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UN panel calls on Belarus to release Nobel Peace laureate from prison
FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendant's cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus,…
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Entire anti-corruption board fired for alleged Zambia corruption
Zambia's President Hakinde Hichilema has taken the extraordinary step of firing the entire board of the country's corruption-busting body,…
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Adidas 'revising' campaign for retro shoes that drew criticism from Israel
BERLIN (AP) — Adidas said Friday that it is “revising” its campaign for running shoes inspired by a design dating back to the time of the…
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A week of indirect talks involving Sudan's warring parties wraps up in Geneva
BERLIN (AP) — A week of indirect talks involving Sudan's warring parties ended in Geneva on Friday, the U.N. secretary-general's personal…
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Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city Friday to mark the anniversary of…
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The bodies of 4 Pakistanis killed in the attack on a mosque in Oman have been returned home
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman this week have been repatriated and handed…
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Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An explosion rumbled through the streets of central Tel Aviv early Friday morning after an apparent drone strike…
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Israeli military checking possible drone attack after blast in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -The Israeli military is checking whether an explosion in central Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday was caused by a…
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Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks on Friday
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and representatives of its biggest workers' union in South Korea that has been on a strike since…
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Iraq veteran nearly lost family over PTSD
An Iraq war veteran from Kent said he would have lost everything had he not sought help for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Simon…
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Ford Super Duty Could Get Multi-Energy Tech—Perhaps Even a Hybrid
Ford is adding a third North American assembly plant for its Super Duty trucks in Ontario, Canada. Ford says this plant will be able to…
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Amnesty accuses Israel of illegally detaining, torturing Palestinians
The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has accused Israel of mistreating and torturing Palestinian prisoners.…
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Nine suspects from far-right neo-Nazi group detained in Germany
Ten flats have been searched and nine suspects detained in raids targeting supporters of the far-right extremist Third Way party in…
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Video shows Tanzanian politicians at a funeral, not Kenyan MPs hiding after deadly protests
A screenshot of the false Nigerian X post, taken on July 16, 2024 “Kenyan parliamentarians, after running for their lives ended up eating…
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Namibia refuses to extend visa for Ugandan monarch
The Namibian government has refused a request to extend the visa for a Ugandan king who has been getting medical treatment in the country…
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Spain heats up under 1st heatwave of the year as Southern Europe swelters
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain sweated under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celcius…
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Ivan Rakitic returns to Europe from Saudi Arabia just six months after leaving Sevilla
Former Barcelona and Sevilla hero Ivan Rakitic is coming back to European football just six months after leaving Andalusia to join…
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Kenya police ban protests in the capital
Kenyan police have banned protests in the centre of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”, citing their…
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Korean War vets recognition event postponed
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Korean War veterans recognition event has been postponed because of “unforeseen circumstances,” Raven &…
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Toronto cleans up after storm as Trudeau says better infrastructure needed for future
TORONTO (AP) — Cleanup crews worked to get Canada’s largest city back to normal on Wednesday, a day after a torrential downpour flooded…
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Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian…
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Europe’s First Farmers Disappeared 5,000 Years Ago
In the 14th century, the plague wiped out 50 million across Europe and Asia. It remains one of history’s most fatal pandemics. But this…
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French anti-terror police detain alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of targeting Olympic torch
PARIS (AP) — French anti-terror police have detained an alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch…
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Gaza health authority reports further deaths from IDF strikes
Five people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip and in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in the centre, the…