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Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

Pope Francis has updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse
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Pope expands norms to fight sex abuse to cover lay leaders, reaffirms that vulnerable adults can also be victims.

Pope expands norms to fight sex abuse to cover lay leaders, reaffirms that vulnerable adults can also be victims.
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Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

The Iraqi province of Diyala has seen a spike in bloody attacks over the past month that killed at least 19 civilians, including women and children
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Germany, EU reach agreement in combustion engine row

Germany and the European Union say they have reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines, allowing the registration of new vehicles with such engines even after 2035 if they use climate-neutral fuel only
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India's Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of favoring Adani Group

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi says he was expelled from Parliament because he has raised serious questions about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's relationship with the business conglomerate Adani Group
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Myanmar lawyer accused of helping army slain by guerrillas

A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and its foes
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Berlin vote could turbocharge German capital's climate plans

Berlin voters on a proposal Sunday that would force the German capital to drastically ramp up its climate goals
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'What can we do?': Millions in African countries need power

The electricity shortages that plague many of Africa’s 54 countries are a serious drain on the continent’s economic growth
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New Zealand tells China its concern on lethal aid to Russia

New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has expressed concern to China over any provision of lethal aid to support Russia in its war against Ukraine during a meeting with her Chinese counterpart
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Bolsonaro's legal woes deepen with undeclared diamond gifts

Undeclared diamond jewelry brought into Brazil from Saudi Arabia has deepened the legal jeopardy of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
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Additional attacks on American bases in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes

A sixth U.S. service member was wounded after a contractor was killed Thursday.
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In this Dec. 8, 2021, file photo, American soldiers drive a Bradley fighting vehicle during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria.
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5 killed in west Sudan tribal violence, rights group says

Tribal leaders in Sudan say two days of tribal violence in African country's west have killed at least 5 people
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Macron's office: Algeria envoy returning to Paris, spat ends

President Emmanuel Macron’s office says Algeria’s ambassador to France, recalled home in February, will be returning to his post in the coming days
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Protesters in Suriname demand president resign

A few hundred protesters have gathered in Suriname’s capital to demand that the president of the South American country resign
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LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr issues warning to users in Egypt

A popular gay social networking application has issued a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to target and arrest LGBTQ+ individuals through digital platforms
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Pentagon holds briefing following multiple drone strikes in Syria

Two separate attacks on U.S. bases are believed to have come from drones of Iranian origin.
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VIDEO: Pentagon holds briefing following multiple drone strikes in Syria
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Reports: Islamic State kidnaps dozens in Syria, dead found

Syrian reports say members of the Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of people in a central province and the bodies of some have been found with their throats slits
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ABC News Live: Biden, Trudeau reach deal to reduce migration at northern border

Plus, the U.S. military carries out airstrikes in Syria after a suspected Iranian drone attack kills an American contractor.
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VIDEO: ABC News Live: Biden and Trudeau reach deal to reduce migration at the northern border
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Russians, American delayed in space to return in September

Russia's space agency says two cosmonauts and an astronaut who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September
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US military base in Syria hit by deadly rocket attacks

ABC News' senior Pentagon reporter provides updates on the rockets fired at a U.S. base known as Green Village in eastern Syria as the U.S. strikes back.
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VIDEO: US military base in Syria hit by deadly rocket attacks
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France bans TikTok, Twitter from government staff phones

France says it's banning the “recreational″ use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees' phones
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Russia puts ex-Putin speechwriter on wanted list

Police in Russia have placed a former speechwriter for President Vladimir Putin on a wanted list for criminal suspects
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Mexican president pushes back on US criticism on violence

Mexico's president angrily rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Mexican government has lost control of parts of the country
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Man threatens passengers on German train, injures teenager

Police say a man has threatened passengers on a train in eastern Germany and injured a teenager with an ax-like implement
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Cuba holds national elections with no opposition candidates

Cuba holds National Assembly elections Sunday, but there are only 470 candidates running for the 470 seats, with no opposition challengers and no campaigning
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With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago
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ABC News Live: Biden in Canada to discuss immigration, Russian aggression

Plus, creators are worried about the future of TikTok after the CEO testified on Capitol Hill, and gun control advocates hold the 5th annual “March for our Lives.”
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VIDEO: ABC News Live: President Biden arrives in Canada to meet with PM Trudeau
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German extremist jailed for driving into police officer

A German anti-government extremist has been convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison for deliberately driving into a police officer during an attempted traffic check while intoxicated
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Art duo Gilbert and George get their own gallery in London

