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Widow of slain Polish mayor blames killing on state TV
The widow of the slain Gdansk mayor blames his death on the government-controlled Television station TVP and the negative light in which it presented...43s ago
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The Latest: Venezuelans take to streets against Maduro
Venezuelans are marching in the streets and waving their nation's flag as they demand that President Nicolas Maduro step down from power5m ago![Discontinued Venezuelan bank notes hang above a cigarette stand in the San Jose del Avila neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Working class neighborhoods in Venezuela's capital sifted through charred rubble and smoldering tras]()
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Zimbabwe music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies in Harare at 66
Zimbabwean musician and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies in Harare at age 665m ago![Oliver Mtukudzi]()
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Turkey's president in Moscow for Syria talks with Putin
Turkey's Erdogan arrives in Moscow for Syria talks with Putin as their governments bargain over zones of influence6m ago![Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)]()
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The Latest: Japan bullish about foreign nuclear power market
Japan's economy and trade minister says his country still sees a lucrative foreign market for nuclear technology and plants despite the recent...10m ago![German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)]()
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Egypt's el-Sissi says most painful of reforms is over
Egypt's president says the most painful part of his economic reform program is over, but cautioned there is still some way to go before it's completed13m ago
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Zimbabwean musician and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies in Harare at age 66
Zimbabwean musician and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies in Harare at age 6615m ago
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Far-right lawmakers walk out of Holocaust tribute in Bavaria
More than a dozen lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany walked out of Bavarian state parliament during a tribute to Holocaust victims,...16m ago![More than a dozen lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany walked out of Bavarian state parliament during a tribute to Holocaust victims at the Bavarian Parliament in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)]()
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Canadian ambassador: Huawei exec could avoid US extradition
Canada's ambassador to China says a top Chinese executive has a strong case to avoid extradition to the United States16m ago![FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018, file photo, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office with a security guard in Vancouver, British Columbia. China on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, demanded the U.S. drop a request that Canada extra]()
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Royal mystery: Austrian feared kidnapped safe with family
Austrian police say an 88-year-old woman with links to Austro-Hungarian nobility who was the feared victim of a brazen daytime kidnapping has surfaced...27m ago![Snow covers the Esterhazy castle in Eisenstadt, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Austrian police say an 88-year-old woman with links to Austro-Hungarian nobility who was the feared victim of a brazen daytime kidnapping has surfaced unharmed at her]()
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Businesses sound alarm as UK says prepare for no-deal Brexit
UK lawmakers' attempts to agree on a 'divorce deal' from the EU are gridlocked.29m ago![The sun shines through European Union flags tied to railings outside parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to res]()
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Report: Apartment fire in Syria's capital kills 7 siblings
The fire brigade says the fire caused an artificial ceiling to collapse.55m ago![This photo released on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a burned out apartment of what the Syria's state news agency says seven siblings were killed by a fire that broke out overnight in their apartment, at al-]()
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Czech lawmakers approve taxation of church restitution plan
The Czech Parliament's lower house has approved a proposal drafted by Communist lawmakers to tax the compensation that the country's churches receive...58m ago![In this file picture taken on Oct. 13, 2009, the sun sets behind the St. Vitus cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic. On Wednesday Jan. 23, 2019, the lower house of Czech Parliament has approved a proposal drafted by the Communist Party to tax the comp]()
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Using banned pesticide that sickened family nets man prison
The ex-manager of a pest-control company in the U.S. Virgin Islands has been sentenced to a year in prison for poisoning a Delaware family with a...1h ago
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French minister dismisses Italian insult as 'insignificant'
France's European affairs minister has dismissed insulting remarks about the French president made by the Italian interior minister, saying that they...1h ago
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The Latest: Italy moves migrants from reception center
Italian authorities have begun transferring migrants from a reception center outside of Rome in the first concrete application of controversial...1h ago![A migrant looks out of a window of the Castelnuovo di Porto migrants center, some 10 kilometers north of Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Migrants are being transferred following the decision to close Italy's second largest state-run reception center.]()
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Zimbabwe's civil servants to strike on Friday over salaries
Zimbabwe's civil servants to strike on Friday over salaries in a new wave of economic unrest1h ago![A motorist is helped to push his car into a garage after it ran out out of fuel, in the capital Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 23, 2019. The Southern African nation remained tense as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for national dialogue is met with skep]()
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The Latest: Merkel wants 'well-ordered' Brexit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is working for a "well-ordered" Brexit as confusion reigns over how Britain is to leave the European Union on...1h ago![The sun shines through European Union flags tied to railings outside parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to res]()
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Latvia gets 5-party govt nearly 4 months after election
Latvia's parliament approves the Baltic country's new five-party, center-right coalition government nearly four months after general election,...1h ago
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3 adults die in Polish car crash involving bus with children
Three adults have been killed and 11 children suffered bruises in a crash in northeastern Poland involving passenger cars, a van and a bus carrying...1h ago
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Unrest roils Venezuela amid new push to topple Maduro
Venezuela's re-invigorated opposition faces a crucial test Wednesday as it seeks to fill streets nationwide with protesters in an appeal to the...1h ago![Bolivarian National Police stand behind a burning roadblock set up by anti-government protesters who are showing support for a mutiny by some National Guard soldiers in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Venezuela's]()
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Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President...2h ago![Pope Francis waves to the crowd gathered to attend the Angelus noon prayer he recited from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Pope Francis has prayed for peace in Colombia after the Bogota]()
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Afghan CEO urges patience amid talk of US troops withdrawal
Afghanistan's chief executive is urging the world not to give up on his impoverished country after the Trump administration suggested the United...2h ago![FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, participates in a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Afghanistan's chie]()
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EU calls for tougher checks on golden visa applicants
The European Union is warning countries running lucrative schemes granting passports and visas to rich foreigners to toughen checks on applicants amid...2h ago![Dimitris Avramopoulos, Vera Jourova]()
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Japan's PM seeks trade reform as risks to world economy loom
President Trump is skipping the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this year.2h ago![Singer and co-founder of RED Bono gestures while participating in the]()
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Central African Republic war crimes suspect sent to court
War crimes suspect who is also head of Central African Republic's soccer federation transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he faces...2h ago
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Asylum numbers in Germany drop by 16.5 percent in 2018
Germany's top migration official says the number of asylum applications has dropped to 185,853 in 2018 _ a decrease of 16.5 percent or 36,830 cases...2h ago![German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer addresses the media during the presentation of the 'Migration Report 2016/17' during a press conference in in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)]()
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Russian singer with ties to Trump cancels US tour
Emin Agalarov helped arrange a meeting between a Russian lawyer and Trump Jr.2h ago
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Sudan's president, facing protests, looks for aid from Qatar
Sudan's embattled president is in Qatar looking for support amid weekslong protests against his 29-year rule in the African nation2h ago![Omar al-Bashir,]()
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China accuses gene-editing scientist He Jiankui of pursuing personal fame
The fallen scientist is facing imminent punishment from Chinese authorities.2h ago![PHOTO: Chinese scientist He Jiankui speaks at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018.]()
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Dutch magazine cuts ties with reporter over suspect stories
A Dutch news magazine says it is withdrawing 27 articles written by a freelance reporter and cutting ties with him, saying that he cites sources in...3h ago
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Romanian Parliament asked to vote on contentious measures
Romanian opposition parties call on Parliament to convene to strike down measures that could invalidate hundreds of corruption cases and levy extra...3h ago
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Israeli female student killed in Australia is laid to rest
Female Israeli student, killed in Australia last week, laid to rest in her hometown3h ago![Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Israeli Arab student Aiia Maasarwe during her funeral in Baqa El Gharbiye, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Maasarwe, 21, was killed as she was walking on a city street in Melbourne. Australia speaking to he]()
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UK top counter-terrorism cop warns of 'no-deal' Brexit risks
