A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix. The …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/29/23
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Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent …
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11/29/23
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China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was somewhere short on …
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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
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11/29/23
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A British foster child who killed the woman caring for him when he ran over her with her car has been sentenced to two years in custody. The boy was 12 at the time. He previously pleaded guilty to …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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11/29/23
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Ukraine's foreign minister insists that NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping his country defend itself against Russia. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also …
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By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE
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11/29/23
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Mali’s military government has announced an investigation into the Tuareg rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 and now accuse the government of failing to comply with it. Experts …
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11/29/23
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Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana are asking for peace for their community amid what they see as an existential threat. Their village, Surama, is …
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By JUAN ARRÁEZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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11/29/23
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It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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11/29/23
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A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. Earlier this year, …
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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
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11/29/23
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new extension of the cease-fire agreement in Israel’s war with Hamas after the current one expires. The aim …
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By MATTHEW LEE
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11/29/23
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At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
The United Nations' rights office says at least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region. …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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11/29/23
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A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent. …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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11/29/23
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A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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11/28/23
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Officials say that hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital will be removed over the coming year. The plan to remove the cats, who are considered …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/28/23
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Latvia's foreign minister is staking a claim to the top job at NATO. Krisjanis Karins says NATO needs a consensus builder who is committed to defense spending and has a clear vision of how to handle …
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By LORNE COOK
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11/28/23
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Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a …
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11/28/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as an existential battle against purported attempts by the West to destroy Russia, a ranting speech ahead of a …
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11/28/23
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The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. The …
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BY CHINEDU ASADU
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11/28/23
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Pope Francis has taken measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke who is one of his highest-ranking critics. Two people briefed on the measures said that Francis has yanked Burke's right to a Vatican …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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11/28/23
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A spokesperson for Ukraine's spy agency says the wife of Ukraine's intelligence chief has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning. The spokesman for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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11/28/23
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