesters 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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Aid from new pier off Gaza should be distributed this weekend, while pressure grows on Netanyahu
The first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza
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Georgia's president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests
Georgia’s president has vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests
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Georgia's president vetoes the so-called 'Russian law' targeting the media that has sparked weeks of mass protests
Georgia's president vetoes the so-called 'Russian law' targeting the media that has sparked weeks of mass protests
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Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus
Poland's prime minister says it is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally Belarus
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Vietnam nominates its public security minister as new president
Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country’s political establishment
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3 Spaniards were among 6 people killed when gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan, officials say
Taliban and Spanish officials say three Spanish citizens and three Afghans were killed when gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan
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Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers
It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists
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A court in Slovakia says a suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Fico will remain in detention
A court in Slovakia says a suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Fico will remain in detention
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1 Ukrainian mother's mission to save her child: Reporter's notebook
Some say they thought they were safe. They were wrong.
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Slovakian health minister says Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition is stable but his situation 'remains serious'
Slovakian health minister says Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition is stable but his situation 'remains serious'
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Ukraine's mobilization law comes into force as new Russian push strains troops
A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine has come into force as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city
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Slovak prime minister still in serious condition as suspect appears in court
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been ordered to remain behind bars
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Climate activists protest by glueing themselves at Munich airport
Six climate activists have broken through a security fence at Munich airport and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, temporarily shutting down flights
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Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert
Parts of northwest India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country
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Radio Caroline, the UK's pirate radio station broadcasting from sea turns 60 years
"When you tell people it is factual, you say, no, that surely didn't happen.”
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Flash floods due to unusually heavy rains kill at least 50 people in Afghanistan
Taliban officials say flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports
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Malaysia minister says terror suspect who killed 2 police officers acted on his own
Malaysia says the man who attacked a police station and killed two officers is believed to have acted on his own despite suspected links to the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist 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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May 17
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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May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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.
May 17
May 17
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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May 17
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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May 17
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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May 17
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.
May 17
May 17
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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May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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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May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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
May 17
May 17
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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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