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Dolphin balances beer bottle on its beak

This dolphin did its part to call attention to the issue of ocean pollution, as it was spotted off the coast of Australia balancing a beer bottle on its beak, much to the delight of onlookers.
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VIDEO: Dolphin balances beer bottle on its beak
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Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

Tens of thousands of people joined an 11th straight day of protests in Georgia on Sunday after the governing party moved to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union
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Demonstrators warm themselves during a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Toppling of Assad important moment in recent Middle East history: Reporter's notebook

A reformed rebel alliance overtook the capital, Damascus, on Sunday.
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Opposition fighters celebrate as they burn down a military court in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024.
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Where is ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad?

The collapse of Assad's government ended a 24-year reign.
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24, 2024.
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Latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14, including children: Gaza health officials

Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza have killed at least 14 people including children, while the bombing of a hospital in northern Gaza has wounded a half-dozen patients
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A Palestinian man mourns over the body of a victim following an Israeli bombardment, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 08

'Catastrophic development' for Iran after rebel takeover of Syria: Javed Ali

Associate professor at the University of Michigan Javed Ali joins ABC News Live to discuss rebel groups.
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VIDEO: 'Catastrophic development' for Iran after rebel takeover of Syria: Javed Ali
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Global reaction to Assad's sudden ouster from Syria ranges from jubilation to alarm

The fall of Syria’s authoritarian government at the hands of jihadi militants has set off waves of jubilation, trepidation and alarm around the world
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Syrians wave Syrian opposition flags at a rally in Wuppertal, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, following the fall of Syrian president Bashar Assad’s government. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa/dpa via AP)
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Celebrations erupt in Syria in wake of Assad regime's fall

ABC News' MaryAlice Parks and Patrick Reevell join ABC News Live to discuss the latest developments from Syria.
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VIDEO: Celebrations erupt in Syria in wake of Assad regime's fall
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Analysis: Collapse of Syria's Assad is a blow to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'

For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse
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A man walks by a broken portrait of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad as people search for belongings in the ransacked private residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Notre Dame's reopening celebrated its saviors as much as the cathedral's resurrection from fire

The reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame were as much a celebration of people as they were a rejoicing of the cathedral’s resurrection from fire
December 08
A view of stained glass windows during an inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP)
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Rebel forces in Syria say they captured 4 cities 24 hours

Associate professor at the University of Michigan Javed Ali joins ABC News Live to discuss what this takeover means for the region.
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VIDEO: Rebel forces in Syria say they captured 4 cities 24 hours
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Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country after rebel takeover: Russia

ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz joins Live to discuss the White House's reaction to Syrian rebels taking Damascus.
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VIDEO: Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country after rebel takeover: Russia
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Who are the Syrian rebels that have toppled Assad and taken Damascus?

HTS, which has roots in al-Qaeda, is considered a terrorist group by the U.S.
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Fighters celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad mosque after Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024.
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Head of Syria's biggest rebel faction in first appearance since Assad's fall calls it "a victory to the Islamic nation."

Head of Syria's biggest rebel faction in first appearance since Assad's fall calls it "a victory to the Islamic nation."
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South Korea's democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

A short-lived martial law decree by South Korea's leader last week raised worries about budding authoritarianism around the world
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FILE - A man watches TV screens showing the broadcast of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's announcement at a Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52

Adam Pemble, an Associated Press journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died
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Video journalist Adam Pemble films inside a COVID-19 ward in Prague, The Czech Republic, Oct. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria's government

Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria has crumbled with astonishing speed
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Smoke billows in the background as residents and opposition fighters celebrate in a central square after opposition forces took control of the city in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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Syria latest: Syrians celebrate in the streets as Russian media says Assad has arrived in Moscow

Syrians poured into the streets in celebration after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule
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FILE - In this photo provided Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)
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Iran, a close ally of Assad, says Syrians should decide their country's future without foreign intervention

Iran, a close ally of Assad, says Syrians should decide their country's future without foreign intervention
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Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country after stunning rebel blitz, Russia says

Rebel forces in Syria said they captured four cities 24 hours.
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A demonstrator stands on a photograph of President Bashar al-Assad during a protest outside the Syrian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 8, 2024.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights following Syrian unrest

Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights following Syrian unrest
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Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India

Thousands of members of associate bodies of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have marched toward the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh’s capital to denounce attacks on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India
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Supporters of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) participate in an anti-India protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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Trump calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy in Paris

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders
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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, poses with President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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Russia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country

Russia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country
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Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria's Assad?

