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  • Ex-PM Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London

    Pakistan’s ailing convicted former PM Sharif leaves country for medical treatment in London

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  • 15 killed, 9 injured in northern China coal mine explosion

    Authorities in northern China say 15 people were killed and nine injured in a gas explosion inside a coal mine

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  • The Latest: China appoints new police chief in Hong Kong

    China has appointed a new police chief in Hong Kong in a further illustration of the central government’s broad powers over the territory’s...

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  • South Korean fishing boat catches fire; 1 dead, 11 missing

    South Korea’s coast guard says one person died and 11 others are missing from a fishing boat that caught fire in waters near a southern island

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  • Smoke shrouds Sydney’s skyline as wildfires burn nearby

    Thick smoke from wildfires has shrouded Sydney and its surrounding areas with health experts warning residents with medical conditions to remain...

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  • 100 protesters surrounded by police at Hong Kong university

    About 100 anti-government protesters remain holed up at a Hong Kong university as a police siege of the campus entered its third day

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  • Britain’s Prince Charles meets New Zealand leader, public

    Britain’s Prince Charles meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and greets people along the Auckland waterfront on 3rd day of royal...

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  • Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says about 600 protesters have left university campus surrounded by police, about 100 remain

    Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says about 600 protesters have left university campus surrounded by police, about 100 remain

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  • Iran spokesman says protesters took police officers hostage

    Iran alternately downplays and demonizes continuing protests set off by hike in gas prices and masked by an internet shutdown

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  • Chilean leader acknowledges excess force used in protests

    Chile’s president is struggling to bring calm as demonstrators have taken to the streets again a month into a potent protest movement that has...

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  • Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes

    Venetians are fed up with what they see as an inadequate response to the city’s mounting problems: record-breaking flooding, damaging cruise ship...

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  • Campus under siege as Hong Kong police battle protesters

    Hong Kong police are tightening their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped

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  • Food, gasoline shortages reported in Bolivian cities

    Residents in several Bolivian cities are reporting food and gasoline shortages because of protests by supporters of ousted President Evo Morales

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  • Libyan officials: Airstrike kills 7 workers in Tripoli

    Libyan health authorities say an airstrike has slammed into a biscuit factory in the capital, Tripoli, killing at least seven workers including five...

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  • Colombia church massacre victims ID’d with DNA put to rest

    Relatives of those killed in a Colombia massacre are putting their loved ones to rest nearly two decades after the attack – while also warning the...

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  • Mexican president defends indigenous pensions plan

    Mexico’s president on Monday defended a plan to provide pensions to indigenous people starting at age 65, compared with 68 for other Mexicans

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  • Nicaragua files weapons charges against opposition activists

    A Nicaraguan lawyer says prosecutors have charged 16 opposition activists with allegedly transporting weapons

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  • At least 4 wounded by gunshots during protest in Haiti

    At least four people have been shot and wounded during a small protest in Haiti’s capital after a speech by embattled President Jovenel Moise

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  • Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire

    Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm.

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  • Brazil says Amazon deforestation is worst since 2008

    A Brazilian government report says the rate of deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its highest level in more than a decade, undermining...

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  • The Latest: Allred: Prince should speak to FBI about Epstein

    Attorney Gloria Allred says Britain’s Prince Andrew should voluntarily speak to the FBI about what he knows about Jeffrey Epstein

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  • Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro

    Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is struggling to draw protesters into the streets after calling for daily demonstrations to drive President...

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  • Georgian police move to disperse large protest in Tbilisi

    Police in riot gear in the country of Georgia are trying to push thousands of demonstrators away from the parliament building in the capital on the...

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  • Hong Kong university becomes center of tense standoff between police, protesters

    “There’s absolutely no way out,” said a protester.

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  • Teacher union to sue Quebec on religious symbols ban

    A union federation representing 45,000 teachers in Quebec is suing the Canadian province over its ban on the wearing of religious symbols by many...

