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Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the…
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Kenya's top judge: No-one has ever tried to bribe me
Kenya’s most senior judge has hit out following recent allegations of corruption and incompetence within the judiciary. "In all these 22…
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Man goes on trial for rape, murder of India doctor, claims he was framed
New Delhi — More than three months after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in India sparked wide-scale protests across…
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In Italy, train leaves early to arrive on time
Passengers of an Italian high-speed train were left stranded last week after it departed almost one hour early -- so it could arrive on…
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Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers
Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site.…
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Soft as skin, strong as steel: Powerful magnetic muscles lift 1000x their weight
Researchers have engineered a material that is as soft as skin but remarkably strong. Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology…
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White truffles, Italy's gold, menaced by climate change
Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging…
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German Carnival season begins, with police enforcing knife ban
Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western city of…
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'Dying of thirst' as climate-driven floods mix with oil
Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South Sudan are well aware of the dangers they face if they drink it. "The…
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Rafael dissolves into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after hitting Cuba as a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane…
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'My conscripted husband is now dead': How Myanmar's war is killing civilians
The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war. Four…
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Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 7
HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen open fired in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 people and injuring seven, a local official said. The…
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German Protestant Church council chairwoman criticizes asylum debate
Germany should stop seeing refugees as a general threat, the council chairwoman of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) said on Sunday,…
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Israeli strike on Gaza house kills many, medics and rescuers say
Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics and rescuers…
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Music stars sing praises of team sweeping Ghana clean
Known as Buz Stop Boys, a group of mostly young professionals and tradespeople are driving a new wave of civic responsibility in Ghana,…
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Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism
On Indonesia's beach-fringed resort island of Bali, fed-up locals want to slow the mass tourism that is their biggest money earner --…
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Alleged German left-wing extremist leader remanded in custody
An alleged leader of a violent left-wing extremist group in Germany has been taken into pre-trial detention following his arrest. The…
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Seven dead in Lebanon's Tyre as Israel denies famine in northern Gaza
Seven people have been killed and more than 40 injured in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, the Lebanese Health…
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Rafael weakens to tropical storm over Gulf of Mexico after barreling through Cuba as a hurricane
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rafael weakened Saturday to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days…
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A 'jungle': Rome's teeming jail lays bare Italy's prison ills
Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up -- now…
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Israel praises Berlin court's ruling on 'river to the sea' slogan
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has praised the decision by a Berlin court to classify using the controversial pro-Palestinian slogan…
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Berlin pays tribute to Wall and Kristallnacht victims on fateful date
At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said November 9 remains…
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Russian drone attack kills woman and injures 13 in Odessa
One woman was killed and 13 other people injured, including two children, in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa…