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  • Xi supports North Korea's direction on issues ahead of visit

    Chinese President Xi Jinping is praising North Korea for moving in the "right direction" ahead of his visit to Pyongyang beginning Thursday

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  • Investigation team to announce progress in MH17 probe

    International investigators building criminal case against those responsible in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 set to announce progress in...

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  • UN: Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home

    The UN refugee agency says a record 71 million people have now been displaced worldwide from war, persecution and other violence

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  • Hong Kong lawmakers raise complaints over police brutality

    Hong Kong lawmakers grill security secretary over allegations of police brutality during protests over an extradition bill that eventually was...

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  • Database says 91,600 killed in Yemen fighting since 2015

    A database tracking violence says at least 91,600 people have been killed in fighting in Yemen since the start of the civil war in 2015

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  • As Hong Kong protests quiet down, what's next?

    All but a handful of protesters in Hong Kong have gone home, but there's more to come in a crisis that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets...

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  • El Salvador's new president vows reparations for massacre

    El Salvador's newly inaugurated president on Tuesday promised to comply with reparations ordered by an international court for relatives of the...

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  • China, North Korea look to strengthen ties amid US disputes

    Chinese President Xi Jinping meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week looking to strengthen their sometimes shaky bond at a time when both are...

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  • Powerful quake jolts northwest Japan, tsunami warning issued

    A powerful earthquake jolted northwestern Japan, causing minor injuries to 21 people and a brief evacuation of coastal homes until the risk of a...

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  • Brazil model accusing Neymar of rape speaks to police again

    A Brazilian model who accused soccer star Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel in May has testified to police in Sao Paulo a second time.

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  • Nicaragua says released all considered political prisoners

    Nicaragua says it has released all prisoners detained in relation to 2018 anti-government protests, though the opposition maintains that more than 80...

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  • Canada reapproves contentious Pacific coast pipeline

    Canada's federal government has reapproved the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta...

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  • Experts say blackout in Argentina should have been limited

    Experts say power companies in Argentina should have spotted problems before blackout spread

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  • Britain, Italy make joint bid to host 2020 UN climate talks

    Britain and Italy are making a joint bid to host the U.N. global climate summit in 2020

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  • Egypt's ousted President Morsi buried after courtroom death

    Egypt's ousted President Morsi, quietly buried under heavy security in Cairo cemetery after dramatic courtroom death

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  • German govt calls official's killing 'attack on all of us'

    Germany's top security official says the killing of a pro-migrant politician, allegedly at the hands of a violent neo-Nazi, illustrates the threat...

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  • Official: Guatemala hasn't agreed to be safe third country

    A Guatemalan cabinet official says the government has not agreed to become a so-called "safe third country" for migrants seeking asylum as suggested...

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  • Canadian man gets 26 years for role in suicide attack

    A Canadian man has been sentenced to 26 years in U.S. prison for supporting a group of jihadists who committed a 2009 suicide attack in Iraq that...

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  • Namibia to auction off elephants, giraffes in response to crippling drought

    Namibia will sell some of its game as the country grapples with severe drought.

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  • US launches hospital ship to countries absorbing Venezuelans

    Vice President Mike Pence has toured a U.S. Navy hospital ship scheduled to embark on a five-month medical assistance mission to Latin American and...

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  • Venezuelan prosecutor: Opposition leader linked to crimes

    Venezuela's chief prosecutor is accusing opposition leader Juan Guaidó of being the author of an alleged corruption scheme

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  • Suspected money man named in attempted hit on Red Sox icon; motive still a mystery

    The retired Major Leaguer was shot in the back at Dominican Republic bar..

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  • The Latest: Iraq says foreign forces may not fight in Iraq

    Iraq's prime minister says foreign troops and local militia operating inside his country are forbidden from confronting each other and must operate...

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  • Venezuela's misery doesn't even spare the dead in Maracaibo

    Much of Venezuela is in a state of decay and abandonment. In Maracaibo, the misery is particularly acute.