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader who led the stunning insurgency that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image and that of his fighters
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FILE - This undated photo released by a militant group in 2016, shows Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria's al-Qaida affiliate, second from right, discussing battlefield details with commanders in Aleppo, Syria. (Militant UGC via AP, File)
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Romania's far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote at closed polling station

Romania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has protested outside a closed polling station against a top court’s unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote in which he emerged as the frontrunner
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Calin Georgescu, center, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections shakes with a supporter outside a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
December 08

Burkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason
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FILE - Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File)
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Ghana's ruling party candidate concedes presidential election to opposition rival

Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama is set to return to office in the West African nation’s presidential election after the ruling party candidate conceded defeat
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Supporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory after his opponent Ghana's vice president and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia conceded his defeat in Accra, Ghana, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
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Elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion

An elephant has died of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister
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Elephants are seen at the safari park in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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Ghana’s ruling party candidate concedes to his opposition rival in the presidential election

Ghana’s ruling party candidate concedes to his opposition rival in the presidential election
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Rescuers search for victims after explosion at Dutch apartment block kills at least 5

Emergency services are searching for a second day through the debris of an apartment block that was destroyed by an explosion and fire, killing at least five people
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Firefighters work at the sight of an explosion at an apartment block in The Hague, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
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Milan's Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo's Last Supper

Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening Sunday of Palazzo Citterio
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A visitor watches the painting 'Madonna Enthroned with the Christ Child Angels and Saints' by Niccolo' de Liberatore at the Pinacoteca Museum of Brera, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
December 08

Britain's famous Sycamore Gap tree is gone. 2 men accused of cutting it down are going on trial

When local residents and admirers learned the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England had been cut down last year, they wanted to know why and who could have committed such a senseless act
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FILE - A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian's Wall near Bardon Mill, England, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
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Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say

Russia media say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad has fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally
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People gather to celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, in Manbij, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Ugur Yildirim/Dia Photo via AP)
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Europe's economy needs help. Political chaos in France and Germany means it may be slower in coming

Europe's economy has enough difficulties, from tepid growth to trade tensions with the U.S. Dealing with those woes is only getting harder due to the political chaos in the two biggest European countries, France and Germany
December 08
FILE - President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde talks to the media after a meeting of the ECB's governing council, in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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Assad and Syrian defense minister’s whereabouts unknown since last night, prime minister says

Assad and Syrian defense minister’s whereabouts unknown since last night, prime minister says
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December 08

Syrian state TV airs video saying President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all jail detainees freed

Syrian state TV airs video saying President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all jail detainees freed
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The spiritual heart of Paris awakens: Notre Dame hosts first Mass since 2019 fire

Notre Dame Cathedral has hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019
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French businessman Xavier Niel and CEO of Christian Dior Delphine Arnault, right, attend attend the inaugural Mass to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP)
December 08

A farming project in South Africa is helping deaf people build skills and find jobs

In South Africa, where the general unemployment rate is over 32%, deaf people face even steeper hurdles
December 08
Workers stringing tomatoes at the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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More than 900 people died in Jonestown. Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction

Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country
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FILE - Jordan Vilchez, who grew up in California and was moved into the Peoples Temple Guyana commune at age 14, poses for a portrait in Richmond, Calif., Nov. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Trump's return may be a boon for Netanyahu, but challenges abound in a changed Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jubilant about President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House
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FILE - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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'Reindeer' volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the frontlines

A volunteer group is trying to fulfill the holiday dreams of thousands of children living near the frontlines in Ukraine
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Inna Achkasova, manager of the NGO Ukrainian Frontiers, holds a light as she performs in front of children during celebrations of St. Nicholas Day in Izium, Ukraine, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
December 07

Taiwan reports 14 Chinese warships and 4 balloons near the island

China has sent 14 warships, seven military aircraft and four balloons near Taiwan, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, as Beijing ramps up pressure on the island it claims as its own
December 07
FILE - A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
December 07

Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family after lightning rebel offensive

Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family after lightning rebel offensive
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Syrian prime minister says he is ready to hand over the government to the opposition in a peaceful transition

Syrian prime minister says he is ready to hand over the government to the opposition in a peaceful transition
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December 07

Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer's favorite places

Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago
December 07
Bat Masterson, center, winner of the 2024 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, participates in a baseball game at Finca Vigia, recalling passages from the life and work of 1954 Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Dec, 6, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ariel Ley)
December 07

Syrian opposition war monitor says President Bashar Assad has left the country to an undisclosed location

Syrian opposition war monitor says President Bashar Assad has left the country to an undisclosed location
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December 07

Syrian insurgents say they have entered Damascus as residents of the capital report sounds of gunfire

Syrian insurgents say they have entered Damascus as residents of the capital report sounds of gunfire
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December 07

South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition

South Korean prosecutors have detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol
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Lawmakers queue to cast their votes on the impeachment motion against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP)