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Possible peace declaration looms large over Kim-Trump summit
Possibility of peace declaration looms large over Kim-Trump summit, but ending the Korean War could open up a whole new set of problems for Washington...6m ago![Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un]()
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Deadly crackdown stokes fear among protesters in Venezuela
A deadly crackdown by a special police force unit spreads fear among young protesters in poor neighborhoods across Venezuela15m ago![Marvelis Sinai shows the photo of his cousin Jhonny Godoy that she said was used by police to ask neighbors for the location of Godoy's home where his family says he was shot to death by special agents in the La Vega neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuel]()
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China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries
China is keeping foreign travelers out of Tibet during sensitive political anniversaries16m ago![In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, tourists pose for souvenir photos in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China is barring foreign travelers from Tibet over a period of several we]()
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AP PHOTOS: Red lanterns, lasers light up the Forbidden City
AP PHOTOS: Traditional red lanterns and modern laser-light show illuminate Beijing's historic Forbidden City at end of lunar new year celebrations42m ago![In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, photo, a firefighter walks by the Forbidden City projected with colourful lights for the Lantern Festival in Beijing. China lit up the Forbidden City on Tuesday night, marking the end of 15 days of lunar new year celeb]()
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Suspect in Pinochet-era crimes in Sydney extradition hearing
A woman wanted in Chile on kidnapping charges dating to Chile's 1973-1990 military dictatorship has appeared in a Sydney court for an extradition...1h ago
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What to make of the ISIS bride: Reporter's Notebook
She is unable to grasp the magnitude of the crimes ISIS committed.1h ago![PHOTO: Hoda Muthana is pictured with her 18-month-old son. She left Alabama four years at the age of 19 to marry an ISIS fighter. Now, she wants to return to the U.S.]()
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Haiti probes US men detained with weapons, no license plates
Authorities in Haiti say five U.S. citizens are among eight men who have been detained with automatic weapons and other arms, and they are...2h ago![Residents line up to buy propane gas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations over prices that have doubled for food, ga]()
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Feb 19
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Pakistani PM willing to talk but warns India not to attack
Pakistan's prime minister has offered to talk with India while warning it to refrain from any attacks on his country following a suicide bombing in...Feb 19![Pakistani Kashmiris rally to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris on the occasion of the Saudi Crown Prince's visit to Pakistan, in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. They have rallied to denounce the recent killin]()
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Cheap and green: North Korean capital upgrades mass transit
North Korea's capital is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim...Feb 19![In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 photo, people ride on a tram in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with brand new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim Jong Un is raising the]()
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Memorial speaks to North Korea's ties to summit host Vietnam
Memorial to North Korean pilots who fought alongside communist forces in Vietnam War speaks to the fraternal relationship the countries share before...Feb 19![In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, war veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers a]()
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Feb 19
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Mexico closes temporary migrant shelter near US border
Officials in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila say they have closed a shelter in the border city of Piedras Negras where about 1,600...Feb 19![Migrants from Central America, Africa and the Caribbean, who are awaiting their turns to request asylum in the U.S., pass the time inside a shelter in Bachilleres gymnasium in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Hundreds of migrants, some]()
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Religious orders apologize for sex abuse inaction, cover-ups
Catholic religious orders apologize for having failed to respond when their priests raped children, vow to make changesFeb 19![Members of the ECA (Ending of Clergy Abuse) organization and survivors of clergy sex abuse pose for photographers outside St. Peter's Square, at he Vatican, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will]()
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Feb 19
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Jailed Citgo executives in limbo amid Venezuela turmoil
Six executives from the Houston-based Citgo oil company, five of them Americans, have spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say...Feb 19![This photo combo shows Citgo executive Tomeu Vadell at his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana in July 2015, left, and three and a half years later while in confinement in a Venezuelan jail in January 2019. Vadell’s family says he’s lost more than 60 pou]()
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Former ISIS bride who went to Syria says she 'interpreted everything very wrong'
Hoda Muthana hopes she can return to the U.S. with her 18-month-old son.Feb 19![PHOTO: Hoda Muthana, 24, spoke to ABC News for her first television interview. Muthana, an Alabama woman, traveled to Syria in 2014 and became an ISIS bride. She now wants to return to the U.S.]()
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Alabama woman who joined Islamic State seeks return to US
An Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online wants to return to the United StatesFeb 19![This undated image provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online. Muthana realized she was wrong and now wants to return to the United States, Shibly,]()
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Venezuela shuts sea, air links to Dutch islands amid turmoil
