Chinese coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels in the latest South China Sea incident
Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense …
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4/30/24
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A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday. A 36-year-old man was …
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4/30/24
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China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country's orbiting space station. The three, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie …
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4/30/24
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Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested a former interior minister in connection with deadly unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported Tuesday. The Prosecutor General’s …
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4/30/24
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The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on …
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4/30/24
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Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted …
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4/30/24
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Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has erupted for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris. The alert level …
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By GRACEY WAKARI
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4/30/24
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The United Nations’ top court is set to rule on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel. The central American nation argues that Berlin’s support enables …
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By MIKE CORDER
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4/30/24
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A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped but was later located and taken to a hospital. The Mexican Council of …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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4/29/24
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An explosive device has killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group in southern Yemen. A military spokesman blamed the attack on al-Qaida militants. The spokesman for …
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By AHMED AL-HAJ
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4/29/24
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People in Togo have voted in parliamentary elections that tested support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president. …
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By ERICK KAGLAN
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4/29/24
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Britain's military says one of the horses that galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation following its injuries. …
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4/29/24
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For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing actual text for what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Delegates and observers at the …
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
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4/29/24
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NATO's chief says the alliance's member countries have failed to deliver in good time what they promised to Ukraine. His acknowledgement Monday came as Russia rushes to exploit its battlefield …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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4/29/24
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A senior Turkish official says Ankara will back the outgoing Dutch prime minister's candidacy for the position of NATO secretary general. The official says Turkey informed its allies on Monday. The …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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4/29/24
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A court has convicted five former firefighters and disaster response officials over a 2018 wildfire outside Athens that killed more than 100 people. The fire that swept through the seaside town of …
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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a vessel in the Red Sea, the latest assault in their campaign against international shipping in the crucial maritime route. The attack Monday …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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4/29/24
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Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country’s west. The floodwaters swept through houses and cut off a major road. The Monday morning incident happened …
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4/29/24
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A Hong Kong transgender activist has received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he vowed to continue working for equality for the …
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By KANIS LEUNG
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4/29/24
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Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100. The …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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4/29/24
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