Britain's senior counter-terrorism police officer is warning of the dangers of leaving the European Union without a withdrawal deal in place3h ago
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AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency
AP Exclusive: A South Korean man who was deported from the United States to South Korea in 2016 is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption...3h ago![Adam Crapser]()
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Striking taxi drivers in standoff with police in Madrid
Striking Spanish taxi drivers demanding more regulations for app-based ride-hailing services are blocking access to a trade exhibition center in...3h ago![Taxi drivers block the access to a trade exhibition center, during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Striking Spanish taxi drivers demanding more regulations for app-based ride-hailing services are blocking access to a trade exhib]()
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Pope travels to Catholic youth rally in Central America
He's expected to address migration and gang violence, among other topics.3h ago![PHOTO: Pope Francis waves as he boards a plane on his way to Panama, at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci international airport, in Fiumicino, Italy, Jan. 23, 2019.]()
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The Latest: Pope announces visit to Japan in November
The pope has told reporters traveling with him to Panama aboard the papal plane that he plans to go to Japan in November3h ago![Pope Francis boards an airplane on his way to Panama, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. History's first Latin American pope is the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina and is expected to offer words of hope to you]()
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In Congo, the Tshisekedi no one had expected takes power
In Congo, the Tshisekedi no one had expected takes power; son unlike his charismatic father3h ago![Felix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe]()
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Russia presents info on missile US says violates pact
Russia insisted the missile conforms to the limits of a treaty with the U.S.3h ago![Russian military officers stand by as the 9M729, center, its launcher, left, and the 9M728, right, land-based cruise missiles are displayed in Kubinka outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The Russian military on Wednesday rolled out its]()
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Greek lawmakers debate Macedonia name deal ahead of vote
Greek lawmakers are debating a historic agreement aimed at normalizing relations with Macedonia in a stormy parliamentary session scheduled to...3h ago![Protestors wave Greek flags outside parliament in Athens, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Greece's Parliament is to vote this coming week on whether to ratify the agreement that will rename its northern neighbor North Macedonia. Macedonia has already ratified]()
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Seoul accuses Japanese patrol plane of threatening flight
South Korea's military has accused Japan of a "clear provocation" over what it says was a threatening low-altitude flight by a Japanese patrol plane...Jan 23![Suh Wook, chief director of operations at the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. South Korea's military accused Japan of a]()
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DP World acquires majority stake in DP World Australia
Dubai-based port operator DP World acquires additional assets in DP World Australia from investorsJan 23
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Thailand sets date of first general election since coup
Thailand's Election Commission has announced that the nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup will be held on...Jan 23![FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, file photo, demonstrators hold a rally demanding the general election not be postponed in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's royal palace has issued a decree announcing the holding of the first general election since]()
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German FM wants to improve ties with US
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says he hopes his trip to the U.S. will lead to improved cooperation between the two governmentsJan 23![German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)]()
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AP Explains: Brexit awakens old fears in Northern Ireland
AP Explains: Northern Ireland's conflict is still fresh in people's memories as Brexit negotiations risk awakening old fearsJan 23![Forensic investigators at the scene of a car bomb blast on Bishop Street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Northern Ireland police and politicians have condemned a]()
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The Latest: Thailand sets post-coup election for March 24
Thailand's Election Commission has announced March 24 as the date for a general election, the first since the military took power in 2014Jan 23
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Aid group warns of Central African Republic 'catastrophe'
Aid group warns of Central African Republic 'catastrophe' as peace talks set to begin in SudanJan 23
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Landslides, flooding from dam kill 8 in central Indonesia
Torrential rains that overwhelmed a dam and caused landslides have killed at least eight people and displaced more than 2,000 in the central...Jan 23![Residents ride a makeshift raft as they evacuate their flooded homes in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Torrential rains that overwhelmed a dam and caused landslides that killed some and displaced more than a few thousa]()
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