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EU top court says that Poland's justice reform infringes EU law

The European Union has stepped up its rule-of-law fight with member state Poland on Monday after the bloc’s highest court confirmed that Warsaw refuses to comply with the EU rules on judicial independence for which it has already lost over half a billi...
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Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation

The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up efforts to fight false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence
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FILE - In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said Monday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
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Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation

The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up efforts to fight false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence
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FILE - In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said Monday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
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The European Union’s highest court rules that Poland’s 2019 justice reform infringes EU law

The European Union’s highest court rules that Poland’s 2019 justice reform infringes EU law
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Iran to reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia after a 7-year rift, state-run media say

The Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesman says his country will reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia this week, restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift
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UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak onboard Border Agency cutter HMC Seeker during a visit to Dover, England, Monday, June 5, 2023 ahead of a press conference to update the nation on the progress made in the six months since he introduced the Illegal Migration Bill under his plans to "stop the boats". (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
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At Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine's looming fight

There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year's commemorations of the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, which launched the Allied invasion of Europe and led to the end of World War II
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Germany, Indonesia agree to strengthen defense ties

Germany and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation and plan a joint military exercise with other countries in the region
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Honor guards hold German and Indonesian flags during the meeting between German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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'Very last warning' for 82-year-old German convicted of dealing drugs

A German court says it is giving an 82-year-old man a “very last warning” to avoid jail after he was found guilty of drug dealing, despite 24 previous convictions
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Palestinian toddler shot by Israeli troops in West Bank dies of wounds

A 3-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his wounds
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OpenAI boss 'heartened' by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks

The CEO of OpenAI says he is encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing
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FILE - OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman gestures while speaking at University College London as part of his world tour of speaking engagements in London, on May 24, 2023. Altman said Monday, June 5, 2023 he was encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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Part of under-construction bridge collapses in India for 2nd time in a year, no casualties

An Indian state government has ordered a probe into the collapse of a portion of an under-construction bridge over the Ganges River over the weekend, the second time the structure has crashed in a year
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Qatar minister elected to head UN labor conference following World Cup scrutiny

The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year’s World Cup soccer tournament, has been elected president of the United Nations labor agency’s annual conference
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Qatari Minister of Labour, Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, chair of the 111th session of the International Labour Conference, is pictured during the opening session in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 5, 2023. The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year's soccer World Cup, was elected on Monday as the president of the United Nations labor agency's annual conference. (Pierre Albouy/Keystone via AP)
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Hong Kong police arrest woman accused of killing 3 young daughters

Hong Kong police have arrested a woman accused of killing her three young daughters in a case that has shocked many in the city, where violent crime is rare
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Police officers walk up an apartment where three children were killed in Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong, Monday, June 5, 2023. Hong Kong police arrested a woman accused of killing her three young daughters on Monday in a case that has shocked many in the city, where violent crime is rare. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
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Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence

A Turkish commando battalion has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country
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Ukrainian counteroffensive 'shaping-up'

A counteroffensive on Russia may still be "weeks" away, Western officials said.
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, listens to military commander as he visits the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 23, 2023.
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Indian crash leaves at least 200 dead as fatalities rise

"Death toll in the train accident increasing," Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said on social media, saying Sunday that the official death toll is 275 people.
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"Death toll in the train accident increasing," Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said on social media, saying Sunday that the official death toll is 275 people.
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Belgium investigating whether arms destined to defend Ukraine ended up in Russia fighting

Belgium is investigating whether weapons it sent to help Ukraine defend its territory were used just over the border in Russia
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In this image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, damaged armored military vehicles are seen after fighting in Russia's western Belgorod region on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by a counterterrorism operation. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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France's spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday

France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age
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As India grieves train crash that killed 275, relatives try to identify bodies of loved ones

