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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October attacks...
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Palestinian kids sort through trash at a landfill in Zawaida, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96

Ursula Haverbeck, a prominent German extreme-right figure who accumulated a string of convictions for denying the Holocaust, has died, according to her lawyer
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FILE -Ursula Haverbeck arrives in the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 16, 2017. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP, File)
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Middle East latest: Gaza officials say death toll surpasses 44,000

Health officials in the Gaza Strip say the death toll from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000
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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israel’s defense minister and Hamas official

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israel’s defense minister and Hamas official
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Thai court dismisses activist's suit against Israeli spyware producer over lack of evidence

A Thai court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist who alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phone
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Jatupat Boonpattararaksa talks to reporters before leaving the Civil Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Police in Pakistan say death toll from gun attack on vehicles carrying Shiite passengers jumps to at least 28

Police in Pakistan say death toll from gun attack on vehicles carrying Shiite passengers jumps to at least 28
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Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say

Palestinian health officials say the death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000
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A Palestinian woman queues for food in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Gaza Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 44,000

Gaza Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 44,000
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Danish military monitors a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier after undersea data cables were ruptured

The Danish military has confirmed it is monitoring a Chinese bulk carrier that was reportedly in the area where two undersea data cables ruptured in recent days in the Baltic Sea
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The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in background, is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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At least 38 killed in a gun attack on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on passenger vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in the country's restive northwest, killing at least 38 people and wounding 20 others
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In Pakistan, Afghan journalists face yearslong waits for humanitarian visas

The Taliban denied sending threats to the journalists.
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A signboard with the warning "Photography and Video recording forbidden" is displayed along a street in Kabul on Oct. 22, 2024.
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Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on vehicles in restive northwest, killing at least 8 Shiites

Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on vehicles in restive northwest, killing at least 8 Shiites
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Russia's military says it shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, doesn't say where or when

Russia's military says it shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, doesn't say where or when
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$344 for a coffee? Scottish farm is selling UK's most expensive cup

A Scottish dairy is making the audacious bid to sell what it’s calling Britain's most expensive cup of coffee
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This undated handout photo shows Bryce Cunningham, farmer and owner of Mossgiel Organic Farm near Mauchline, as he poses drinking milk in a field with some of his herd of Ayrshire cows at Mossgiel Organic Farm, Mauchline, Scotland. (Mossgiel Organic Dairy via AP)
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UK watchdog slams family of fundraiser Capt. Tom Moore for making gains from charity

Britain’s charity regulator has sanctioned the daughter and son-in-law of Capt. Tom Moore, saying they personally benefited from a charity set up in the name of the World War II veteran who raised millions for charity by walking laps of his garden duri...
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Ukraine says Russian ICBM strikes Dnipro, a claim denied by Western official

A Ukrainian official told ABC News they were "95% sure" Russia fired an ICBM.
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on Nov. 21, 2024, shows Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an air-attack, in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war

Ukraine has claimed that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at a city
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In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, servicemen of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fire 120mm mortar towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)
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Ukraine says Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at Dnipro city in central-east of the country

Ukraine says Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at Dnipro city in central-east of the country
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Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died at age 86
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FILE -Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, turns towards the media with his Deputy John Prescott, on the pier at Gravesend in Kent, England during a visit to promote urban regeneration,March 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
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Prosecutors in Serbia arrest 11 people over roof collapse at train station that killed 15 people

Eleven people have been arrested in Serbia in connection with a roof collapse early this month at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people and severely injured two
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Serbian police officers scuffled with opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo)
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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is about to wear a face mask before entering a court in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

One of Asia’s richest men, controversial Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight
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India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center, addresses the media on Indian businessman Gautam Adani, after Adani was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Image behind shows Adani, on left with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on right. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation at talks in Pyongyang this week
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korea’s Foreign Minister of Economic Affairs Yoon Chung-ho sees off Russia’s minister of natural resources and ecology Alexandr Kozlov, left, at Pyongyang International Airport, North Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confront...
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Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, left, shakes hand with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh as they arrive to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers' meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Why people are protesting over a deadly roof collapse in Serbia

The deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a rail station in Serbia has raised tensions across the Balkan county
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Protesters shout slogans with red paint on the hands symbolizing blood, demand arrests, two days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in Novi Sad, killing 14 people and injuring three, during protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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At UN climate talks, "sewage" beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

The Singapore pavilion at the United Nations climate talks offers attendees free beer with an ingredient that's surprising to many — treated wastewater
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Nick Chow, part of the COP29 Singapore Pavilion team, poses for a photo with NEWBrew, beer made with treated wastewater, during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Sierra Leone loves rice and wants to free itself from imports. But how to do it?

