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Spain walloped by heavy snow, rain, gales that leave 2 dead
Heavy snow, rain and gale-force winds are lashing many parts of Spain, causing at least two deaths12m ago![A gull overflies the Mediterranean sea during strong winds in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Two people have died as storms carrying heavy snowfalls and gale-force winds lashed many parts of Spain on Monday. The storm has forced the closure]()
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Rising inequality eroding trust in capitalism - survey
A survey by public relations firm Edelman suggests that rising income inequality is undermining confidence in capitalism29m ago![Participants of the climate protest march gather at the train station in Landquart, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Around 500 activists came together to hike the 40 kilometers to Davos to protest against climate change and global warming next Tu]()
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Sri Lanka to treat war-missing as dead, issue certificates
Sri Lanka's president has decided that tens of thousands of people still missing from the country's quarter-century civil war will be formally...45m ago![In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, file photo, a Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil woman cries holding a portrait of her missing son during a protest in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's president has decided that tens of thousands of people still missing from the co]()
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Germany downplays flap over Tunisia invite to Libya summit
The German government is downplaying Tunisia's rejection of a last-minute invitation to a weekend conference on Libya, its north African neighbor54m ago![German Chancellor Angela Merkel, rear center, leads a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/DPA via AP, Pool)]()
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Catalan ex-police chief on trial for role in secession bid
The former head of Catalonia's regional police and three others are standing trial on charges of rebellion and sedition1h ago![Former Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero, centre, arrives at the National Court on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. A trial starts Monday against former Catalan regional police chief and other officials for their role in]()
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US brokers prospective flights between Serbia, Kosovo
U.S. diplomats have overseen the signing of an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo on the resumption of commercial flights after a hiatus of more than...1h ago![From left, Milun Trivunac, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia, Richard Grenell, left, United States Ambassador to Germany, Robert C. O'Brien, United States National Security Advisor, Michael Knitter, Managing Directo]()
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Iran's foreign minister cancels attendance at Davos summit
Iran's top diplomat has cancelled his trip and will not be attending the Davos Forum1h ago![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the Raisina Dialogue 2020 in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Zarif is in the country on a three-day visit. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)]()
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Lebanese president, security chiefs meet after Beirut riots
Lebanon's top security officials have met with the president after a weekend of rioting in Beirut that left hundreds of people injured and damaged...1h ago![Riot police stand guard during clashes with anti-government protesters, during ongoing protests against the political elites who have ruled the country for decades, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Lebanese security forces used tear gas, wa]()
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UK looks to fast-growing Africa for trade ties after Brexit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hosting 16 African leaders as the U.K. prepares for post-Brexit dealings with the world1h ago![Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, shakes hands with President of Rwanda Paul Kagame at the UK Africa Investment Summit in London, Monday Jan. 20, 2020. Boris Johnson is hosting 54 African heads of state or government in London. The move]()
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Bangladesh court sentences 5 ex-cops to death for killing
A Bangladesh court has sentenced five former policemen to death for opening fire on a motorcade of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina 31 years ago,...1h ago
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Iraqi officials: At least 13 wounded in violence in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say security forces have fired tear gas and live rounds in clashes with anti-government protesters in Baghdad, wounding at least 13...1h ago![An anti-government protester throws a stone towards security forces during an ongoing protest in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)]()
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Phew! Easing of strike brings relief for Paris commuters
Paris commuters are finding their smiles again after some striking subway workers decided to end their walkouts against a contested overhaul of...1h ago
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Former German military translator on trial as Iran spy
A German-Afghan man who worked for years as an interpreter and adviser for the German military has gone on trial on charges of spying for Iranian...1h ago
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Heating pipe bursts in Russian hotel, boiling water kills 5
Russian emergency services say five people have died and six more were injured when a heating pipe burst and flooded their hotel rooms with boiling...1h ago![In this image made from video provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, shows a view of a damaged hotel of nine rooms located in the basement of a residential building which was flooded with boiling water after a pipe ruptured]()
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South Africa looks again at anti-apartheid activist's death
South Africa has opened an inquest into the death of an anti-apartheid activist in police custody nearly four decades ago as pressure for justice in...2h ago
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Britain's EU Journey: When Churchill urged European unity