Families of the victims of India’s deadliest train crash in decades are filling a hospital to try to identify the bodies of their loved ones
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Jenima Mondal, left. whose son Mamjur Ali Mondal died in Friday's train accident mourns at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Orissa, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. Families of the victims of India's deadliest train crash in decades filled the hospital on Monday to identify and collect bodies of relatives, as railway officials recommended the country's premier criminal investigating agency to probe the crash that killed 275 people. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian attacks in provinces annexed by Moscow

A Moscow-installed official says Ukrainian forces are making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day
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This photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, June 5, 2023, show a Ukrainian military vehicle being hit during a combat in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian military fended off an attempt by Ukraine to launch an attack in the southern part of the Donetsk region on Sunday. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Saudi Arabia welcomes Venezuelan leader Maduro, reaching out to yet another US foe

Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy
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FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves upon arrival for the South American Summit at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 30, 2023. Maduro arrived late Sunday, June 4, 2023 in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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Israel's Netanyahu appoints new media adviser, journalist who had called Biden 'unfit,' report says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new media adviser who has tweeted critically against President Joe Biden
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'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day

Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control
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U.S. Gen. Mark Milley, left, shakes hands with Tec4 Moshe D. Lenske during a gathering in preparation of the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
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US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a roadmap for cooperation for the next five years as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased belligerence
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U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin inspects a joint military guard of honor upon his arrival at the Manekshaw Center for meeting with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading defense partnership with a major arms buyer India as they respond to China’s economic rise and increased global belligerence, officials said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Shootout between Pakistani troops and insurgents in border region kills 2 soldiers, 2 militants

The Pakistani military says troops and militants exchanged fire in a northwestern region along the border with Afghanistan in a shootout that killed two soldiers and two militants
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This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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Shootout between Pakistani troops and insurgents in border region kills 2 soldiers, 2 militants

The Pakistani military says troops and militants exchanged fire in a northwestern region along the border with Afghanistan in a shootout that killed two soldiers and two militants
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This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state

Mexico’s most populous state has turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling Morena party
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Delfina Gomez, Mexico state gubernatorial candidate for the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA, prepares to cast her vote at a polling station in Texcoco, Mexico state, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state

Mexico’s most populous state has turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling Morena party
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Delfina Gomez, Mexico state gubernatorial candidate for the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA, prepares to cast her vote at a polling station in Texcoco, Mexico state, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Switzerland's UBS says it could complete Credit Suisse takeover on June 12

Switzerland’s UBS says it expects to complete its takeover of longtime rival Credit Suisse as early as next week
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'I am haunted by it': Survivors of deadly train crash in India recount trauma

Several survivors of the train crash in India that killed 275 people and injured more than 800 said they are still in shock
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A passenger who was injured in Friday's train accident lies on a bed at a hospital in Balasore district, in the eastern state of Orissa, India, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The train derailment in eastern India that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks, India’s railways minister said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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More than 2 million people displaced, Burkina Faso's government says, as aid falls short

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people
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FILE- Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022. Burkina Faso's government says more than 2 million people have become internally displaced, fueling a dire humanitarian crisis across the conflict-ridden country. The number of displaced people has mushroomed by more than 2,000% since 2019, when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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Prince Harry a no-show on first day of court showdown with British tabloid publisher

Prince Harry’s showdown against the publisher of the Daily Mirror has kicked off without him in court, and the judge was not happy
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Media waits outside the High Court for the expected arrival of Prince Harry in London, Monday, June 5, 2023. Prince Harry has five active legal cases, three of them involving his battle with the British tabloids. He is expected to testify in London's High Court; if he takes the witness stand, he'll be the first member of the royal family to testify in court since the late 19th century. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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US releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer

The United States military has released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoi...
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship conduct what it called an "unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in which the Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of the American destroyer, forcing the U.S. ship to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred as the American destroyer and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called “freedom of navigation” transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre T. Richard/U.S. Navy via AP)
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Rescuers in Japan search for 3 missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last week

