A lawyer says a former United States military pilot could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him. Daniel Duggan has been in custody in Australia since …
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3/19/23
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in …
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By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and JOE McDONALD
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3/19/23
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North Korea has described its weekend ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea. The North's leader, Kim Jong Un, called Monday for his nuclear forces to sharpen their war …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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3/19/23
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The toll from an earthquake that rocked Ecuador and Peru this weekend stands at 15 dead. And a day after Saturday's tragedy, residents of the hardest-hit coastal regions of southwest Ecuador are …
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By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/19/23
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The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that his tell-all memoir has been criticized for casting Pope Francis in an unfavorable light. But Archbishop Georg Gaenswein insisted …
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3/19/23
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Protesters have vandalized the Nice office of the president of the Republicans party in an apparent threat to get his right-wing party to vote to block President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. …
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3/19/23
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Publication of a major new United Nations report on climate change is being held up by a battle between powerful rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable …
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By FRANK JORDANS
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3/19/23
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Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of the earthquake that shook vast swaths of territory in Ecuador and parts of Peru. During his weekly Sunday noon blessing, Francis recalled that the …
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3/19/23
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Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by depleted oxygen levels in the river after recent floods and hot weather. …
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3/19/23
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Zimbabwe’s rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and sell to boost their incomes. Rich in protein, antioxidants and fiber, wild mushrooms are a …
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By FARAI MUTSAKA
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3/19/23
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Russian news agencies say Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September. Mariupol …
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3/19/23
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are meeting in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in a bid to ease tensions between the sides and rein in a spiral of violence ahead of a sensitive holiday …
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By SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG
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3/19/23
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A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. The image references the trash going uncollected with sanitation workers on …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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3/19/23
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to strengthen economic and defense ties. Scholz traveled to Tokyo for the first round of government consultations …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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3/18/23
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Britain’s Home Secretary has arrived in Rwanda for a visit aimed at reinforcing the U.K. government's commitment to a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to the African country. Ahead …
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3/18/23
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Widespread Russian attacks have continued in Ukraine following the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s …
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3/18/23
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The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues. International scientists have found raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus in previously unavailable genetic data. It …
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By DAKE KANG and MARIA CHENG
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3/17/23
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he would support Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.The breakthrough came …
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By ANDREW WILKS
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3/17/23
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Health officials in Burundi have declared an outbreak of polio linked to the vaccine, the first time the paralytic disease has been detected in the east African country for more than three decades. …
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By MARIA CHENG
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3/17/23
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Lebanese judicial officials say that a European legal team has finished two days of questioning of the country's central bank governor in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several …
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By BASSEM MROUE
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3/17/23
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