Hot ash and rocks continued to be thrown from Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Friday, four days after the volcano on Indonesia’s remote island of Flores erupted, killing nine people and injuring …
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By JAKOBUS HERIN and NINIEK KARMINI
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11/8/24
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Authorities in Pakistan’s smog-hit districts have closed all public parks, zoos, museums, historical places, and playgrounds for ten days as part of the latest measures aimed at protecting people …
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By BABAR DOGAR
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11/8/24
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Britain’s Prince William described the past year as “brutal” as he faced work while his wife and father were treated for cancer. The Prince of Wales told reporters Thursday at the end of a …
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11/8/24
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South China Sea, where the new …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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11/8/24
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Officials say Russian missiles, bombs and drones have battered three regions of Ukraine in targeted nighttime attacks. The aerial assaults are part of an intensified aerial campaign that Ukrainian …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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11/8/24
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An Italian navy ship has arrived at the Albanian port of Shengjin with eight migrants who will be processed there after they were intercepted in international waters. The Interior Ministry confirmed …
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By ERION XHABAFTI and LLAZAR SEMINI
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11/8/24
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A fishing boat has capsized and sank off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju island, leaving at least two people dead and 12 others unaccounted for. Coast guard officials say nearby fishing vessels …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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11/8/24
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the Chhath festival this week.
In Noida, on the …
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11/8/24
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As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany. In the East, …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and KERSTIN SOPKE
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11/8/24
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Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall and …
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11/8/24
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It’s Friday night in Downtown Santiago, the capital of Chile, and a group of 15 people gather around a table. They share a bottle of wine as the smell of tobacco and incense fill the air. Black …
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By NAYARA BATSCHKE
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11/7/24
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Typhoon Yinxing battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away from the country, leaving two airports damaged and aggravating a calamity caused by back-to-back …
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11/7/24
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The U.N. Development Programs is warning that Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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11/7/24
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More than 2% of Kenya's population lives with a disability, and it often affects mobility. But there is little or no accommodation on public transport. Users of the minibuses and minivans that carry …
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By MAGDALENE MWANIKI
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11/7/24
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Yemen's Houthi rebels shoot down what witnesses say was a US drone as American military investigates
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have shot down what bystanders described as an American drone, potentially the latest downing of a U.S. spy drone as the militants continue their attacks on the Red Sea …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/7/24
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The French foreign ministry says armed Israeli police forced their way into a French-owned church compound in the contested city of Jerusalem, briefly detaining two consulate members and prompting …
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11/7/24
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Thousands are protesting in Mozambique’s capital and police are responding by firing tear gas and rubber bullets as weeks of post-election unrest continued in the southern African country. It was …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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11/7/24
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For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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11/7/24
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Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with fresh chimes. On Thursday, the Gothic landmark took delivery of three …
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By THOMAS ADAMSON
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11/7/24
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Iranians are divided on what Donald Trump’s next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all-out war between Tehran and Washington, particularly as other conflicts rage in the region. Others hold …
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By MEHDI FATTAHI and JON GAMBRELL
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11/7/24
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