Rescue workers in Japan are searching for three people who went missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last week that left one person dead and dozens injured
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Cars are submerged on a flooded intersection due to strong rain in Toyokawa, Aichi prefecture, central Japan Saturday, June 3, 2023. Heavy rains intensified by Tropical Storm Mawar fell on Japan’s main archipelago Friday, halting trains and triggering floods and mudslides in central and western regions where residents were urged to use caution or evacuate.(Kyodo News via AP)
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Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory
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ADDS IDENTITY OF THE PERSON CHOY IS HUGGING - Award-winning Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy hugs Sham Yee-lan, former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson, after being cleared by the city's top court in Hong Kong, Monday, June 5, 2023. Choy won an appeal quashing her conviction related to work on her investigative documentary Monday in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
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Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory
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ADDS IDENTITY OF THE PERSON CHOY IS HUGGING - Award-winning Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy hugs Sham Yee-lan, former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson, after being cleared by the city's top court in Hong Kong, Monday, June 5, 2023. Choy won an appeal quashing her conviction related to work on her investigative documentary Monday in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
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Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children

An Australian prosecutor says there's reasonable doubt she killed her children.
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New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley addresses a press conference in Sydney, Monday, June 5, 2023. Daley said Kathleen Folbigg, a woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her four children, had been pardoned and released after being advised that there was reasonable doubt about Folbigg’s guilt based on new scientific evidence that the deaths could have been from natural causes. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
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Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children

Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children
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Russia says it thwarted large Ukrainian attack in Donetsk; unclear if this was start of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Unclear if the attack in Donetsk was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Indian crash leaves at least 200 dead as fatalities rise

President Joe Biden said he was heartbroken in a statement.
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Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, June 2, 2023.
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US Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats 'harassed' ship in Strait of Hormuz

US, UK navies say call came from ship 'harassed' by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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This still image taken from surveillance video from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon shows three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, June 4, 2023. The U.S. Navy said Monday, June 5, its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard "harassed" it. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident. (U.S. Navy via AP)
June 04

Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the country’s highest honors for her leadership during a mass shooting and pandemic
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FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint news conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. On Monday, June 5, 2023, former Prime Minister Ardern received one of New Zealand's highest honors for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and pandemic. Ardern was made a Dame Grand Companion, the second-highest honor in New Zealand, as part of King Charles III's Birthday and Coronation Honours. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
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Jacinda Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service during shooting, pandemic

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the country’s highest honors for her leadership during a mass shooting and pandemic
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FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint news conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. On Monday, June 5, 2023, former Prime Minister Ardern received one of New Zealand's highest honors for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and pandemic. Ardern was made a Dame Grand Companion, the second-highest honor in New Zealand, as part of King Charles III's Birthday and Coronation Honours. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
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15 dead, 8 missing after heavy rains unleash floods in Haiti

Floodwaters consumed hundreds of homes around the country.
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A woman uses a bucket to remove water from inside her flooded house, after a heavy rain in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Huge manta ray swims by divers in Maldives

A scuba diver summoned a large manta ray to swim toward her in the Maldives by putting her arms out and rotating them.
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VIDEO: Huge manta ray swims by divers in Maldives
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Gushing water pours from second-story balcony in Turkey

Gushing floodwater bursts out of a second-story apartment in the Turkish capital of Ankara as heavy rain hit the city.
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VIDEO: Gushing water pours from second-story balcony in Turkey
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Natalee Holloway suspect will likely be extradited to US Tuesday: Sources

Joran van der Sloot faces extortion and wire fraud charges in the U.S.
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In this June 4, 2010, file photo, Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police after being handed over by Chilean authorities at the border between both countries in Tacna, 1,250 kilometers south of Lima, Peru.
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Greek authorities rescue 91 migrants from river islet on border with Turkey

Greek authorities say they have rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey
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8 dead in South Africa shooting at men's hostel near Durban

South African police say the death toll has risen to eight in a mass shooting at a men’s hostel near the eastern city of Durban
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