An inquiry has opened into an apartment building fire that killed at least 76 people in South Africa in August and laid bare the deep problems of poverty and neglect in parts of Africa’s richest …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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10/26/23
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The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister says he fully supports an International Criminal Court investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories and by Palestinians who target …
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By MOLLY QUELL
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10/26/23
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court has refused to void the election of President Bola Tinubu and dismissed the challenges brought by two losing candidates. The petitions had argued that February vote was …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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10/26/23
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Prosecutors say an American man has been charged with murder and other offenses for attacking two women from the U.S. near Neuschwanstein castle in Germany in June and pushing them into a ravine. One …
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10/26/23
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South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have strongly condemned what they call North Korea’s supply of munitions and military equipment to Russia. A joint statement issued Thursday by the top diplomats of …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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10/26/23
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China has launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030. The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft lifted off from the launch center on the …
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10/25/23
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The U.N. Security Council has failed again to address the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza, rejecting rival United States and Russian resolutions. The council is the U.N.’s most powerful body, charged …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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10/25/23
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Argentina's third-place presidential candidate Bullrich endorses right-wing populist Milei in runoff
Former Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich has endorsed right-wing populist Javier Milei for next month’s runoff. She placed third in Sunday’s election behind Milei and Economy …
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By DANIEL POLITI
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10/25/23
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Al-Jazeera says its chief correspondent in Gaza has lost three members of his family in an Israeli airstrike. According to the network, Wael Dahdouh’s wife, son and daughter were killed by an …
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By JACK JEFFERY
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10/25/23
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Venezuela’s chief prosecutor has announced a criminal investigation into organizers of a presidential primary election held over the weekend. Sunday's contest was meant to allow voters to choose an …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO
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10/25/23
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French President Emmanuel Macron is promoting — with little success so far — the creation of an international coalition to fight the armed Palestinian group Hamas. He pitched the idea during a …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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10/25/23
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Pope's big synod on church future produces first document, but differences remain over role of women
Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is heading into its final stretch. The Vatican released its first document, a letter from the 364 members to rank-and-file faithful. …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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10/25/23
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As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are …
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By EDMAR BARROS
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10/25/23
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Israeli officials are outraged over U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel “did not happen in a vacuum,” calling it justification for …
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by AMY TEIBEL
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10/25/23
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A former British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offenses. The crimes included threatening and …
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10/25/23
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Analysts say the removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling …
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
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10/25/23
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Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely
Officials say Russia fired 11 Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets, reaching deep into Ukraine where falling debris damaged power lines near a nuclear power plant in the west. Ukraine’s air …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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10/25/23
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The upper house of the Russian parliament has revoked the country's ratification of a global nuclear test ban. Moscow has described it as a move to put itself on par with the United States. The …
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10/25/23
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The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has met with top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials. The meeting Wednesday is the first one reported since the Hamas-Israel war erupted earlier …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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10/25/23
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Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been displaced over the past year in eastern Congo amid fighting by more than 130 armed groups. That leaves them vulnerable to sexual assault, which is …
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By JUSTIN KABUMBA and ZANE IRWIN
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10/25/23
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