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  • Mexican president promises no return of criminal defamation

    Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he would denounce any proposed legal reforms that would bring back criminal defamation statutes or...

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  • 3 inmates facing extradition to US escape Mexican prison

    Mexico authorities say three inmates facing extradition requests from the United States have escaped from a Mexico City jail

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  • Angry Palestinians face dilemma in responding to Trump plan

    The Palestinians have furiously rejected President Donald Trump's plan to end the Mideast conflict

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  • AP Explains: The arrest of Peru powerbroker Keiko Fujimori

    A Peruvian judge has ruled that opposition leader Keiko Fujimori should be held in prison for 15 months while she is investigated for possible money...

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  • More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads

    British Airways halted all flights to China and American Airlines suspended Los Angeles flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing as efforts to contain...

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  • Number of migrants trying Channel crossing in boats explodes

    French maritime authorities say the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel to Britain in small boats has exploded

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  • Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday

    Britain's departure from the European Union has been backed by European lawmakers, after a debate that mixed warm words of love with hard-headed...

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  • UAE confirms first cases of new Chinese virus in Mideast

    The cases are a family that had arrived from the Chinese city of Wuhan.

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  • British officials: Tanker on fire in Gulf off Sharjah in UAE

    A crude oil tanker in the Persian Gulf has caught fire, prompting a warning from British naval officials to “exercise extreme caution

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  • Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges

    The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges

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  • Italy, Cyprus say Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'unacceptable'

    The foreign ministers of Italy and Cyprus say a maritime border agreement between Turkey and Libya's U.N.-backed government is “unacceptable," runs...

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  • Iraq's president issues deadline to choose next PM

    Iraq's president has given rival political blocs a deadline to select a prime minister nearly two months after the outgoing premier resigned under...

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• Jan 29

  • Scottish Parliament urges post-Brexit independence vote

    Scotland’s Parliament has voted to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence

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  • Palestinian refugees insulted by Trump's 'shameful' deal

    Insulting

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  • WHO again weighs declaring coronavirus global public health emergency

    Airlines around the world suspended flights to China on Wednesday.

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  • Auschwitz survivor inspires many, but others find fault

    An Auschwitz survivor's powerful warning against indifference to discrimination is reverberating in his native Poland

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  • Study: Smuggled arms aid Nigeria’s farmer-herder conflict

    A new study says weapons used in intercommunal violence that has killed thousands in northern Nigeria have been trafficked from Ivory Coast, Libya and...

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  • Argentina debates debt restructuring, reawakening old fears

    Argentina's Chamber of Deputies has begun discussing a bill to restructure the country's external public debt which officials say is unpayable amid a...

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  • Mideast peace plan, Brazil rains, stranded fishermen: World in Photos, Jan. 29, 2020

    A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved the departure terms of the United Kingdom from the European Union

    The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved the departure terms of the United Kingdom from the European Union

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  • Ukraine and separatists to pull back troops from a new area

    Ukrainian negotiators and Russia-backed separatists say they have agreed on another area for disengagement of their troops in eastern Ukraine

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  • President Vladimir Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges.

    President Vladimir Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges.

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  • Greta Thunberg seeks trademarks to prevent commercial misuse

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she has applied to trademark her name and that of the international school strike movement she inspired to...

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  • Syrian troops capture key town in rebel-held Idlib province

    The Syrian military and opposition activists say Syrian government forces have captured one of the largest and most strategic rebel-held towns in the...

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  • Amnesty Int'l: Asia seeing growing repression, resistance

    The human rights group Amnesty International says that while authoritarian controls are increasingly undermining freedoms in Asia, the will to resist...

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  • EU stops short of recommending ban on China's Huawei

    The European Union has unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks but stopped short of banning Huawei

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  • Israeli Cabinet postpones vote on West Bank annexation

    A senior Israeli minister says a Cabinet vote to endorse annexation of parts of the West Bank won't take place on Sunday

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  • Greece plans floating border barrier to stop migrants

    The government in Greece wants to use a floating barrier to help stop migrants from reaching the Greek islands from the nearby coast of Turkey

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  • EU lawmakers remember liberation of Auschwitz death camp

    European Union lawmakers on Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the  Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp with words of grief and...

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  • Mexico president criticizes immigration agency's access ban

    Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticized a directive from his own immigration agency that temporarily barred access to the...

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  • Confined at home, Chinese get creative to beat boredom

    Chinese confined to their apartments either by choice or by order are making the best of the situation as cities remain in lockdown in a desperate bid...

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  • Saudi Telecom looks to buy majority stake in Vodafone Egypt

    The Saudi Telecom Co. says it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a 55% stake in the Egyptian holdings of telecommunications giant Vodafone

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  • A look at Israel's settlements ahead of possible annexation

    President Donald Trump's Mideast Mideast plan paves the way for Israel to annex most or all of its settlements in the occupied West Bank

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  • Israeli president: Germany must win anti-Semitism fight

    Israel's president has lamented rising anti-Semitism in Europe and said Germany “must not fail” in fighting it

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  • Germany raises 2020 growth forecast slightly to 1.1%

    The German government has raised its forecast for economic growth this year slightly to 1.1%

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  • Israel headed for clash with ICC over West Bank settlements

    Israel has been emboldened by a supportive White House.

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  • Across the Pond: Trump unveils Middle East peace plan

    Israel PM vows to carry out the plan's proposed division of land “regardless of the Palestinian decision.”

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  • Priests in group shut down by Vatican accused of sex abuse

    Officials and Italian media say nine priests and brothers of a Catholic community recently shut down by the Vatican are under investigation by Italian...

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  • Fighting sharply rises in Yemen, endangering peace efforts

    Yemeni officials say a drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels has killed and wounded hundreds of...

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  • Pakistani arrested over UK killing wants to be tried at home

    A Pakistani man arrested earlier this month in Islamabad over the 2005 killing of a British woman police officer does not want to be extradited to...

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  • Leader of Spain's Catalonia to call early regional election

    The regional president of Spain’s conflict-riven region of Catalonia says he will soon call a snap election amid splits in his government's unity

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  • 6 soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Burkina Faso

    Authorities say six soldiers have been killed and seven others are missing after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso

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  • Russia arrests 5 ex-police in reporter's planted drugs case

    A journalist claimed his arrest on drugs charges was payback for his work.

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  • Bangladesh to improve schools for Rohingya refugee children

    The government in Bangladesh in partnership with the United Nations will expand educational programs for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee...

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  • Post-Brexit talks gear up for fish fight between EU, UK

    The United Kingdom and the European Union are parting ways on Friday and one of the first issues to address is what will happen to the fishing grounds...

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  • Berlin zoo's panda twins take their 1st public tumbles

    Pit and Paule, the new star attractions at Berlin's zoo, have made their first foray into the limelight, climbing and tumbling around their cub-proof...

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  • Floods, landslide in western Indonesia leave 7 dead

    Landslides and floods from torrential rains on Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed at least seven people and displaced thousands

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  • Allies worry as US ponders cutting military forces in Africa

    As extremist violence grows across Africa, the United States is considering reducing its military presence on the continent

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  • Sudan to tackle fuel subsidies as economy hangs on the edge

    Sudan’s new finance minister says his country is moving forward with an ambitious economic plan that will slash government subsidies starting in March...

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  • Villages on Beijing's outskirts isolate selves amid outbreak

    Villages are deploying barricades and wary guardians.

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