Venezuela is banning air and sea trips to and from three Dutch Caribbean islands _ a region that has been linked to efforts to undermine President...Feb 19![USAID humanitarian aid is stored at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid as part of an]()
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8th lawmaker quits UK's Labour over anti-Semitism and Brexit
An eighth lawmaker has quit Britain's Labour Party over its handling of anti-Semitism and Brexit, boosting a new breakaway group from the U.K.'s main...Feb 19![Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the annual conference of the EEF manufacturers organisation at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2019. Seven British lawmakers quit the Labou]()
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AP Explains: Venezuela opposition's fight to win over troops
U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela's opposition are pushing the military to let in humanitarian aid in belief it could break a month-long...Feb 19![Venezuelan Bolivarian Guardsmen stand guard at the Tienditas International Bridge that links Colombia and Venezuela, near Urena, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. As humanitarian aid kits were being packed into individual white bags in the city of Cuc]()
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5 to stand trial in Guatemala shelter fire that killed 41
A Guatemalan judge has ordered five current and former officials to stand trial over a blaze that killed 41 girls at a state-run home for troubled...Feb 19![FILE - In this March 10, 2017 file photo, women carry the coffin of 17-year-old Siona Hernandez Garcia, a girl who died in a March 8, 2016 fire at the Virgin of the Assumption Safe Home, at the cemetery in Guatemala City. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, a]()
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Feb 19
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Lagerfeld's legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship
Lagerfeld's legacy: Youthful designs, showmanship, eccentricities and an acid tongueFeb 19![Karl Lagerfeld]()
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7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire
Canadian officials say seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, have died in a fast-moving house fire described as Nova Scotia's...Feb 19![Firefighters investigate following a house fire in the Spryfield community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Seven children, all members of a Syrian family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in the early morning fire Tuesd]()
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Poland awaiting Israel's apology for minister's comments
A Polish government official says Warsaw is still waiting for Israel's government to apologize for comments the acting foreign minister made about...Feb 19![File -- In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 photo Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, attend a group photo during a meeting in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's prime minister canceled plans for]()
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Israeli police arrest 19 protesters at Jerusalem holy site
Israeli police say they have arrested 19 Palestinians as clashes broke out at a contested Jerusalem holy site.Feb 19![Medics move a wounded protestor to the field clinic tent after he was shot during a protest near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel, near Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)]()
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French police kill suspect after knife attack in Marseille
A prosecutor in the French city of Marseille says a knife-wielding man on a wanted list was shot dead by police y shortly after he injured four people...Feb 19![Rescue workers at the site, after an incident, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)]()
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Clergy sex abuse survivor plans hunger strike
A Massachusetts survivor of clergy sex abuse says he will stop eating until the Vatican acknowledges receipt of messages from victims' familiesFeb 19
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Gatherings against Anti-Semitism to take place in France
Answering a call from political parties, thousands of protesters are expected.Feb 19![A gendarme guards the Jewish cemetery where the gate and tombs were tagged swastikas are pictured in the Jewish cemetery of Quatzenheim, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb.19, 2019. Marches and gatherings against anti-Semitism are taking place across Franc]()
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Lawyer: Britain plans to strip IS teen of UK citizenship
A lawyer for the family of Shamima Begum, who left Britain four years ago to join the Islamic State group, says the U.K. government plans to revoke...Feb 19![This undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Shamima Begum. A pregnant British teenager who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago has said she wants to come back to London, but her path home is n]()
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UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in ISIS enclave
An officials said the extremists are actively preventing civilians from leaving.Feb 19![A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands atop a building used as a temporary base near the last land still held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Hundreds of Islamic State militants are surrounded]()
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New legislation bans Russian soldiers from using smartphones
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill prohibiting military personnel from using smartphones on duty, a move intended to block leaks of sensitive...Feb 19![FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, July 9, 2018, a Russian soldier speaks on his smart phone during the 2018 soccer World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian lawmakers have approved a bill prohibiting military personnel from using smartpho]()
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The Latest: French rally to say 'No' to anti-Semitism
Thousands have gathered on Paris' famed Republic Plaza to say "No" to anti-Semitism following a rise in acts targeting the country's Jewish communityFeb 19![Vandalized tombs with tagged swastikas are pictured in the Jewish cemetery of Quatzenheim, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb.19, 2019. Marches and gatherings against anti-Semitism are taking place across France following a series of anti-Semitic acts that]()
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Venezuela official: Maritime links with Dutch Caribbean islands closed indefinitely amid political turmoil
