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Nepal rescuers search for 7 after avalanche hit 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...9m 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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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...14m ago![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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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...54m 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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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...1h ago![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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Extradition hearing for Huawei executive 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 courtroom2h ago
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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 region2h ago![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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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...2h ago![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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Rising inequality eroding trust in capitalism - survey
A survey by public relations firm Edelman suggests that rising income inequality is undermining confidence in capitalism2h ago
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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.3h ago![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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jan 19
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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...Jan 19![The Davos Congress Centre, center, is prepared for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. The 50th annual meeting of the forum will take place in Davos from Jan. 20 until Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)]()
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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...Jan 19![FILE - in this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks to students at the American University Cairo in the eastern suburb of New Cairo, Egypt. Pompeo]()
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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 familyJan 19![FILE - In this Saturday, May 19, 2018 file photo the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, leave Windsor Castle in a convertible car after their wedding in Windsor, England, to attend an evening reception at Frogmo]()
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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 prisonJan 19
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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...Jan 19![FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to questions during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Shortly before taking office Lopez Obrador decided to create]()
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Canadian military mobilized to help Newfoundland dig out
Monster blizzard paralyzed parts of the province with record-breaking snowfall,Jan 19![All but the main arteries remain impassable in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. The state of emergency ordered by the City of St. John's is still in place, leaving businesses closed and vehicles off the roads in the]()
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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 founderJan 19![FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives back at her home after a court appearance in Vancouver, British Columbia. The first stage of her extradition hearing begins Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in a Vanc]()
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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 regionJan 19
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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...Jan 19![People attend a ceremony that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Jewish ghetto in Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. The ghetto was liberated by the Soviet Red Army during World War I]()
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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...Jan 19
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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.Jan 19![View of the improvised temple where a pregnant woman, five of her children and a neighbor were killed in a religious ritual in the jungle community of el El Terron, Panama, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 l]()
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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...Jan 19![Riot police chase a masked man ahead of a rally demanding electoral democracy and call for boycott of the Chinese Communist Party and all businesses seen to support it in Hong Kong, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Hong Kong has been wracked by often violent a]()
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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 LebanonJan 19![`]()
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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 northJan 19
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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 illJan 19![Firefighters stand in front of a house, where eight people with mental and combined impairment were died and another three were seriously injured in the fire on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Vejprty, Czech Republic. (Slavomir Kubes/CTK via AP) ** SLOVAKI]()
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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,...Jan 19![FILE - In this July 27, 2017, file photo, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center in an undisclosed location, Iran. Iran said Sunday]()
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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 LebanonJan 19![`]()
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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...Jan 19![Recep Tayyip Erdogan]()
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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...Jan 19![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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Sweden summons Chinese envoy over 'lightweight boxer' remark
Sweden's government summoned the Chinese ambassador to discuss his remarks.Jan 18
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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...Jan 18![In this Friday, Jan. 10 photo, residents from the Indios neighborhood of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Milagros Figueroa and Ruben Fantausi, sit under a tarp between vehicles parked on a private hay farm where locals affected by earthquakes have set up sh]()
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