An Irish U.N. peacekeeper has been killed and several others wounded after unidentified attackers fired at a convoy in southern Lebanon. The Irish Defense Forces' statement Thursday said a pair of …
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By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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12/15/22
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More than 50,000 women have enlisted in Ukraine's war effort. But the country's military wasn't fully ready to equip them. So, a home-grown volunteer group is serving up hundreds of boots, uniforms, …
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By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN
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12/15/22
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The U.N. Economic and Social Council has voted to immediately oust Iran from the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality. The U.S.-sponsored resolution cites Iran's systematic …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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12/14/22
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Congo's government says the number of people killed by widespread floods and landslides in the capital Kinshasa has climbed to more than 140. At least 12 more people are still missing and officials …
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By JEAN-YVES KAMALE
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12/14/22
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Swedish media are reporting that three chimpanzees that escaped from their enclosure in a zoo have been captured and euthanized. A press spokeswoman for the zoo told the Expressen daily that the …
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12/14/22
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A Dutch court has upheld the Netherlands’ ban on assisted suicide. The decision issued on Wednesday is a setback for activists who say the prohibition infringes on their human right to determine …
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By MIKE CORDER
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12/14/22
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As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one …
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By CARA ANNA
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12/14/22
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Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and a neighbor at a rural property before they were killed hours later by police in a …
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12/13/22
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a result of Russia’s invasion. …
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By NICK PERRY
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12/13/22
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A team of doctors and nurses who fled Mariupol as Russian forces closed in on their hospital are starting up a new medical center in the Ukrainian capital to serve people displaced by the war. Around …
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By VASILISA STEPANENKO and LORI HINNANT
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12/13/22
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A Vatican cardinal is suing a Canadian woman for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault while he was archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet is head of the Vatican’s bishops’ …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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12/13/22
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One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, …
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12/13/22
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A French court has convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. The …
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By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY
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12/13/22
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Leaders of the Roma community in northern Greece have appealed for calm as student and anarchist groups called rallies to protest the death of a Roma teenager. The 16-year-old was shot in the head …
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS
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12/13/22
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At least 100 people have been killed and dozens injured on Tuesday by widespread floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde …
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By JEAN-YVES KAMALE
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12/13/22
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Peru’s ousted President Pedro Castillo says he is being “unjustly and arbitrarly detained” and thanked his supporters for their “effort and fight” since he was taken into custody last week. …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO
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12/13/22
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A new report on the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades says Somalia has not yet fallen into famine but several parts of the country are in danger of it in the coming months. The report by …
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By CARA ANNA
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12/13/22
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German security officials say a convicted far-right murderer temporarily took two prison guards hostage during an attempted jailbreak before he was overwhelmed by other guards. They said Tuesday that …
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12/13/22
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South African lawmakers are to vote on whether to start impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020. The …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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12/13/22
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French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an international conference to help Ukraine make it through winter. Dozens of countries and international organizations are throwing their weight behind …
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12/13/22
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