It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get. In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided staring each other …
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
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9/20/23
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Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East. That's according to the top U.S. Air …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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9/20/23
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India’s Parliament has taken a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, an issue that …
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By ASHOK SHARMA
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9/20/23
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Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic. The Category 1 hurricane was located about 650 miles …
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9/20/23
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All eyes will be on Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat at a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday on the 19-month war in Ukraine: Will they clash? Will they speak? Will they avoid …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ
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9/20/23
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United Nations human rights experts are criticizing Venezuela’s government for stepping up efforts to curtail democratic freedoms. A report issued by the Human Rights Council Wednesday said the …
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9/20/23
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Canada-India relations have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap allegations after the killing of a Sikh activist, but experts said it remains to be seen if it will create a …
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By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ
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9/20/23
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain’s climate commitments, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. Sunak says he'll …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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9/20/23
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Explosions rocked parts of Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijani forces launched heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions in the separatist region that local officials said …
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By AVET DEMOURIAN
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9/20/23
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The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people. It urged the Taliban …
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By RAHIM FAIEZ
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9/20/23
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Pope Francis is travelling to the French port city of Marseille to join Catholic bishops in a meeting focusing on the Mediterranean and migration. The visit was planned months ago but it comes amid a …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET
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9/20/23
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Palestinian health officials say the death toll over a day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip has risen to six. Officials said on Wednesday …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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9/20/23
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Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. Many survivors are still sheltering inside the wrecked city of Derna, …
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By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD
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9/20/23
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/20/23
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A clergy sex abuse scandal involving Chile’s most notorious pedophile, the priest Fernando Karadima, shook the South American country in 2010 in a way never seen in Latin America. The case prompted …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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9/20/23
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Saudi Arabia has praised the “positive results” of talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they visited the kingdom for peace talks. However, Riyadh on Wednesday released few details on their …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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9/19/23
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It’s Day 2 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 Tuesday at the U.N. and what …
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9/19/23
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A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process. The …
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9/19/23
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Tunisian president's remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar
Tunisian President Kais Saied’s remarks that have been denounced as antisemitic have prompted an uproar on social media across the world. Saied's remarks came following floods that devastated …
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9/19/23
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Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort
Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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9/19/23
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