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  • Sydney choked by hazardous haze from Australia bush fires

    Wildfires have engulfed Sydney in haze so thick it is considered 11 times worse than the usual “hazardous" level and is apt to trigger fire alarms....

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  • Plane carrying 38 people goes missing on way to Antarctica

    Officials are unsure whether anyone survived the likely crash.

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  • Chile military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica

    Chile's air force has lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight to the country's base in Antarctica, and authorities...

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  • Egyptian whistleblower gets 5-year sentence in absentia

    A state-run Egyptian newspaper says a self-exiled businessman who sparked rare protests with his allegations of military corruption has been sentenced...

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  • New Zealand police open criminal probe into volcano deaths

    New Zealand police are opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic island where a powerful eruption of ash and scalding...

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  • AP Explains: Peronism returns in Argentina amid crisis

    Alberto Fernández becomes president of Argentina on Tuesday and is returning the country's Peronist political movement to power amid an economic...

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  • At least 5 dead, 8 missing after New Zealand volcano erupts

    "We do not believe there are any survivors on the island," police said.

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  • New Zealand police say they are opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic island

    New Zealand police say they are opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic island

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  • Hong Kong's leader unbowed after massive weekend protest

    Hong Kong's leader is again ruling out concessions to protesters who marched peacefully in their hundreds of thousands this past weekend

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  • Ukraine and Russia agree to prisoner exchange by year's end

    New commitments include a full ceasefire and an exchange of all prisoners.

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  • Hong Kong police defuse bombs designed 'to kill and to maim'

    Hong Kong police say they have defused two large homemade bombs packed with nails and designed “to kill and to maim people

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  • Up to 13 feared dead in volcanic eruption off New Zealand

    Unstable conditions on a volcanic New Zealand island are hindering rescuers looking for at least eight people feared dead after the volcano erupted...

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  • Fishermen mass to overwhelm Mexico's protected porpoises

    A conservation group trying to protect the world's most endangered marine mammal says hundreds of fishermen have massed in dozens of boats to fish...

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  • Russia, Ukraine to revive peace process amid little progress

    The presidents of Ukraine and Russia have agreed to revive the peace process on the bloody separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine

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  • Intl journalist group: fewer media staff killed this year

    Deaths among journalists killed in the line of duty are lower this year, but a journalism advocacy group says one reason appears to be that media...

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  • Brazil's Bolsonaro backtracks on Argentine inauguration

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has reversed course and decided to send an official representative to neighboring Argentina's presidential...

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  • Leaders of Russia, Ukraine agree to try new cease-fire but fail to agree on timeline for elections in separatist east

    Leaders of Russia, Ukraine agree to try new cease-fire but fail to agree on timeline for elections in separatist east

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  • AP Explains: A look at El Salvador's new anti-graft body

    Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has fulfilled a campaign promise to create the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador

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  • Dominican Republic to require visas for Venezuelans

    The Dominican Republic will require visas for Venezuelans, who have moved to the country by the thousands amid an economic and humanitarian crisis

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  • Ukraine's leader says after talks with Russian president that an exchange of all prisoners will take place by year's end

    Ukraine's leader says after talks with Russian president that an exchange of all prisoners will take place by year's end

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  • Up to 13 feared dead in volcanic eruption off New Zealand

    It is not clear if any people were on the island at the time.

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  • Canada charges Volkswagen over faking car emissions tests

    Volkswagen imported cars company executives knew violated emissions standards.

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  • Syria's Assad: OPCW faked a report on attack near Damascus

    Syrian President Bashar Assad is accusing the global chemical weapons watchdog of faking and falsifying a report over an attack near the capital of...

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  • Syrian president's uncle faces Paris money laundering trial

    The Syrian president's uncle is facing trial in Paris on money laundering charges

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  • Saudi Arabia's deficit widens to $49B ahead of Aramco sale

    Saudi Arabia will reduce government spending in 2020 as the kingdom's budget deficit widens to $49 billion amid sluggish oil prices

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  • Traffic jams choke Paris as pension strikes hobble trains

    Paris commuters faced massive traffic jams as a national strike over pension changes shut down public transport but they may face worse even worse...

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  • Wind-blown pup braves Storm Atiyah on UK beach

    The storm made landfall on the west coast of Ireland Sunday evening, with wind predictions nearing 70 mph.

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  • Finland's next prime minister breaks the mold in many ways

    She would be the world's youngest prime minister at 34.

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  • 650 House seats, 3 days to go: the UK election in numbers

    The numbers say a lot about Britain's most unusual election

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  • Lebanon protesters scuffle with lawmaker's bodyguards

    Lebanese soldiers have had to separate protesters and the bodyguards of a member of parliament after scuffles broke out under heavy rain in the...

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  • Iran ready for more prisoner swaps with US, not negotiations

    Iran’s Cabinet spokesman says his country is ready for more prisoners swaps with the United States but reiterated the Iranian leadership's stance that...

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  • Saudi prince's ambitions hinge on triumphant Aramco sale

    Saudi Arabia is expected to set a new record on Wednesday with the sale of a sliver of Aramco, the state-owned oil company valued at $1.7 trillion

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  • Boy on hospital floor dominates Britain's election campaign

    A 4-year-old boy in a Spider-Man top lying on a hospital floor has taken center stage in the British election campaign

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  • Polish school director fired over terror attack exercise

    A primary school director in Poland has been fired and psychologists are working with traumatized schoolchildren following a terrorist attack exercise...

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  • Heavy rain causes floods, paralyzes Lebanon's capital

    A rainstorm has paralyzed parts of Lebanon's capital Beirut, turning streets to small rivers, stranding motorists inside their vehicles and damaging...

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  • Longer-lasting avocados that fight food waste to go on sale in Europe

    More produce will follow thanks to Apeel Science and Nature's Pride.

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  • Kosovo files IS terror charges against man, wife and mother

    Kosovo prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against three ethnic Albanians who returned to the small European country in May after allegedly...

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  • Vandals damage cars in Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem

    Israeli police say vandals operating under the cover of darkness have slashed tires on over 160 cars and sprayed slogans such as “Arabs=enemies” in a...

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  • Russian court upholds release of American held for 2 years over cleaning product

    The ruling brings an end to Gaylen Grandstaff's ordeal another step closer.

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  • Mexico may accept US steel trade rule, rejects aluminum

    Mexico may accept US requests for greater region content on steel, as long as there is a five-year phase-in

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  • Mexico recalls Argentina ambassador for alleged book theft

    Mexico has recalled its ambassador to Argentina after a video surfaced suggesting he may have tried to steal a book from a bookstore

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  • Italy investigates Maltese prof implicated in Russia probe

    Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating suspected embezzlement by a mysterious Maltese academic linked to the U

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  • Flamboyant governor of Kenya's capital charged with graft

    The flamboyant governor of Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, has been charged with 19 counts of graft as the country struggles to tackle runaway...

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  • Trial of Cambodian opposition party chief set for next month

    A Cambodian court has announced that the trial on treason charges of opposition leader Kem Sokha will begin next month, more than two years after he...

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  • Quake rattles Tuscany, no injuries reported

    An earthquake has struck Tuscany north of Florence, sending frightened people into the street in the middle of the night, opening up cracks in walls...

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  • Bosnian police forcibly break up protest over landfill site

    Police in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar have removed residents who have been blocking access to the city’s only landfill over concerns that it...

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  • Austria's ban on weedkiller glyphosate hits roadblock

    Austria's government says a ban on the weedkiller glyphosate can't take effect on Jan

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  • Turkey deports 11 French suspected IS members

    Turkey has deported 11 French nationals who are suspected of being members of the Islamic State group back to France

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  • EU approves state aid to develop car batteries industry

    The European Union has approved 3

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