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world's highest consumption rates
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Anima Mangola eats rice and stewed cassava leaves, in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)
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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland is spewing lava from a fissure in its seventh eruption since December
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A new volcanic eruption that started on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)
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New Zealanders are banned from displaying gang symbols as a new law takes effect

A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public has taken effect, with police officers arresting a man for breaking the law three minutes later
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Members of patched gangs gather before marching to parliament during a protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)
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Australian tourist dies after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, raising toll to 4 including American

An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called every parent’s nightmare
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A woman swipes the floor as foreign tourists check out of Nana Backpack hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4

American and Australian tourists die in Laos alcohol poisoning incident, raising death toll to 4
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Australia's parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s

Legislation for the world's first legal ban on children under 16 using social media has been introduced in Australia's Parliament
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Australia's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, introduces the Online Safety Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)/AAP Image via AP)
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Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation
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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles into Russia

Retired U.S. Army Col. Dale Buckner weighs in on whether Ukraine's use of long-range missiles will change the trajectory of the war.
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles into Russia
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EU lawmakers seal a deal to rubber-stamp one of the bloc's most right-leaning executives

European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head one of the bloc's most rightward-leaning executive branches ever
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Hungary's Olivier Varhelyi, nominee for European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, prepares to make his opening address during his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Biden administration announces $275M aid package for Ukraine

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has resumed services after closing early Wednesday, but the threat of retaliatory Russian strikes remains.
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VIDEO: Biden administration announces $275M aid package for Ukraine
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Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, in the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump...
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China's President Xi Jinping, left center, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, walk into the Alvorada palace after attending a welcoming ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question from the opposition during Question Period in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here's what it means

About 1,500 migrants have formed a new caravan in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border
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Migrants walk through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, hoping to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
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Mali junta leader fires prime minister days after he criticizes the military regime

Mali’s junta leader has fired Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and the government, days after he criticized the military regime
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FILE - Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 25, 2021. (Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Southern African leaders resolve to keep troops in conflict-torn eastern Congo for another year

Leaders from southern African countries have resolved to extend the mandate of a regional force fighting rebels in eastern Congo for another year
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FILE - A Wazalendo militiaman fighting M23 rebels walks in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)
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Canadian Cabinet minister steps down as his claim of Indigenous identity is disputed

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his employment minister is leaving his post after weeks of questions about his past claims of Indigenous identity
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Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault rises during Question Period, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for 1st time in landmark trial

Jimmy Lai took the stand Wednesday in his national security trial in Hong Kong.
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal, in a prison van in Hong Kong, China Feb. 9, 2021.
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Congo opposition leaders call for protests against president's plan to change constitution

Leaders of the main opposition parties in Congo have called for nationwide protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s plans to draft a new constitution
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FILE - Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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Yaks, bears and cockatoos among the animals Russia is sending to North Korean zoo

Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos
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In this photo taken from video released by the Moscow Zoo official telegram channel on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, workers handle boxes at the International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, containing animals and birds sent as a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Moscow Zoo official telegram channel via AP)
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Lockers used by Ronaldo, Beckham and other Real Madrid stars are up for auction

Metal lockers that once held the sweat-stained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world’s greatest soccer players are up for auction
November 20
The Real Madrid first-team changing room lockers from Santiago Bernabeu Stadium are displayed at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The sale features 24 individual lockers previously used by footballers including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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The Czech military to buy 14 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $167 million deal

The Czech Defense Ministry says it's planning to buy 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Germany in a deal worth about $167 million
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FILE - Armin Papperger, from left, CEO of Rheinmetall, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, stand in a hall with Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks in Unterluess, Germany, Feb. 12, 2024. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP, File)
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Mexico's president says government is investigating reported ransomware hack of legal affairs office

Mexico’s president says the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack of her administration's legal affairs office after what appeared to be samples of personal information from a database of government employees were posted online
November 20
FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024, the morning after her inauguration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal

The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, says he will wrap up his official duties in early January amid an abuse scandal in the Church of England
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FILE - The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby listens to debate at the General Synod in London, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Guyana, marking the first visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years to the South American country with diaspora ties
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Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, left, shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives from the airport to his hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)