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  • 2 more Puerto Rico officials fired after warehouse break-in

    Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has fired the heads of the island’s housing and family departments in the latest fallout over the discovery of a...

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  • Philippines looks for safer homes for volcano residents

    Philippine officials say the government will no longer allow villagers to return to a crater-studded island where erupting Taal volcano lies

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  • Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

    World powers and other countries with interests in Libya's long-running civil war have agreed to respect a much-violated arms embargo, hold off on...

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  • Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path

    The bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala is open again for business Sunday, but few migrants are crossing after a failed...

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  • Venezuela's Guaido to meet Pompeo in Colombia

    Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó has traveled to Colombia to participate alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a regional...

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  • Violence escalates in Beirut as protesters clash with police

    Lebanese security forces have fired tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets in clashes in Beirut with hundreds of anti-government protesters...

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  • French trial exposes how church covered for predator priest

    The trial in France of a former priest who has confessed to sexually abusing boys is exposing the enabling role played by officials in the French...

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  • At least 75 flee from Paraguay prison; many from Brazil gang

    Officials in Paraguay say at least 75 inmates escaped from a prison near the border with Brazil, and many are members of a notorious Brazilian gang

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  • 2 more bodies found at Tijuana home where US couple buried

    The new set of bodies -- one male, one female -- are in advanced decomposition.

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  • Dozens wounded as Iraqi protesters up pressure on government

    Some security forces were also wounded in fresh clashes in the capital, Baghdad.

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  • Floods kill at least 6 in southern Brazil

    Authorities in southern Brazil say at least six people have died and at least one more is missing Sunday following torrential rains

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  • Merkel: Participants at Libya summit agreed much-violated arms embargo should be respected and more strongly controlled

    Merkel: Participants at Libya summit agreed much-violated arms embargo should be respected and more strongly controlled

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  • Man struck by fishing boat while on a Jet Ski saved by nearby deckhand

    Mike Higbee broke six vertebrae and sustained a gash on his forehead.

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  • German leader Angela Merkel says summit in Berlin made 'important contribution' to efforts toward peace in Libya

    German leader Angela Merkel says summit in Berlin made 'important contribution' to efforts toward peace in Libya

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  • Cyprus blasts 'pirate state' Turkey's new gas drilling bid

    Cyprus is condemning Turkey as a “pirate state” for its renewed bid to drill for natural gas in waters where the ethnically split island nation has...

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  • Colombian senators seek protection after surveillance report

    Colombian Sen. Antonio Sanguino moves around town in a bullet-proof vehicle, with three pistol-packing bodyguards watching over him as he attends...

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  • Bodies of 11 Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash sent home

    The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine for a farewell ceremony

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  • Davos chief welcomes views of Trump, Greta Thunberg at forum

    The head of the World Economic Forum is happy that both U.S. President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg will attend the group's annual...

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  • Pompeo angry over death of US citizen jailed in Egypt

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed outrage to Egypt’s president at the death of an American citizen who insisted he had been wrongfully...

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  • Many options await Prince Harry and Meghan after royal split

    A new life awaits Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they are splitting from the royal family

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  • Dutch police arrest 4 after suspected failed prison breakout

    Dutch police say they have detained four suspects following a suspected failed attempt to liberate one or more prisoners from a prison

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  • Critics say Mexico social programs used for political ends

    Shortly before taking office in October 2018, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador created an army of 18,000 volunteers  to carry out an...

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  • Canadian military mobilized to help Newfoundland dig out

    Canada's federal government is working on mobilizing the Armed Forces to help Newfoundland and Labrador dig out from the monster blizzard that...

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  • AP Explains: CFO of China's Huawei facing extradition to US

    An extradition hearing begins Monday for Huawei top executive Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company's founder

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  • Strong quake hits China's far west Xinjiang region

    China's government earthquake agency says a strong earthquake has struck the far west Xinjiang region

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  • Hungary commemorates 1945 liberation of Budapest ghetto

    Hungary's Jewish community has commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the Budapest ghetto, where over 70,000 Jews...

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  • Russian group reports 8 arrests at Moscow human rights march

    A Russian group that monitors political repressions says eight people have been detained by police at a march in Moscow commemorating a human rights...

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  • Cult 'anointed by God' kills 7 in Panama Jungle

    They allegedly killed 7 people, tortured more in a remote indigenous community.

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  • Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes

    Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Hong Kong, cutting short a rally after thousands had gathered at a park to call for electoral...

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  • Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine

    The Iranian official leading the investigation into the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner appeared to backtrack on plans to send the flight...

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  • Israel building underground defense system on Lebanon border

    Israel's military has begun construction of an underground defense system along its northern frontier with Lebanon

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  • Afghan officials say Taliban kill 6 members of same family

    Afghan officials say the Taliban have executed six members of the same family, including an infant girl, in the remote village in the country's north

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  • Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients

    Czech officials say eight male patients have been killed in a fire at an asylum for the mentally ill

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  • Iran says it is preparing for satellite launch

    Iran says two newly constructed satellites have passed pre-launch tests and will be transported to the nation's space center for eventual launch,...

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  • Israel building underground defense system on Lebanon border

    Israel's military has begun construction of an underground defense system along its northern frontier with Lebanon

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  • Erdogan demands stand against 'blood and chaos' in Libya

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is calling on the international community to stand against “the merchants of blood and chaos” as he heads to a...

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  • New avalanches in Nepal interrupt search for 7 trekkers

    New avalanches falling on a popular trekking route in Nepal have forced rescuers to halt their search for four South Korean trekkers and three Nepali...

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• Jan 18

  • Sweden summons Chinese envoy over 'lightweight boxer' remark

    Sweden's government summoned the Chinese ambassador to discuss his remarks.

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  • Discovery of unused disaster supplies angers Puerto Rico

    People in a southern Puerto Rico city discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media...

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  • Mexico blocks hundreds of migrants from crossing border span

    Mexican authorities have closed a border entry point in southern Mexico after thousands of Central American migrants tried to push across a bridge...

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  • Newfoundland asks for military help after record blizzard

    The province's capital tunnels out from homes buried by heaviest snowfall ever.

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  • UK treasury chief: Some businesses may hurt after Brexit

    The British government is planning celebrations to mark the U.K.'s delayed departure from the European Union on Jan. 31 but the country's treasury...

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  • Libya's eastern-based forces move to halt oil exports

    The National Oil Corporation in Libya says a decision by east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory has threatened to throttle much...

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  • Wrong-side drivers near air base used by US worry UK police

    A British police chief has requested an urgent meeting with a U.S. military commander after learning of two more traffic incidents in the area where a...

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  • Yemeni officials: 25 troops killed in Houthi missile strike

    Yemeni officials say a missile attack launched by Shiite rebels in Yemen hit an army camp on Saturday, killing at least 25 troops

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  • Olympic site used for 2016 Rio games shut over safety issues

    The Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro has been closed over concerns about the safety of the complex used for the 2016 games in Brazil

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  • Splits in France's strike movement trigger fears of violence

    As some French workers return to their jobs after six weeks of strikes, more radical groups are trying to keep a protest movement against proposed...

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  • Merkel, Abu Dhabi crown prince discuss Libya ahead of summit

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office says she has discussed the need to end foreign interference in Libya with Abu Dhabi's powerful crown prince

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  • Riots in Lebanon's capital leave more than 150 injured

    Riot police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets near Parliament in Lebanon's capital

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  • Prince Harry, Meghan to give up 'royal highness' titles

    Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will no longer use the titles "royal highness" or receive public funds after a deal was...

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