Europe has been a source of contention in Britain seemingly forever2h ago![FILE - In this Friday, June 24, 2016 file photo a statue of Winston Churchill is silhouetted against the Houses of Parliament and the early morning sky in London, Friday, June 24, 2016. A day earlier, Britain had voted to leave the European Union in]()
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Italy's Salvini dares lawmakers to vote to put him on trial
Italy's right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini is daring fellow senators to vote to put him on trial for alleged kidnapping for keeping migrants...2h ago![League's leader Matteo Salvini gestures during a campaign rally in view of the upcoming local elections in the Emilia Romagna region, in Maranello, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Stefano Cavicchi/LaPresse via AP)]()
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10 years after Vatican takeover, Legion in new abuse crisis
A Mexican TV host’s claim that she was sexually abused by a Legion of Christ priest when she was 8 has created another credibility crisis for the...3h ago![In this Jan. 14, 2020 photo, tears well up in Ana Lucia Salazar's eyes as she tells her story of abuse, during an interview in Mexico City. Salazar says that she was sexually abused by a Legion of Christ priest when she was eight. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)]()
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Nepal rescuers search for 7 as avalanche hits hiking trail
Special army and government rescue personnel are searching again for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche...3h ago![FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, trekkers watch the sun rise over the Annapurna Range, right, in central Nepal, as viewed from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani. An avalanche swept the popular Annapurna circuit trekking route, which]()
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Jan 20
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Unhealthy levels of smog choke Thai capital for over a week
Unhealthy levels of smog have choked Bangkok for more than a week, as the Thai capital's residents fume over the ineffectiveness of government...Jan 20![A thick layer of smog covers central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Thick haze blanketed the Thai capital on Monday sending air pollution levels soaring to 89 micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 particles in some areas, according to the Po]()
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Jan 20
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Unhealthy levels of smog choke Thai capital for over a week
Unhealthy levels of smog have choked Bangkok for more than a week, as the Thai capital's residents fume over the ineffectiveness of government...Jan 20![A thick layer of smog covers central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Thick haze blanketed the Thai capital on Monday sending air pollution levels soaring to 89 micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 particles in some areas, according to the Po]()
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Jan 20
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Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2001 political bombings
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 10 members of a banned Islamist militant group to death for a bomb attack on a Communist Party rally in 2001Jan 20
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France's Macron makes big push for more foreign investment
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting 180 international business leaders at the Palace of Versailles in a bid to promote France’s economic...Jan 20![FILE - In this Jan.10, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Citizens' Convention for Climate held at the French 'Conseil economique, social et environnemental' in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron tried Tuesday Jan. 14,]()
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Jan 20
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Huawei exec's extradition hearing begins in Canada
The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei is set to begin in a Vancouver courtroomJan 20
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Leopard runs into house before being captured in south India
A leopard that ran into a house and sparked a frantic search in southern India has been caught and tranquilizedJan 20![Indian wildlife officials carry a tranquillized leopard which was found on the terrace of a house in Shadnagar 55 kilometers ((34 miles) from Hyderabad, India, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. A leopard that ran into a house and sparked a frantic search in sou]()
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Jan 20
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Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea
A senior Indonesian researcher says Beijing is undermining its relations with Jakarta by making dubious claims about the rights of its fishermen to...Jan 20![FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, Myanmar's President Win Myint, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Xi deepened relations with Myanmar during a state vi]()
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Jan 20
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Crowded footbridge breaks over Indonesian river, killing 9
Officials say a footbridge on Indonesia's Sumatra island broke while it was packed with people and several fell into the overflowing river below and...Jan 20![In this photo released by the Disaster Mitigation Agency of Bengkulu Province's Kaur District, rescue team search for victims of a bridge break on a river in Kaur district of Bengkulu province, Indonesia, Monday, Jan, 20, 2020. A footbridge on Indone]()
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Quake causes damage, injuries in China's Xinjiang region
A strong earthquake has damaged buildings and injured at least one person seriously in China's far west Xinjiang regionJan 20![In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, cracks are seen after an earthquake in the walls of a home in Jiashi County of Kashgar prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. A strong earthqu]()
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Jan 20
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Migrants marooned in Guatemala plan surge into Mexico
More than a thousand Central American migrants marooned in Guatemala are preparing to walk en masse on Monday across a bridge leading to Mexico in an...Jan 20![Honduran migrants gather at a temporary shelter in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the border with Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. More than 2,000 migrants spent the night in Tecun Uman on the Guatemalan side of the border, uncertain of their next steps. (A]()