U.K.-based art duo Gilbert and George have been creating beguiling and unsettling art together for over half a century
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Watchdog: Israel promotes bids for 1,000 settlement homes

An Israeli watchdog group says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has authorized construction bids for over a thousand new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem
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Italy partisans criticize Meloni over Nazi massacre comment

Italy's premier has marked the anniversary of one of the worst World War II-era massacres in German-occupied Italy
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina to be released from prison

The man who inspired a Hollywood movie has been detained since 2020.
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In this Feb. 26, 2021 file photo Paul Rusesabagina attends a court hearing in Kigali, Rwanda.
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World Athletics Council announces new ban on transgender athletes

The regulation bars athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing at the highest level for Track and Field events in female events.
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VIDEO: World Athletics Council announces new ban on transgender athletes
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ABC News Live: US retaliates after Iran-backed groups attack Americans in Syria

Plus, a new ban on transgender athletes could impact the 2024 Olympics, and reactions are pouring in after lawmakers grilled the TikTok CEO on the national security issues the app poses.
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VIDEO: ABC News Live: US retaliates after Iran-backed groups attack Americans in Syria
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The US strikes back after deadly attack in Syria

An American contractor is dead, and another is injured along with five US service members after Iranian-backed forces attacked an American base.
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VIDEO: he US strikes back after deadly attack in Syria
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ABC News Live: US launches retaliatory airstrikes in Syria

Plus, the US and Canada have reached a deal to reduce the surge of migrants at the northern border, and Gwyneth Paltrow is expected to testify in her own defense over a 2016 skiing accident.
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Poland honors citizens who helped Jews during Holocaust

Poland's president has taken part in nationwide observances Friday to honor Poles who risked — and often lost — their lives trying to save Jews from the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Poland
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Chad nationalizes assets by oil giant Exxon, says government

Chad's government said it was nationalizing all assets from multinational oil giant, Exxon Mobil, including hydrocarbon and exploration permits
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UK watchdog softens position on Microsoft Activision deal

British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped concerns that the deal would hurt the console gaming market
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Brazil's Bolsonaro turns in undeclared jewels to authorities

A representative of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday has handed a set of diamond jewelry over to a state bank, as ordered by a government watchdog and amid investigations into the president’s involvement in bringing the jewels from Sa...
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Brazil’s Lula contracts pneumonia, pushes back China trip

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pushed back his departure to China after contracting “mild pneumonia,” the presidential palace said in a statement Friday
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Pakistani court grants protection to Imran Khan from arrest

Officials say a Pakistani court has extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s protection from arrest until next week
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International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
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Rwanda frees Paul Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame

Rwanda’s government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial
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AP PHOTOS: New dangers as violence surges at French protests

Armed with Molotov cocktails or paving stones, black-clad radicals are increasingly invading large, peaceful protest marches against pension reforms in France, attacking police in spiraling violence. Street battles between the trouble-makers — a volatile combination of anarchists, ultra-leftists and radicalized yellow vest activists — and police in several parts of the country are leaving some city centers looking like wastelands. President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by sending his already unpopular plan to raise the retirement age by two years, from 62 to 64, through parliament without a vote. Violence hit a new high during Thursday's ninth union-organized nationwide marches. Clashes in Nantes, in western France, in Lyon, in the southeast, and in Paris grew increasingly brutal. Youths, their faces hidden by black scarves, broke shop windows, set fire to garbage lying uncollected in the streets due to a more than two-week strike and pelted police with stones, Molotov...
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Rwanda says it's commuted the terror sentence of Paul Rusesabagina of “Hotel Rwanda" fame and should free him Saturday.

Rwanda says it's commuted the terror sentence of Paul Rusesabagina of “Hotel Rwanda" fame and should free him Saturday.
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Serbian right-wing opposition protests West's Kosovo plan

Supporters of Serbian right-wing opposition parties are demanding that populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government resign over a Western-backed plan for normalizing relations with neighboring Kosovo
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UN decries torture, killing of Ukrainian and Russian POWs

U.N. human rights monitors say they’ve documented dozens of summary killings of prisoners of war on both sides of Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Former rebel leader is named Congo's new Defense Minister

Congo’s former rebel leader jailed by the International Criminal Court, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has been appointed Congo’s Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemns unrest at pension reform protests, says 'violence has no place in a democracy'

French President Emmanuel Macron condemns unrest at pension reform protests, says 'violence has no place in a democracy'
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