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  • Anti-Polanski protesters greet French film awards ceremony

    Women's rights activists are protesting outside the French version of the Oscars because Roman Polanski's latest film is leading the nominations

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  • Historic Paris train station evacuated due to nearby fire

    Police have evacuated a historic Paris train station because a fire is raging nearby

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  • Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus

    Mexico's assistant health secretary says the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus

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  • Cruise ship sails to St. Maarten after COVID-19 scare

    A British cruise ship turned away by the Dominican Republic after passengers suffered flu-like symptoms is awaiting approval to dock on the Dutch...

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  • Thousand to gather in southwest England for climate march

    Thousands of mainly young people have joined Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg for a peaceful climate march through the city of Bristol, in...

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  • Trump in India, shooting in Germany, Lizzo: The Week in Photos

    A look at the week's top photos from around the globe.

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  • What's happening: Virus fears hit Africa, markets, churches

    Amusement parks, sports events, religious gatherings, even school

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  • Turkey, Russia talk tensions in Syria as migrants push west

    The presidents of Turkey and Russia have spoken by phone to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were...

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  • Islamic extremists kill Nigerian pastor, attack his hometown

    Islamic militants have killed a Christian pastor who had appealed for help in a video just days earlier

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  • EU launches antitrust probe into Italy loan to Alitalia

    The European Union's antitrust watchdog has launched an investigation into a 400 million euro loan provided by Italy to national flag carrier Alitalia

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  • 'Unearthly': Free diver speaks out after record-breaking ice dive

    Alexey Molchanov dived under the frozen waters of a quarry in Moscow

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  • Italy tries a return to some normalcy after virus closures

    Italian authorities have decided to reopen schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, in which Italy has the...

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  • UN envoy says Libya truce nearly broke down amid fighting

    The U.N. envoy for Libya has denounced a near-breakdown of a fragile truce between the country’s warring sides

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  • Coronavirus live updates: WHO raises global risk from 'high' to 'very high'

    Cases in the U.S. rose to 63, including a possible instance of community spread.

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  • Center-right opposition leads polls ahead of Slovakian vote

    Slovaks vote Saturday in parliamentary elections widely expected to unseat the country's long-dominant but scandal-tainted center-left party that...

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  • Barclays bankers acquitted over fraud charges in Qatar deal

    Three former Barclays bankers have been cleared of fraud over a 4 billion-pound ($5.2 billion) investment deal with Qatar at the height of the global...

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  • Malaysia's Mahathir suffers blow as supporters abandon him

    Malaysia's king says he will let party leaders nominate prime ministerial candidates, shifting the battle for power after opposition parties switched...

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  • Geneva auto show canceled as Swiss ban big events over virus

    The Geneva auto show is being canceled after the Swiss government announced an immediate ban on all public and private events involving more than...

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  • Guinea to vote Sunday on contested referendum

    Guinea will be voting Sunday on a contested referendum that could extend the president’s rule for at least another decade and lead to deeper political...

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  • EU welcomes Kosovo cut to Serbia tariffs, US says not enough

    The European Union has welcomed Kosovo's decision to partially lift a 100% tariff on Serbian goods

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  • Former Prague Muslim leader sentenced on terror charges

    A Czech court has convicted a former Prague imam of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison

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  • Afghans view US-Taliban deal with well-earned skepticism

    Many Afghans view Saturday's expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism

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  • Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims protest India violence

    Several thousand Muslims have marched from the main mosque in Bangladesh's capital to denounce India's government for allegedly inflaming tensions...

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  • Malawi legalizes cannabis cultivation for certain uses

    Malawi has legalized the cultivation of cannabis

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  • NATO urges Syria, Russia to halt airstrikes as migrants move

    NATO allies are calling on Syria and Russia to end their airstrikes in Syria after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed there

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  • German unemployment steady at 5% in February

    Germany's Federal Labor Agency is reporting that unemployment remained steady in February in the country, despite overall weakness in Europe's largest...

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  • Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU

    Hundreds of refugees and migrants in Turkey are heading for the country’s land and sea borders with Greece , buoyed by Turkish officials’ statements...

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  • Parents slam bill in chilling 'missing babies' cases

    After years of waiting, Serbian lawmakers are set to soon pass a bill that authorities say attempts to shed light on a chilling, decades-old scandal...

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  • Vatican task force offers help to church on abuse prevention

    The Vatican is launching a task force of experts to help Catholic dioceses and religious orders develop guidelines to handle cases of sexual abuse by...

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  • VW agrees to $912 million payments for Germans who sued

    German auto giant Volkswagen says it will pay 830 million euros ($912 million) in damages to hundreds of thousands of customers whose diesel cars were...

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  • Dominican Republic turns back cruise ship amid virus fears

    A cruise ship heading to the Dominican Republic to disembark hundreds of passengers after a 14-day tour was searching for a new port on Friday after...

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  • South African sentenced for racist comment that went viral

    South Africa has imposed a $3,300 fine or 2-year prison term on a man convicted for racist comments in a video that went viral last year

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  • First virus-free guests abandon blocked Spanish island hotel

    Some guests have started to leave a locked-down hotel in Spain’s Tenerife island

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  • Guinea-Bissau president sworn in despite contested vote

    Former army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been sworn in as president of Guinea-Bissau despite a pending decision by the Supreme Court on a request...

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  • Prayers at fire-bombed mosques as India's riot toll grows

    Muslims in India's capital returned for weekly prayers at fire-bombed mosques.

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  • Russia denies responsibility after strikes kill at least 33 Turkish troops in Syria

    NATO to meet at Turkey's request following the incident.

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  • Thai prime minister and colleagues survive censure vote

    Thailand's prime minister and five of his fellow Cabinet members have defeated non-confidence motions filed against them in Parliament

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  • Fire kills 5 in residential building in Iranian city of Qom

    A fire that erupted in a residential building in the Iranian city of Qom has killed at least five people, including a 2-year-old, and injured 38

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  • Parents of 'terrified' Africans stranded in China want help

    Parents' fears are growing for the thousands of African students who are thought to be stranded in China's locked-down city of Wuhan amid the virus...

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  • Iran's Health Ministry spokesman says the new coronavirus has killed 34 people amid 388 confirmed cases in Iran

    Iran's Health Ministry spokesman says the new coronavirus has killed 34 people amid 388 confirmed cases in Iran

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  • Publisher, 2 politicians charged over Hong Kong protests

    Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians have been charged with illegal assembly over a pro-democracy march last year

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  • Pope sick a 2nd day with apparent cold, cancels audiences

    Pope Francis has canceled his official audiences.

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  • Swiss government bans all events involving more than 1,000 people amid virus outbreak

    Swiss government bans all events involving more than 1,000 people amid virus outbreak

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  • Japan's Hokkaido declares state of emergency over virus

    The Japanese island of Hokkaido declared a state of emergency over coronavirus.

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  • A Week in Pictures, Asia

    FEBRUARY 21-27, 2020 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia...

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  • Ardern calls out Australia: Don't deport 'your problems'

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called out her Australian counterpart.

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  • Winter weather kills 1, injures 8 in southern Germany

    Heavy winds and snowfall have led to accidents in Germany.

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  • UN agency says 35 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

    The U.N. migration agency says that a commercial ship has rescued 35 Europe-bound migrants off Libya's Mediterranean coast and returned them to the...

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  • India says US politicizing religious riots in which 30 died

    At least 30 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the unrest.

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  • Nigeria confirms coronavirus, first in sub-Saharan Africa

    Nigeria's health authorities have reported the country's first case of a new coronavirus in Lagos, the first confirmed appearance of the disease in...

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