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Migrants start fire at Mexico detention center, killing 40
Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people
March 28, 2023Family of US couple kidnapped in Haiti pleads for release
The family of a U.S. couple who has been kidnapped in Haiti is pleading for their release
March 27, 2023Russia says it has test-fired missiles in the Sea of Japan
Russia's Defense Ministry says Moscow has test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan
March 27, 2023
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ABC News Live: Latest on Nashville school shooting
Police released body camera and surveillance footage, and updated how many weapons the suspect had prior to the shooting.
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Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth
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Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar
Visitors have flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence following the uproar over the Renaissance masterpiece at a Florida school
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Pirates board oil tanker with 16 crew in Gulf of Guinea
Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged tanker oil tanker with 16 crew members in the Gulf of Guinea
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Montenegro's president: EU's neglect gave Russia a platform
Montenegro’s pro-Western president has criticized the European Union for allegedly allowing Russia to spread its influence in the western Balkans
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Protests halt for 1st time in weeks in Israel as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul
Following the prime minister’s announcement, Israel’s largest labor union called off a general strike.
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Muslim leader for Scotland a sign of UK political diversity
Scottish lawmakers have confirmed Humza Yousaf as the country's first minister
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Pakistan says it will skip US democracy summit amid turmoil
Pakistan says it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation to assuage longtime ally China, which was not invited
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Brazil has a new biggest favela, and not in Rio de Janeiro
For the first time since poverty, lack of opportunity and economic inequality caused favelas to mushroom across many of the nation’s cities, Brazil’s biggest favela isn’t in Rio de Janeiro
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3 dead, 16 missing after boat capsizes in eastern Caribbean
Authorities say three people have died and 13 are missing after a boat capsized near the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts
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Ethiopia’s PM announces outreach to rebel group in Oromia
Ethiopia’s prime minister says his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region
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39 dead in migrant detention center fire
The fire occurred at the Instituto Nacional de Migración in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which is across the border from El Paso, Texas.
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Israel's Netanyahu: Mossad helped Greece uncover terror plot
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country’s intelligence agency Mossad helped Greece stop a terrorist attack planned against at least one Jewish site in Athens
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Greek police say they've arrested 2 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Greece
Greek police say they've arrested 2 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Greece
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EU deal to move migrant children from Greece officially ends
A voluntary scheme joined by European Union member states to accept unaccompanied migrant children from Greece has officially ended as the bloc still struggles to hammer out a comprehensive new migration agreement
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US, UK sanction 6 Syria-linked amphetamine traffickers
The U.S. and U.K. say they have slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and trafficking the amphetamine drug Captagon
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French authorities search 5 banks in Paris in tax fraud case
French prosecutors say authorities have raided the Paris offices of five banks on suspicion of tax fraud
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4 teachers, 2 students stabbed in Brazil school attack
The 13-year-old suspect was taken into custody, according to the São Paulo Governor’s office.
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39 dead after fire breaks out at migrant center
Mexico's president said the fire began during a protest at the facility.
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Russia convicts father of teen who drew antiwar picture
Officials say a Russian court has convicted a single father over social media posts criticizing the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to two years in prison
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Mexico president: Migrants set fire to mattresses in immigration center in protest after learning they would be deported
Mexico president: Migrants set fire to mattresses in immigration center in protest after learning they would be deported
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EU defends its Libya migrant work as UN points the finger
The European Union is defending its record helping migrants in Libya after U.N.-backed investigators accused the bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes there
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MI5 hikes Northern Ireland terror threat level to 'severe'
The U.K.’s MI5 intelligence service has raised the terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland’ to “severe.”
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French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants
France’s top court has ruled against extraditing 10 former far-left Italian militants who were convicted of attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s
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4 teachers, 2 students stabbed in Brazilian school
“I have no words to express my sadness,” São Paulo Gov. Gomes de Freitas said.
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France's top court rules not to extradite to Italy 10 former far-left militants convicted for attacks in the 70s and 80s
France's top court rules not to extradite to Italy 10 former far-left militants convicted for attacks in the 70s and 80s
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Suu Kyi's party faces dissolution in military-ruled Myanmar
The political party led by Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to face automatic dissolution by the military-appointed election commission because it declined to register for a planned general election it denounced as a sham
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Uncrewed Russian spacecraft that leaked coolant lands safely
A Russian spacecraft has safely returned to Earth without a crew months after suffering a coolant leak in orbit
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Posters near Vatican urge pope to stop Latin Mass crackdown
Posters calling on Pope Francis to stop his crackdown on the old Latin Mass have appeared near the Vatican
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Bomb threats close schools across Bulgaria for 2nd day
Dozens of schools across Bulgaria have been closed and their students evacuated for a second consecutive day following bomb threats that were made by email and phone
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Amnesty: West's 'double standards' fuel Mideast repression
A leading international rights group has decried what it says are double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middl...
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Ukrainian president extends tour of war’s front-line areas
Ukraine’s president has visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion
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IAEA head: Deal to protect Ukrainian nuclear plant 'close'
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says a deal to protect Europe’s largest nuclear power plant from a catastrophic accident due to fighting in Ukraine could be “close,” but that intensified combat in the area has increased risks to the ...
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Portugal: Refugee held as suspect in Muslim center stabbings
Authorities in Portugal say a man wielding a large knife killed two women and wounded several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon
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Portugal’s prime minister says police shot a man after 2 stabbed to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon
Portugal’s prime minister says police shot a man after 2 stabbed to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon
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Warehouse fire kills 11 people in northern Chinese province
Chinese authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at an abandoned refrigerated warehouse in the northern industrial province of Hebei, killing 11 people
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Report: Renewable energy growth falls short of climate goal
The International Renewable Energy Agency says deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world’s climate goals
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Dazzling aurora shines over bioluminescent waves
Time-lapse footage shows a dazzling natural light show in Tasmania.
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Official says 39 people died and 29 were injured in a fire at an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico
Official says 39 people died and 29 were injured in a fire at an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico
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Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero in Qatar, heading to family in US
The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence has arrived in Qatar on his way to reuniting with family in the United States
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Migrants start fire at Mexico detention center, killing 40
Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people
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Local media reports in Mexico say dozens feared dead in a fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez
Local media reports in Mexico say dozens feared dead in a fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez
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Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case
Prince Harry has returned to a London court as his attorney fought assertions that the phone hacking lawsuits he, Elton John and other celebrities have brought against the publisher of The Daily Mail are based on forbidden documents
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Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests
Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests
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China ambassador arrives in North Korea in sign of reopening
China says its new ambassador to North Korea has taken up his post, in a sign the North is reopening amid reports it has been suffering heavily from the COVID-19 pandemic and food shortages
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French police counter protest violence; garbage strike ends
French police forces have clashed with demonstrators in numerous cities as hundred of thousands of marchers protested President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular retirement age increase
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Police in Belgium arrest 8 people in counterterrorism raids
Police officers in Belgium have arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country as part of operations aimed at thwarting possible terror attacks
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Belgium prosecutors say police arrest 8 people in counterterrorism raids, thwarting suspected planned attacks
Belgium prosecutors say police arrest 8 people in counterterrorism raids, thwarting suspected planned attacks
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UN says Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul
The United Nations says an Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul
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