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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
June 04, 2023US 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
June 05, 202315 dead, 8 missing after heavy rains unleash floods in Haiti
Floodwaters consumed hundreds of homes around the country.
June 04, 2023
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Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian attacks in provinces annexed by Moscow
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US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
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Shootout between Pakistani troops and insurgents in border region kills 2 soldiers, 2 militants
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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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Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state
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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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Switzerland's UBS says it could complete Credit Suisse takeover on June 12
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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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More than 2 million people displaced, Burkina Faso's government says, as aid falls short
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Indian crash leaves at least 200 dead as fatalities rise
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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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Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service
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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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15 dead, 8 missing after heavy rains unleash floods in Haiti
Floodwaters consumed hundreds of homes around the country.
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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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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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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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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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