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  • Malaysia faces political tremor amid bid to form new govt

    Malaysia's alliance government under 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is threatening to unravel less than two years after a historic...

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  • Teck pulls application to build huge Alberta oil sands mine

    A Canadian company has withdrawn its application for the federal government to approve a proposed open-pit oil sands mine in Alberta

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  • Haiti police exchange fire with troops near national palace

    It's a dangerous escalation of protests over police pay and working conditions.

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  • Israel strikes Gaza, Syria after Palestinian rockets attacks

    Israel's military says it struck Palestinian militants in Gaza and Syria after they fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel

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  • UN study: 1 of every 3 Venezuelans is facing hunger

    The nation's severe economic contraction and political upheaval persist,

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• Feb 23

  • Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos

    An estimated 80 hippopotamuses, perhaps more, live around the Rio Magdalena.

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  • Stalled mega power project in central Mexico stirs discord

    A stalled thermo-electric plant looms over Huexca, a central Mexican farm hamlet

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  • Gas tank explosion kills 4 in North Macedonia

    North Macedonia authorities say four people, including three children, have been killed when a gas tank for cooking exploded in the living room of...

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  • Carnival in Belgium again has Jewish stereotypes in parade

    The Aalst Carnival parade included stereotypical depictions of Jews for the second year in a row

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  • Iraqi officials: 1 protester shot dead in fresh violence

    Anti-government demonstrators and security forces clash in central Baghdad.

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  • 10,000 mourn victims of racist shooting rampage in Germany

    Around 10,000 protesters have marched through the central German town of Hanau to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman...

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  • Germany's Hamburg city in elections marked by climate issues

    Projections in Germany show that the center-left Social Democrats have won the most votes in the Hamburg state election in a vote that was...

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  • US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

    The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are about to face off in a high-security London courthouse

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  • Albania opposition backs president’s anti-government protest

    Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party has supported a call from the country’s president for an anti-government protest and also asked for a new...

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  • Spain closes airports on Canary Islands due to sand storm

    Spanish authorities say they have closed airports on the Canary Islands because of a wind storm that is blinding the archipelago with sand and dust

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  • Nine dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran

    Turkey's health minister says nine people were killed by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in the country's east

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  • China's Xi says epidemic 'grim,' calls for action on economy

    China's president has warned its virus epidemic is still “grim and complex” and called for more efforts to defeat the disease and prevent it from...

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  • Iran raises death toll from new virus to 8, infections to 43

    Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new coronavirus to eight people

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  • Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979

    Iran’s interior ministry says voter turnout in recent parliamentary elections stood at 42.57%

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  • Berlin starts controversial rent freeze on 1.5 million homes

    The city of Berlin is freezing the rent of 1.5 million apartments for the next five years

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  • German cities cancel carnival parades because of gusty winds

    Several cities in western Germany have canceled their traditional carnival parades due to severe weather conditions including gusty winds and heavy...

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  • Turkey closes borders with Iran over coronavirus concerns

    Turkey's health minister says the border with Iran will be closed due to the number of coronavirus cases in its eastern neighbor

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  • 2 migrants killed in car crash in Albania, 7 injured

    Police in Albania say two migrants have been killed in a car crash and seven others injured when their vehicle plummeted off a cliff in the south of...

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  • Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration

    Two of the fashion world's biggest creative names, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, are entering in a creative design collaboration at Prada going...

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  • Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

    Italian authorities have announced they are shutting down Venice's famed Carnival events in a bid to stop the spread of the novel virus, as numbers of...

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  • Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on

    After Giorgio Armani’s last-minute decision to show his latest collection in an empty theater due to concerns about the new virus, the rest of Milan's...

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  • Moscow targets Chinese with raids amid virus fears

    Russian authorities are going to significant lengths to keep the virus in China from surfacing in Moscow

    Feb 23

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  • Coronavirus deaths in China top 2,500 as South Korea raises alert level to 'highest'

    South Korea confirmed a total of 602 coronavirus cases and six deaths.

