A Roman Catholic bishop in Nicaragua has begun an “indefinite fast” inside a church to protest increasing harassment from national police, who he said followed him throughout the entire previous …
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5/20/22
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The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency has stressed the importance of transparency after visiting the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, where he observed preparations for …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HARUKA NUGA
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5/20/22
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In Rio de Janeiro, bold swimmers have been discouraged from diving into the cold ocean. In Sao Paulo, authorities have opened up subway stations to accommodate homeless people. Brazil’s south and …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and TATIANA POLLASTRI
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5/20/22
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Few actors know more about capturing the attention of the global audience than Korean star Lee Jung-jae of Netflix's “Squid Game.” Lee is now at the Cannes Film Festival to further extend his …
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By JAKE COYLE
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5/20/22
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The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months. Two U.N. agencies are citing the impacts of war in Ukraine, the coronavirus …
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5/20/22
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As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease's spread in the West. Cases …
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By MARIA CHENG
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5/20/22
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The United Nations’ top human rights official will visit China next week on a trip that will take her to the Xinjiang region, where rights groups and some Western governments allege the Chinese …
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5/20/22
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Norwegian police say a suspect is in custody after three people were wounded with a sharp object, one critically. Police at first said it was a random attack, but later clarified that there was “a …
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5/20/22
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Stephanie Kirchner’s journey to work has got longer but, she says, cheaper: she has left her SUV at home and switched to real horse power. The stud farm owner and horse trainer says she decided …
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5/20/22
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The explosions started in the middle of the night, shaking the house to its foundations. Roof timbers splintered and windows shattered, sending shards of glass hurtling above three sleeping children …
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By ELENA BECATOROS
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5/20/22
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German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with an attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured. Police said the incident happened …
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5/19/22
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Dozens of prominent conservatives from Europe, the United States and elsewhere have gathered in Hungary as the American Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, is taking place …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE and JILL COLVIN
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5/19/22
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Gusts of wind of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) have hit areas in western and northwestern Germany and the national weather service there is warning that heavy storms could bring …
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5/19/22
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A Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war in Ukraine has testified that he shot a civilian on orders from two officers. On Thursday, he pleaded for his victim's …
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5/19/22
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The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the …
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5/19/22
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The money was supposed to be COVID-19 assistance for low-income households in a small Japanese town, but police say it was mistakenly wired to a bank account of a resident who refused to return it …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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5/19/22
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Prague’s zoo has introduced to the public a pair of critically endangered Chinese pangolins. It is only the second animal park on the European continent to have them. The arrival of the rare …
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By KAREL JANICEK
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5/19/22
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An Australian state attorney general has declined to pardon a mother convicted almost 20 years ago of smothering her four children to death and instead ordered a new inquiry into whether there could …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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5/18/22
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Portuguese health authorities have confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically limited to Africa. Portugal’s General Directorate for …
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By BARRY HATTON and MARIA CHENG
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5/18/22
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Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease. The case in Mozambique …
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5/18/22
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