Venezuela official: Maritime links with Dutch Caribbean islands closed indefinitely amid political turmoilFeb 19
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EU official criticizes Hungary PM Orban for campaign posters
A top European Union official has criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for election campaign posters alleging that EU headquarters has...Feb 19![Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference after their meeting in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)]()
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Cyprus issues 1st 15-year bond; pleased to find solid demand
Cyprus' finance minister says the country's first-ever 15-year public bond issue was eight times oversubscribed, calling it the "strongest...Feb 19
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Suicide bomber kills 2 police by famed Cairo tourist market
Egyptian official: Death toll in Cairo suicide bombing rises to 3 after police officer dies of woundsFeb 19![Policemen and residents surround the site of an explosion in the Gamaliya district, near Cairo's famed Khan el-Khalili tourist marketplace in Cairo, Egypt, late Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Egypt's Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber killed a few polic]()
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Mount Etna releases smoke
Ash and fumes billowed from Mount Etna into the sky on Tuesday, just two months after the volcano's eruption sparked panic in nearby residents.Feb 19![VIDEO: Ash and fumes billowed from Mount Etna into the sky on Tuesday, just two months after the volcano's eruption sparked panic in nearby residents.]()
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What to know about Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on his Trump visit
The immigration hard-liner visits the White House on Wednesday.Feb 19![PHOTO: Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a press conference at the Presidential Blue House on Feb. 14, 2019 in Seoul.]()
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American woman in ISIS wants to come home
The young mother says joining the Islamic State was a "big mistake."Feb 19![VIDEO: American woman in ISIS wants to come home]()
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Saudi Crown Prince arrives in India amid row with Pakistan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in India after visiting Pakistan, which New Delhi blames for a suicide bombing last week that...Feb 19![Mohammed bin Salman, Narendra Modi]()
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Ukraine president signs amendment on NATO, EU membership
Ukraine's president has signed constitutional amendments committing to join NATO and the European UnionFeb 19![Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, center, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, right, and parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy show the newly signed Constitutional amendment to joining the EU and NATO in Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday,]()
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US voices concern over Hezbollah's role in Lebanese Cabinet
The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon has expressed concerns over the militant Hezbollah group's growing role in the new Cabinet, saying it does not...Feb 19![Elizabeth Richard, Saad Hariri]()
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Egypt detains, expels NY Times reporter entering at airport
Egyptian authorities have detained and expelled a New York Times journalist upon his arrival at Cairo international airport, the latest move in the...Feb 19
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Beijing's Forbidden City illuminated for Lantern Festival
Beijing's Forbidden City has been illuminated and opened to the general public for night visits for the first time to celebrate China's Lantern...Feb 19![The Wumen Gate wall of the Forbidden City is illuminated during the Lantern Festival in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Beijing's Palace Museum was illuminated and opened for night visits to celebrate China's Lantern Festival. For the first time sin]()
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A look at companies moving UK business in the age of Brexit
A look at companies moving UK business in the age of BrexitFeb 19![Honda cars leave the Honda plant in Swindon, England, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The Japanese carmaker Honda announced Tuesday that its Swindon car plant in western England, will close with the potential loss of some 3,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)]()
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US airmen saved him in WWII, now this man wants them honored
Tony Foulds says a WWII U.S. bomber crew saved his life.Feb 19![Tony Foulds tends to a memorial honouring 10 U.S. airmen who died in a plane crash in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, England, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Foulds was just a kid running around in the park on Feb. 22, 1944 when a U.S. Air Force crew decided t]()
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Israeli leader hosts east European PMs after summit scrapped
A high-profile summit was cancelled over a rift with Poland.Feb 19![Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, left, speaks as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens after their meeting in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)]()
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Chinese ivory trafficker gets 15 years in Tanzanian sentence
A Tanzanian judge has sentenced a Chinese trafficker who was labeled the "ivory queen" to 15 years in jail after she was convicted of smuggling about...Feb 19
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Honda to shut plant in Brexit-shaken Britain
Honda to close car factory in England, a fresh blow to the British economy as it struggles with the uncertainty associated with leaving the European...Feb 19![Honda's President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Honda Motor Co. plans to close its car factory in western England in 2021, the company said Tuesday, in a fresh blow to the British economy a]()
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Longtime Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld dies
The late designer is credited with reviving French fashion house Chanel.Feb 19![PHOTO: German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Chanel during Paris fashion week Oct. 2, 2012.]()
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ISIS' last stand in Syria
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