Russia’s top diplomat is lashing out at the U.S. and the West as self-interested defenders of a fading international order. But Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov didn’t directly discuss his …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ
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9/23/23
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An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 15 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday's …
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By OMAR FARUK
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9/23/23
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Russia says Ukraine has launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the …
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By SUSIE BLANN
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9/23/23
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Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty. He insisted on Saturday that Europe doesn't face a …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET
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9/23/23
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Pakistan’s interim prime minister says he expects elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/23/23
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A prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a U.S.-based foundation that works on human rights …
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By DAKE KANG
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9/23/23
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At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the United Nations chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm was louder and more ominous. And …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/23/23
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JAMTALFERNER GLACIER, Austria (AP) — High up on an Alpine ridge beneath a ceiling of ice, water drips from above into a cave formed by the slowly shrinking Jamtalferner glacier.
In just a few …
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By MATTHIAS SCHRADER
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9/22/23
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It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Friday at the U.N. and what …
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9/22/23
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Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden about immigration and …
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9/22/23
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Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered …
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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
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9/22/23
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The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro received during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated …
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By LEÓN RAMÍREZ
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9/22/23
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A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country. Interior …
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9/22/23
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The president of the Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council said in an interview that he will prioritize the creation of a separate country in negotiations with their rivals, the Houthi rebels. …
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By DAVID BILLER
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9/22/23
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Animals at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro have been getting cold treats to cool them down during a rare winter heat wave. Black spider monkeys were given fruit-flavored ice pops on Friday at Rio's …
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES
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9/22/23
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A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the …
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By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI
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9/22/23
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Catholic church officials in Germany say a statue of late Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced. German news agency …
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9/22/23
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Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide. The South American nation currently allows abortions only in cases of rape, an …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
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9/22/23
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India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending …
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By ASHOK SHARMA
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9/22/23
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that China and Syria will announce a strategic partnership as he kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the opening of the Asian Games on Saturday. Xi met …
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9/22/23
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