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EXPLAINER: How do Australian parties differ on key issues?
Australia’s center-left opposition Labor Party has outspent the ruling conservative Liberal Party-led coalition in election promises during the six-week campaign
May 20, 2022Bloody protests in Iran are not just about food prices
Internet in the cities with ongoing protests is cut or partially throttled.
May 18, 2022Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister's arrest
A court in Pakistan’s capital has ordered an investigation into the controversial arrest of a former human rights minister over a decades-old land dispute
May 22, 2022
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Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel is shot dead in Tehran
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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air
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President Joe Biden is expected to come out with a list of countries that will join an Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won’t be among them
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Pakistan's defiant ex-premier calls for march on Islamabad
Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for his supporters to march peacefully on Islamabad on May 25th, to press for fresh elections
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A highly-anticipated report into the British government’s “partygate” scandal that could determine Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s political fortunes is set to be published this week after months of delay
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Israeli Arab lawmaker rejoins coalition days after quitting
An Arab Israeli lawmaker who quit the ruling coalition says she is returning to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s 60-member alliance, ending a political crisis that lasted just a few days
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Austria's president seeks reelection after turbulent term
Austria’s 78-year-old president says he will seek reelection later this year, following a term that has seen him pilot the Alpine country through repeated political upheaval
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Turkey summons US ambassador over warning on police methods
The U.S. ambassador to Ankara has been summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over a U.S. warning to citizens in Turkey about attending a political rally that referred to police crowd control methods
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Climate to conflict, Davos' post-COVID return has full plate
The much-ballyhooed World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos gets underway this week after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Belarusians join war seeking to free Ukraine and themselves
Belarusians are among the foreign fighters who have volunteered to take up arms in Ukraine against Russian forces
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Pakistan police arrest 6 men over 'honor killing' of sisters
Pakistani police arrested six men from the same family on Sunday, accused of murdering two sisters who were from the same village but also had Spanish citizenship
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Iraqi court postpones smuggling case against Briton, German
An Iraqi court has postponed the trial of two European tourists charged with antiquities smuggling after their lawyers argued more information was needed about the ancient shards found in their possession
May 22
May 22
Bangkok votes for governor in 1st election since 2014 coup
Voters in the Thai capital are electing a new governor in a contest delayed by a military coup that still reflects a divided country with main candidates either supported by the conservative establishment or the liberal opposition
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Israeli court sentences Palestinian jailbreakers to 5 years
An Israeli court has sentenced six Palestinian inmates to five years in prison for tunneling out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility
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Australia's next prime minister came from humble beginnings
Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is a politician molded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia
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Pope voices hope church in China can operate in freedom
Pope Francis has expressed his spiritual closeness to Catholics in China and voiced hope that the church there operates in “freedom and tranquility
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Oman drops all remaining coronavirus restrictions
The sultanate of Oman has announced an end to its mask mandate and remaining coronavirus curbs after over two years of pandemic restrictions
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Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister's arrest
A court in Pakistan’s capital has ordered an investigation into the controversial arrest of a former human rights minister over a decades-old land dispute
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Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property
The Vatican’s sprawling financial trial may not have produced any convictions yet or any new smoking guns
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Russia's claim of Mariupol's capture fuels concern for POWs
As the West rallies behind Ukraine in its war with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit
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Explosion near Geneva airport disrupts flights
Flights were disrupted after a large explosion broke out near Geneva airport in Switzerland.
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President Biden hails ties with South Korea
"The Republic of Korea and the United States are standing together as part of a global response,” Biden said his during the first trip to Asia as president.
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Daughter: Pakistani police arrested former rights minister
The daughter of Pakistan’s former human rights minister says her mother has been arrested over a decades-old land grabbing allegation
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8 more bodies found in Kashmir tunnel collapse, toll at 9
Officials say rescuers have found the bodies of nine more workers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, taking the death toll to 10 after part of a tunnel collapsed in the Himalayan region
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Australia PM Morrison defends record despite election loss
Scott Morrison says his conservative government had left Australia in a robust condition even as voters punished him for his handling of issues including climate change and the pandemic that helped return the center-left opposition to power
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On Venezuelan roads, old cars prevail, break down everywhere
Venezuela's auto mechanics are increasingly busy these days, trying to coax a little more life out of aging vehicles
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German weather service says storm generated 3 tornadoes
Germany's weather service says a storm that swept across parts of Germany generated three tornadoes
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Turkey's Erdogan talks to Swedish, Finnish leaders on NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed his objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO with the two Nordic countries’ leaders
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Australian Labor topples conservatives; PM faces early tests
Australia’s center-left opposition party has toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power
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Fugitive North Macedonian ex-premier gets 9-year sentence
North Macedonia’s fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been handed a 9-year prison sentence for illegally ordering the 2011 demolition a multimillion-dollar complex owned by a former political ally turned opponent
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AP PHOTOS: A POW's legacy of Mariupol siege pictures
For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill
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Albania buys anti-tank Javelin missiles to strengthen army
Albania's defense minister says the Western Balkan country has purchased anti-tank Javelin missiles to strengthen its defenses
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Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move
Russia has halted natural gas exports to neighboring Finland
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Australian prime minister concedes his government's election defeat
Australian prime minister concedes his government's election defeat
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Palestinian teen shot in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops have shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian militant during a raid in the occupied West Bank
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Lava spews from Mount Etna
As volcanic activity continues on Mount Etna, authorities in Italy have raised alerts to a “yellow” level. Footage shows lava spewing from the volcano.
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U.S., other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker
Delegates from the United States and four other nations have staged a walkout when a representative from Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in the Thai capital
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Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
Russia claims to have captured Mariupol in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine
May 20
May 20
First lady Jill Biden visits Panama on Latin America tour
U.S. first lady Jill Biden has arrived in Panama, her second stop on a three-country Latin America visit before the United States hosts the Summit of the Americas next month in Los Angeles
May 20
May 20
Peruvian town finally buries the victims of massacre
Scene of one of the worst massacres of Peru’s internal conflict in the last two decades of the 20th century, the town of Accomarca is closing a chapter that’s been open for more than 35 years
May 20
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Tornado hits western German city; dozens injured
Police in Germany say 43 people have been injured, 10 seriously, after a tornado struck the western city of Paderborn
May 20
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US doubles its military aid to Ukraine
The Senate passed a $40 billion package to send supplies and weapons to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.
May 20
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3 Italians, 1 Togolese abducted in southern Mali, says mayor
A mayor in southern Mali says armed men have kidnapped an Italian missionary family from their home along with their Togolese domestic worker
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Syria says Israel has carried out new attack near Damascus
Syrian official media say Israel has carried out a new attack near the capital Friday night
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Dane sentenced to die in Nigeria for killing wife, daughter
A Nigerian court has sentenced a Danish man to death after finding he killed his wife, a Nigerian, and three-year-old daughter in 2018 at their residence in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital
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Russia says it has full control of the Black Sea port of Mariupol after a nearly 3-month siege, its biggest victory yet
Russia says it has full control of the Black Sea port of Mariupol after a nearly 3-month siege, its biggest victory yet
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Russia's top military official says the massive Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol has been "completely liberated"
Russia's top military official says the massive Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol has been "completely liberated"
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US lawmakers urge binding vote on Puerto Rico status
A group of mostly Democratic congress members is proposing a binding plebiscite to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state or gain some sort of independence
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