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• Feb 23

  • Disbanded Thai party says gov't colluded in 1MDB scandal

    Thailand's disbanded opposition Future Forward Party has attacked the government for allegedly colluding with Malaysia's former prime minister to...

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  • Pope cautions against 'unfair' Middle East peace plans

    Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

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  • Italian authorities announce a stop to Venice's famed carnival events in bid to stop spread of new coronavirus

    Italian authorities announce a stop to Venice's famed carnival events in bid to stop spread of new coronavirus

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  • Iran announces 42.57% voter turnout in parliamentary elections, lowest turnout since 1979 Islamic Revolution.

    Iran announces 42.57% voter turnout in parliamentary elections, lowest turnout since 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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  • More Russian weapons for Serbia despite US sanction threats

    Serbia has received a sophisticated anti-aircraft system from Russia, despite possible U.S. sanctions against the Balkan state which is formally...

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  • Israel's Lieberman stills holds keys to future government

    Israel finds itself in a familiar place after a tumultuous election campaign — with maverick politician Avigdor Lieberman still seemingly in control...

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  • Iran's state TV says hardliners have won all 30 parliament seats for Tehran in Friday's elections

    Iran's state TV says hardliners have won all 30 parliament seats for Tehran in Friday's elections

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  • A cross-border love story sweeps up South Korea

    North Korean defector contributes to script.

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  • Iran's health ministry raises death toll from new virus to 8, reporting 43 confirmed cases in the country

    Iran's health ministry raises death toll from new virus to 8, reporting 43 confirmed cases in the country

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  • Seven dead in Turkey, others trapped under buildings as earthquake strikes western Iran, Turkish interior minister says

    Seven dead in Turkey, others trapped under buildings as earthquake strikes western Iran, Turkish interior minister says

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  • South Korea president declares highest disease alert, says officials should take 'unprecedented, powerful' steps

    South Korea president declares highest disease alert, says officials should take 'unprecedented, powerful' steps

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  • Japan emperor's 60th birthday overshadowed by virus fears

    Japanese Emperor Naruhito, marking his 60th birthday, has offered his sympathy to those affected by the new virus, as concerns over infections forced...

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• Feb 22

  • China reports daily rise in new virus cases to 648 and slight fall in additional deaths to 97; Hubei still hardest-hit

    China reports daily rise in new virus cases to 648 and slight fall in additional deaths to 97; Hubei still hardest-hit

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  • South Korea reports more than 120 new virus cases, 4th fatality, raising the country's total to 556

    South Korea reports more than 120 new virus cases, 4th fatality, raising the country's total to 556

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• Feb 22

  • Italy towns close down amid virus case clusters, 2 deaths

    A dozen Italian towns saw daily life disrupted after the deaths of two people infected with the virus from China and a pair of case clusters without...

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  • In Brazil, fears that violent police strike could spread

    A violent police strike in northeastern Brazil has shed light on dissatisfaction among cops elsewhere in the country, with some forces threatening to...

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  • Pope OKs beatification for Rutilio Grande, Salvadoran martyr

    Pope Francis has moved a Jesuit priest who inspired the slain El Salvador archbishop St. Oscar Romero a step closer to possible sainthood

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  • Togo election could see president extend family's long rule

    The West African nation of Togo is holding a presidential election amid concerns about how fair the vote will be and the likelihood the incumbent will...

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  • Serbia offers support to China in 'battle' with new virus

    Waving Chinese flags, several dozen people have attended a concert in Serbia's capital to show support for China as it struggles to contain a new...

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  • South Sudan's rivals form unity government meant to end war

    South Sudan has opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war with rival leaders forming a coalition government

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  • Iran now says 5 dead out of 28 infected with new coronavirus

    Iranian health authorities are reporting another death from the new virus.

    Feb 22

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  • North Macedonia police find 47 migrants in abandoned truck

    Police in North Macedonia say officers on border patrol found 47 migrants in an abandoned truck near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece

    Feb 22