German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country’s main far-right party won control of a county …
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6/27/23
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The United Nations human rights office says Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily …
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By FRANK JORDANS
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6/27/23
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China’s muted reaction to the Wagner mercenary group uprising against Russia’s military belies Beijing’s growing anxieties over the war in Ukraine and how this affects the global balance of …
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By DAKE KANG
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6/27/23
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has received an invitation for an official visit to China but didn't disclose whether or when the trip would take place. The Israeli leader made the …
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6/27/23
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Local officials and researchers say hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and United Nations suspended food aid. The …
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By CARA ANNA
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6/27/23
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Britain's former health secretary has told an official inquiry that the U.K. was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace …
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By SYLVIA HUI
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6/27/23
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Germany's foreign minister has called for Russia “to stop the bombing” of Ukraine, a pointed message to South Africa as it draws accusations of aiding Moscow's war effort. Annalena Baerbock's …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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6/27/23
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Muslim pilgrims gather on the rocky hill Mount Arafat outside Mecca for a day of prayer on the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Day of Arafat, as it is called, is believed to be when God …
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By RIAZAT BUTT
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6/27/23
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South African authorities say they have detected “movement” underground at a shuttered gold mine where they believe at least 31 illegal miners died in a suspected gas explosion last month. They …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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6/27/23
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A court in Thailand is to deliver a verdict Wednesday in the case of five people accused of impeding the queen’s motorcade during a pro-democracy march in 2020. Hundreds of criminal cases have …
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By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
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6/27/23
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Mexico says it has arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Gualberto Ramírez was head of the anti-kidnapping unit for …
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6/26/23
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Honduras has started an El Salvador-style mass sweep of prisons and arrested a suspect in a pool-hall shooting last week that killed 11 people. Police are investigating the possibility the pool hall …
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6/26/23
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As Spain swelters in its first official heat wave of the year, the government has announced a new department to investigate and alleviate the effects of extreme temperatures on human health. The …
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By JENNIFER O'MAHONY
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6/26/23
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Switzerland’s main intelligence agency says Russia continues to have dozens of spies disguised as diplomats at its embassy in Bern and its mission to the United Nations in Geneva, making the Alpine …
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6/26/23
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Pakistan’s military says it has fired three senior officers over their failure to prevent violent attacks on public property and military installations by supporters of the country's former prime …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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6/26/23
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The German government says it is launching a campaign against deaths from heat waves that are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Monday …
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6/26/23
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Israel OK's plans for thousands of new settlement homes. Move defies White House calls for restraint
Israeli media say the country's far-right government has approved plans to build over 5,000 of new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Monday's decision defied growing U.S. …
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6/26/23
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Germany says it is willing to send around 4,000 troops to Lithuania on a permanent basis to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said during a visit in the …
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6/26/23
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Germany's government says the country is shaped by values such as tolerance and respect and has called for them to be upheld a day after a far-right party won control of a county administration for …
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6/26/23
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is calling an urgent meeting in coming days to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organization. It's a last-ditch effort to have …
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6/26/23
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