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  • Alleged cocaine smuggler appears in Australian court

    Tristan Waters is charged with helping to import cocaine worth $400 million.

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  • Amnesty criticizes Iran's mass arrests as US frees reporter

    Amnesty says Iran arrested more than 7,000 people last year in 'shameless campaign of repression'

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  • Malaysian royals pick Pahang sultan as new king

    Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah of central Pahang state has been named Malaysia's new king, replacing Sultan Muhammad V who abdicated unexpectedly...

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  • French child rape case is another lesson about sports abuse

    A child rape and sex abuse trial in France has highlighted again how the lure and power of sports can be used to hurt young people

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  • Australia to urge China to treat detained writer fairly

    Australia's defense minister says he will press Chinese officials to treat a Chinese-Australian writer fairly and release all information about his...

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  • Indonesian in North Korea trial wins appeal for statements

    An Indonesian woman jointly accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader has won an appeal to obtain witness statements given...

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  • The Latest: Australia weighs recognizing Venezuela's Guaido

    Australia is considering recognizing the rival claimant to Venezuela's presidency after the United States and many Latin American did so

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  • Japan whalers discuss plan to resume commercial hunt July 1

    Their preparation follows Japan's decision in December to leave the IWC.

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  • Governor convicted of blasphemy freed from Indonesian prison

    A polarizing Christian politician whose campaign comments ignited the largest protests in years in Muslim-majority Indonesia has been freed after...

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  • New York penthouse sells for $238M, setting US record

    A billionaire hedge fund founder has purchased a penthouse in New York for roughly $238 million

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  • Venezuela's Guaido leaps from back-bench to center stage

    The rise of Juan Guaido from back-bench obscurity to the self-declared interim presidency of Venezuela with international backing in just three weeks...

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  • North Korea says Kim orders preparations for 2nd Trump meet

    North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with President Donald Trump

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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.

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  • Venezuela crisis looms over pope's Central America visit

    Pope Francis has arrived in Panama with a political crisis in nearby Venezuela, a migration standoff over President Donald Trump's proposed...

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  • Venezuela crisis looms over pope's Central America visit

    Pope Francis has arrived in Panama with a political crisis in nearby Venezuela, a migration standoff over President Donald Trump's proposed...

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  • Showdown in Venezuela as US backs Maduro rival's power claim

    Venezuelans are heading into uncharted political waters, with the young leader of a newly united and combative opposition claiming to hold the...

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  • A glance at the political turmoil rocking Venezuela

    A look at the political turmoil rocking Venezuela as a Trump-backed opposition leader declares himself president

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  • Death toll from Indonesian floods and landslides rises to 26

    The governor of an Indonesian province inundated by torrential rains says the death toll from flooding and landslides has risen to 26

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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...

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  • The Latest: Venezuelan lawyers seeking protection for Guaido

    Three Venezuelan lawyers are asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to grant precautionary measures to protect opposition leader Juan...

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  • Australia urges China to treat detained dual citizen fairly

    Australia has urged China to treat a Chinese-Australian writer fairly and transparently almost a week after he was detained in what a friend suspects...

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  • Mexican volcano explodes in nighttime eruption

    Footage shows the dramatic explosion of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, which sent ash plumes into the sky.

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  • Spokesman for former Jakarta governor who was imprisoned for blasphemy says he was released early Thursday

    Spokesman for former Jakarta governor who was imprisoned for blasphemy says he was released early Thursday

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  • Many Latin American governments support Venezuela's Guaido

    Numerous governments in the Western Hemisphere have quickly recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of his...

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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 States

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  • Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency amid protests

    Venezuela's crisis is quickly escalating as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration has declared himself interim president in a direct...

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  • Thailand sets March election date after 5-year military rule

    Thailand's first general election after five years of military rule will be held in March, election officials announce in the most concrete step the...

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  • Family of slain Mongolian seeks answers in Malaysia lawsuit

    A lawyer for the family of a Mongolian woman murdered in Malaysia 13 years ago says they hope to find answers with a lawsuit that went to trial this...

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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...

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  • Witness: El Chapo's wife was in on plans for prison escape

    A witness at the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo has implicated the kingpin's wife in his 2015 prison escape

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  • Venezuelan protests continue as Maduro deemed 'illegitimate'

    Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, began his second term in office in January 2019 amid growing criticism by Venezuelans and the international...

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  • The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple

    Pope Francis has arrived in Panama where he is to offer encouragement to young people gathered for World Youth Day 2019

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  • Congo's Kabila, on eve of leaving presidency, urges unity

    Congo's Kabila, on eve of leaving presidency, urges unity after sharply disputed election

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  • Swedish teen takes climate activism to jet-setters in Davos

    There aren't many people who spend 32 hours on a train and sleep in a tent for an annual meetup of global elites, but a Swedish teenager emerging as...

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  • Chinese research icebreaker boat collides with an iceberg in Antarctica

    Severe weather and a deficient radar caused the icebreaker boat called Xuelong to hit an iceberg on its 35 expedition Saturday.

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  • Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro gives US diplomats 72 hours to abandon country

    Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro gives US diplomats 72 hours to abandon country

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  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is breaking off relations with the US

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is breaking off relations with the US

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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 unrest

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  • Russia and Turkey mull next steps in war-torn Syria

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet to coordinate their moves in Syria as their governments bargain...

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  • Top Jordanian politicians arrested on corruption charges

    Jordan's state security court has arrested several high-profile Jordanian politicians on the charges of illegal tobacco production, smuggling and...

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  • French protest group to field candidates for EU parliament

    A group of France's yellow vest protesters says it is fielding a slate of candidates for the European Parliament elections

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  • 13 miners die in Ghana after blast, regional official says

    13 miners die in Ghana after inhaling smoke from blast, regional official says

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  • US to help Puerto Ricans who lost jobs after hurricanes

    Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after hurricanes Maria and Irma can start applying for disaster unemployment assistance after the U.S. doubled the...

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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 hometown

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  • Official: Canada recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela

    Official: Canada recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela

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  • Report: Iran court sentences whistle-blower to 5 years

    The official IRNA news agency reports that an Iranian court has sentenced a prominent journalist to five years in prison

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  • Former swimming champ sentenced for child rape, sexual abuse

    A former French swimming champion and ex-manager of one of the country's most successful hockey clubs has been found guilty of child rape and sexual...

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  • Israel's Netanyahu calls for probe into investigation leaks

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a "serious complaint" with the country's attorney general over leaks to Israeli media by...

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  • Alec Baldwin in court, Australian Open, icy weather: World in Photos

    Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Pakistan opposition asks PM to quit over killing civilians

    Pakistan's opposition leader has asked the country's prime minister to resign after an investigation concluded that police killed an innocent couple...

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