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Jan 19
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Malaysia sends back trash, says won't be world's waste bin
Malaysia has sent 150 containers of plastic waste back to mainly rich countries.Jan 19![FILE - In this May 28, 2019, file photo, a container is filled with plastic waste from Australia, in Port Klang, Malaysia. Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, Environme]()
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Jan 19
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Philippines looks for safer homes for volcano residents
The Philippine government will no longer allow people to live on the crater-studded island that's home to the erupting Taal volcanoJan 19![Catholic priest Armando Timojo, center, leads the dance after a Mass to celebrate the feast day of the baby Jesus at an evacuation center near Taal volcano in Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Sunday Jan.19, 2020. Taal volcano contin]()
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Jan 19
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Prince Harry: 'No other option' but to cut royal ties
Prince Harry says he felt “great sadness” but found “no other option” than to cut almost all of his and his wife Meghan’s royal ties in the hopes of...Jan 19![Britain's Prince Harry gestures in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex will host the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw at Buckingham Palace, prior to the draw, The Duke met with represe]()
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Jan 19
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Morales names his candidate for Bolivia presidential vote
Morales has picked ex-economy minister to be his party's presidential candidate.Jan 19![Bolivia's former President Evo Morales speaks during a meeting to announce the presidential candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism political party, MAS, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. It was announced that former foreign mini]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![Flowers are laid beside books of condolence before ceremony at Carleton University Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 to honor biology PhD student Fareed Arastech and biology alumnus Mansour Pourjam, who died in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flig]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![A tent city set up by the US army reserve stands in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. A 6.4 magnitude quake that toppled or damaged hundreds of homes in southwestern Puerto Rico is raising concerns about where displaced families will li]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, during a group photo at a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel host]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![Mexican National Guardsmen look at the bridge spanning the Suchiate River in Ciudad Hidalgo, on the Mexican border with Guatemala, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Mexican authorities have closed a border entry point in southern Me]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![Opposition leader Juan Guaido holds a session at a theater in the El Hatillo neighborhood after opposition lawmakers' vehicles were attacked by government supporters while driving to the National Assembly in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Ja]()
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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...Jan 19![Anti-government protesters are sprayed by a water canon, during ongoing protests against the political elites who have ruled the country for decades, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Lebanese security forces used tear gas, water cannons and]()
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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![Former French priest Bernard Preynat, center, arrives at the Lyon court house, central France, Monday Jan.13, 2020. Bernard Preynat, is accused of sexually abusing some 75 Boy Scouts went on trial Monday _ but the proceedings were delayed until Tuesd]()
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Jan 19
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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 gangJan 19
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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.Jan 19
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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.Jan 19![Anti-government protesters set fires and close streets during ongoing protests in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Black smoke filled the air as protesters burned tires to block main roads in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, expressing their]()
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Jan 19
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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 rainsJan 19
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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 controlledJan 19
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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.Jan 19![PHOTO: St. Barths, in the French West Indies.]()
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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 LibyaJan 19
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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...Jan 19![A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen shortly after its landing at an airport in Gecitkala, known as Lefkoniko in Greek, in Cyprus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Turkey has dispatched the surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of]()
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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...Jan 19![Ivan Duque, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Gen. Nicacio Mart'nez, Gen. Luis Fernando Navarro]()
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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 ceremonyJan 19![Relatives of one of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, stand at a memorial inside Borispil international airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Ukraine's President Volodymy]()
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