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Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials
Russia is threatening to strike British military facilities and says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons
May 06, 2024The Latest | Israel launches strikes in Rafah, hours after Hamas agrees to a Gaza cease-fire
Israel’s military says it is conducting “targeted strikes” against Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah
May 06, 2024North Korea sends a delegation to Iran in effort to break its diplomatic isolation
A high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Kenya declares public holiday to mourn flood victims
Kenya’s President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238 people who have died due to ongoing flooding
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Cargo plane makes emergency landing after front landing gear fails
Dramatic video captured the moment a cargo plane made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after its front landing gear failed.
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Spanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira's taxes be thrown out
Spanish state prosecutors have recommended that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another alleged case of tax fraud by pop star Shakira
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Italy bars NGO migrant rescue flights from Sicilian airport, says they interfere with coast guard
Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian airport to launch search and rescue flights over the Mediterranean
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An extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch says an extremist group linked to al-Qaida carried out mass killings in two villages in central Mali in January
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Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it's not permanent
Cambodia’s Defense Ministry is insisting that the months-long presence of two Chinese warships at a strategically important naval base that is being expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military i...
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Europeans want governments to focus on curbing migration
Europeans focus more on curbing immigration than on climate change and few of those interviewed across the globe consider climate to be among the top three priorities for their government
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Taliban reject claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan
The Taliban has rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the reality.”
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Another German politician is attacked as concerns rise over violence ahead of EU elections in June
A prominent Berlin politician has been violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany
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A cargo plane makes an emergency landing in Istanbul after front landing gear fails
A cargo aircraft has made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after its front landing gear failed
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Serbian president hail 'ironclad' friendship in Belgrade
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with the Serbian president in Belgrade, with both sides expressing optimism that the visit will further boost the “ironclad” friendly relations between China and the Balkan country
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Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure in sweeping assault in 6 regions
Russia launched overnight 21 attack drones and 55 missiles, Ukraine said.
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Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with a 'massive' attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism
Ukraine's president says Russia has launched a massive nighttime attack on energy facilities across Ukraine, targeting seven regions with more than 50 missiles and drones
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Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling
An appeals court has granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city
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The protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' has been banned in the city after an appeals court overturned an earlier ruling
The protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' has been banned in the city after an appeals court overturned an earlier ruling
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Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered
The Israeli military says it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza but a United Nations agency says no aid has yet entered
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May 08
Israel announces reopening of a key crossing for aid to enter Gaza that was closed after a weekend rocket attack
Israel announces reopening of a key crossing for aid to enter Gaza that was closed after a weekend rocket attack
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The Latest | Blasts, gunfire heard near Rafah crossing as it remains closed under Israeli control
Gaza’s vital Rafah crossing remained closed early Wednesday after an Israeli tank brigade seized it the day before
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North Macedonia holds elections dominated by the country's path to EU membership and corruption
Voters in North Macedonia are casting ballots in a parliamentary election and a presidential runoff
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Western Hemisphere nations pledge to continue coordinating response to historic regional migration
Representatives from 22 Western Hemisphere countries gathered in Guatemala have renewed their commitment to continue offering legal pathways to enter their countries, to provide aid to communities most affected by migration and to coordinate their resp...
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Grit, humor, grief and gloom mix as Ukrainians face a dangerous new phase in the war
Grief, anger, humor, defiance and fear are some of the emotions Ukrainians are grappling with as they face a third year of war
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Albanese rejects China's argument that Australia was at fault in dangerous aircraft encounter
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected China’s argument that Australia was responsible for a dangerous weekend encounter between their military aircraft in international airspace over the Yellow Sea
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US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea
U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, have unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed ...
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Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized
In March, Indonesian officials and local fishermen rescued 75 people from the overturned hull of a boat that was carrying Rohingya refugees when it capsized off Indonesia
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The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94
North Korea says Kim Ki Nam, the propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94
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Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego
The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico has delivered a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego
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Tensions grow in Middle East as Israel undertakes 'precise operations' in Rafah
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, joins the conversation.
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4 Palestinian children arrive to US from Gaza for medical treatment
Nearly 15,000 children in Gaza have been killed and thousands more have been injured since Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.
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Security guard shot outside Drake's Toronto mansion: Police
A motive is unknown at this time, police said.
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Scenes from Israel and Gaza reflect dashed hopes as imminent cease-fire seems unlikely
An announcement by Hamas that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation
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3 Indian men charged with killing Sikh separatist leader in Canada appear in court
Three Indian men charged with killing Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year have appeared in court in the case that set off a diplomatic spat after Canada's prime minister said there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement
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Russian agents detained for plotting Zelenskyy assassination, Ukraine says
Two colonels from Ukraine's SBU were recruited by Russia, Ukraine said.
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Biden administration delaying ammunition deliveries to Israel
The administration has been trying to pressure Israel to hold off on a full-scale invasion of Rafah until it has a plan to protect the 1.5 million civilians now living there.
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Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?
Israel has launched an operation on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, and seized control of the Gaza side of the key Rafah border crossing with Egypt
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Poland's Tusk calls secret services meeting to address judge's defection to Belarus
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is calling a special meeting of the secret services to discuss alleged Russian and Belarusian influence
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Anguish as Kenya's government demolishes houses in flood-prone areas and offers $75 in aid
Kenya’s government has begun bulldozing homes built in flood-prone areas and promising evicted families the equivalent of $75 to relocate after a deadline passed to evacuate amid deadly rains
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4 children injured in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war arrive in US for medical treatment
The children were evacuated to Egypt and then flown to the U.S.
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An Italian governor accused in a corruption probe has been placed under house arrest
The governor of the Italian region surrounding the port city of Genoa has been placed under house arrest as part of a corruption investigation
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Prince Harry celebrates Invictus Games in London but won't see his father, King Charles III
Prince Harry has arrived in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games but he won't see his father on this visit
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Police investigating shooting outside Drake's mansion that left security guard wounded
Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion that left a security guard seriously wounded
May 07
May 07
Belarus launches nuclear drills a day after Russia announces them amid tensions with West
Belarus has launched drills involving missiles and warplanes capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons
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May 07
Israel's defense minister vows to "deepen" Rafah offensive if talks on hostage deal fail
Israel's defense minister vows to "deepen" Rafah offensive if talks on hostage deal fail
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May 07
Netanyahu vows to go into Rafah despite opposition from Biden
The Israeli military says it’s taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing even after Hamas announced it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal.
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Israel's Netanyahu says capture of Rafah crossing was an 'important step' toward dismantling Hamas
Israel's Netanyahu says capture of Rafah crossing was an 'important step' toward dismantling Hamas
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The Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow
Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden
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Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods
More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding
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US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camp for relatives of Islamic State militants in Syria
The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants
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Israeli tanks control Rafah border crossing
The Rafah operation comes as families of Israeli hostages call for terms in a proposed cease-fire deal accepted by Hamas.
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Rainfall allows Spain's Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought
Authorities in Spain’s Catalonia region say they will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought
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