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  • Hong Kong police use water cannons during university clash

    This is one of the largest and most sustained battles in a protest movement that is now in its sixth month.

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  • Fire brigade works to recover damaged boats in Venice

    The Italian city is being flooded by the highest tide in more than 50 years.

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  • Sea creature lanterns dazzle in Paris

    The colorful light display in the Jardin des Plantes aimed to raise awareness of overfishing and plastic waste in oceans.

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  • Saudi-led coalition says Yemeni rebels hijacked vessel

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says Iran-aligned rebels have hijacked a vessel south of the Red Sea

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  • 2 dead as French bridge collapse sends vehicles into river

    A 15-year-old girl and a truck driver died Monday when a road bridge collapsed in rural southwest France, dumping several vehicles into a river and...

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  • UN expert: 100,000 kids in migration-related detention in US

    An independent expert working with the U.N. human rights office estimates that over 100,000 children are being held in migration-related detention in...

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  • Anti-government protests cripple major Iraqi port, oil field

    Iraqi officials: Anti-government protests block road to main port in country’s south, Iraq’s central bank in Baghdad

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  • Lebanese banks to reopen as withdrawal limits made official

    Lebanon’s bank staff union has announced it’s ending a week-long strike after increased security and new regulations that make limits on withdrawal...

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  • Hong Kong protests, figure skating and Evo Morales: World in Photos, Nov. 18

    A look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Dutch court sentences Pakistani of threat to kill Wilders

    A Dutch court has sentenced a Pakistani man to 10 years in prison for preparing a terror attack on anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

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  • Avalanche hits Indian army post in Himalayas, 6 killed

    The Indian army says an avalanche has hit one of its posts on a Himalayan glacier in disputed Kashmir region, killing 4 soldiers and 2 civilian...

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  • The Latest: Chinese envoy accuses UK, US of interference

    China’s ambassador to Britain has accused the U.K. and U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of China and Hong Kong as authorities in the...

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  • Hong Kong standoff leads to more violent clashes

    Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong erupt in violence as the months-long campaign continue.

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  • Report: Leaked intelligence cables show Iran’s grip on Iraq

    The New York Times, The Intercept: Purported Iranian intelligence documents detail Iran’s massive influence in neighboring Iraq

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  • UK parties make election pitches to wary business leaders

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing new questions about his relationship with an American businesswoman who allegedly received favors and...

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  • Hungary signs special agreement with Orthodox Jewish group

    The Hungarian government has signed a special agreement with an Orthodox Jewish group

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  • US: Egypt could face sanctions over Russia warplanes

    A senior US official is warning Egypt that if it purchases Russian fighter jets it risks American sanctions

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  • Sweden backs North Macedonia’s EU membership talks

    Sweden is offering support to North Macedonia’s efforts to join the European Union despite a big setback last month

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  • Kuwait’s ruler fires son over feud with fellow minister

    Kuwait’s ruler on Monday fired his own son and another Cabinet minister after they publicly feuded over accusations of corruption, ordering the prime...

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  • Tests on Boeing ‘Greenliner’ part of effort to cut emissions

    Abu Dhabi’s flagship carrier, Etihad Airways, says it is launching one of the world’s most fuel-efficient long-haul airplanes

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  • North Korea no longer interested in holding 'fruitless' summit with Trump

    Pyongyang is no longer interested in holding "fruitless" summit with D.C.

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  • Paul McCartney to headline Glastonbury festival

    Paul McCartney has snagged the coveted Saturday-night headline slot at Glastonbury next year as the British music festival celebrates its 50th...

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  • Belarus election results: An opposition-free parliament

    Full preliminary results from parliamentary elections in Belarus show the chamber will have no members of the opposition to challenge strongman...

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  • Airbus nails $30B in new plane orders at Dubai Airshow

    Airbus nails down $30 billion in new plane orders on 2nd day of Dubai Airshow after previous rounds saw Boeing take lion’s share of deals

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