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  • Bolsonaro suggests life imprisonment sentences in Brazil

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is suggesting that Brazil should consider allowing life prison sentences

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  • Kazakhstan updates tally of protest arrests to nearly 4,000

    Kazakhstan's interior minister has updated the tally of arrests during protests before and after the presidential election earlier this month to...

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  • EU fights to keep nuclear deal alive amid US, Iran pressure

    A year after the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement, the pact is at severe risk of collapse and the EU is caught in the middle,...

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  • Boeing signs first deal for 737 Max jet since deadly crashes

    Boeing reports first 737 Max jet sale since fatal March crash, parent company of British Airways and other carriers signs letter of intent for 200...

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  • Serbian students protest social media leak of key math exam

    Hundreds of students are protesting in the Serbian capital, blocking traffic, hurling eggs at police and demanding the resignation of the education...

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  • Who is still standing in the race to be UK prime minister?

    The contest to be Britain's next prime minister down to xx candidates, with Boris Johnson in a commanding lead after two rounds of voting by...

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  • 1 dead in Mexico helicopter crash, gunmen fire at responders

    Mexican authorities say a helicopter crash killed the male pilot and injured three women, and then police who went to the scene were fired on by...

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  • Boris Johnson increases lead in race to be next UK prime minister; five contenders left in contest.

    Boris Johnson increases lead in race to be next UK prime minister; five contenders left in contest.

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  • Turkmenistan's leader makes his son provincial governor

    The son of Turkmenistan's president has been appointed as governor of a key province, fueling speculation the leader of the energy-rich Central Asian...

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  • AP Interview: Russia's MiG sees drones as fighter jet future

    The head of Russia's MiG warplane manufacturer says his company is entering the drone market, and sees pilotless fighter jets as the future

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  • Germany's Siemens announces 2,700 job cuts

    German industrial equipment maker Siemens says it is cutting 2,700 jobs globally at its power and gas company as it seeks to make cost savings

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  • Romanian government survives no-confidence vote by lawmakers

    Romania's government has survived a no-confidence vote by lawmakers, as opposition parties did not gather enough support in parliament for the motion...

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  • 'Strawberry Moon', Toronto Raptor and a baby monkey: World in Photos

    Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • European Central Bank hints at stimulus _ drawing Trump ire

    The European Central Bank's president says that the bank is ready to cut interest rates and could re-start its bond purchase stimulus if the economy...

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  • Former Egyptian president laid to rest in secret burial as UN calls for investigation

    He died Monday after collapsing during a court hearing.

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  • Israeli library offers glimpse of old Jewish life in Europe

    Israel's National Library has digitized a rare collection of communal ledgers from long-lost Jewish communities of Europe, offering the public a...

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  • Chinese police rescue bear with head stuck in bucket

    Officers helped the struggling bear cub remove a plastic bucket from its head.

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  • Israel welcomes Mideast peace workshop although not invited

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcoming next week's U.S. Mideast peace conference even though government officials are not invited.

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  • The Latest: Turkey president says Morsi didn't die naturally

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he doesn't believe that Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi died of natural causes

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  • Brazil court accepts Odebrecht bankruptcy protection filing

    A Brazilian court says it has accepted a petition from construction giant Odebrecht to undergo bankruptcy protection while it restructures its debts

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  • Pakistan's army denies 'state agencies' killed activist

    Pakistan's army has condemned the killing of an outspoken critic of the country's political and military leaders, saying state security forces were...

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  • Camera captures bear's rub on tree at Russian nature reserve

    An Asian black bear in Russia has been captured on video enjoying a backrub against a tree _ before trying to eat a surveillance camera.

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  • Police say ship captain in Danube collision not intoxicated

    Police in Hungary say the captain of a river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision with a tour boat was not intoxicated at the time of the May 29...

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  • Retired Oklahoma judge to mediate opioid settlement funds

    A former Oklahoma State Supreme Court justice will attempt to resolve a dispute over how to disburse an $85 million settlement of a state lawsuit with...

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  • Elephant poaching reduced to zero at African reserve: Conservationists

    The Niassa Reserve, one of Africa's largest protected wilderness areas, has marked an entire year without finding a single elephant killed by...

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