A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country’s …
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By GRANT PECK
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1/23/24
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Chinese state media say 20 people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of the southwestern province of Yunnan. The disaster struck just before 6 …
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1/23/24
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Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries. A new report reveals that nearly half of them, or 49%, are living in Israel, 18% in …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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1/23/24
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Russia clashes with US and Ukraine supporters, ruling out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West
Russia’s foreign minister has clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s supporters at a U.N. meeting where Moscow ruled out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West, and China warned that …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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1/22/24
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of four African countries, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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1/22/24
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Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Spanish authorities acted illegally when they sent unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco in 2021. Hundreds of unaccompanied minors were among a surge of …
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1/22/24
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Liberia’s new President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has been sworn into office after a narrow win in the November elections to become the country's oldest-ever president. The 79-year-old Boakai has …
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By MARK N. MENGONFIA AND CHINEDU ASADU
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1/22/24
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U.K. health officials are urging millions of parents to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots during a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest …
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By SYLVIA HUI
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1/22/24
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Pakistan says Iran's foreign minister will visit the country next week. The trip follows unprecedented attacks on either side of the border that appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar …
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1/22/24
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South Korea’s presidential office says it has approved a request by the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a one-year extension after investigators sought more time to examine …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/22/24
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Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad attacked a graft probe into his associates as politically motivated, a week after his eldest son was ordered to hand over information to investigators. …
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By EILEEN NG
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1/22/24
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Elon Musk has visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau World War II Nazi German death camp. The billionaire has faced criticism for subscribing to an antisemitic conspiracy theory and allowing hate …
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1/22/24
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UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them
The U.N.’s migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billion to help people on the move and ensure smoother pathways to migration. It comes at a time when the …
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1/22/24
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A U.N. report says the Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, a mahram. The Taliban have banned women from …
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1/22/24
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France is getting ready to show its gratitude towards World War II veterans who will return to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day to mark the defeat of the Nazis. …
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By SYLVIE CORBET
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1/22/24
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A landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province has buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more. The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. Monday in the village of Liangshui …
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1/22/24
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to open a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of an ancient mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in a grand event that is expected to galvanize …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
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1/21/24
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India’s top politicians, religious leaders and celebrities are gathering in the holy city of Ayodhya for the partial opening of a grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and VINEETA DEEPAK
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1/21/24
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The Guatemalan Migration Institute reports that a caravan of some 500 migrants that departed northern Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States has dissolved after crossing the border into …
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1/21/24
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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the evacuation of …
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By SLAMET RIYADI
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1/21/24
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