All posts tagged "General news"
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153InternationalAid convoy reaches remote district in NW Pakistan after prolonged blockade amid sectarian violence
PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Aid trucks carrying medicines, food and other relief supplies for hundreds of thousands of besieged residents reached a remote...
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Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor
CAIRO — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating...
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124 migrants detained on an eastern Greek island after using unmarked speedboats
ATHENS, Greece — Authorities in Greece detained 124 migrants on the eastern island of Karpathos on Wednesday after spotting speedboats without identification...
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UK police face probe into handling of sex crimes allegations against Harrods owner Al Fayed
LONDON — British police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of sex crimes allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed,...
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Ukraine claims it struck a key military fuel depot deep inside Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military said Wednesday that it struck a fuel storage depot deep inside Russia, causing a huge blaze...
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father
PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen paid tribute Wednesday to her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party...
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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran and returning home
ROME — An Italian journalist detained in Iran since Dec. 19 and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer...
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Thai police issue arrest warrant for man suspected of gunning down Cambodian ex-lawmaker in Bangkok
BANGKOK — Thai police on Wednesday said an arrest warrant has been issued for a man suspected of gunning down a former...
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Thai police say Chinese actor was trafficked to Myanmar to work in a scam operation
BANGKOK — A Chinese actor who disappeared after traveling to Thailand and was found near the border of Myanmar in an area...
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Japan links hacker MirrorFace to dozens of cyberattacks targeting security, tech data
TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high...
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Rescuers search for 2 British hikers missing since New Year’s Day in Italian alps
ROME — Dense fog and avalanche warnings hampered rescue crews searching on Wednesday for two British hikers who have been missing in...
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Hostages in Gaza endure another winter as their families plead for a ceasefire
TEL AVIV, Israel — When Luis Har was kidnapped by Hamas-led militants on the warm morning of Oct. 7, 2023, he was...
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Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
GUWAHATI, India — Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine...
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S. Korean court clears govt, agency of liability in adoptee’s US deportation case
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Wednesday cleared the government and an adoption agency of all liability in a...
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A look at recent deadly earthquakes in China
FILE -In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers deliver supplies via a temporary bridge in the aftermath of an earthquake...
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Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas
CARACAS, Venezuela — Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election,...
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Trump’s Ukraine envoy postpones planned trip to Kyiv, top Ukrainian diplomat says
KYIV, Ukraine — An upcoming trip to Kyiv by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia has been canceled...
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Wild weather halted ferries between New Zealand’s main islands again. Why isn’t there a tunnel?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Wild weather during New Zealand ’s peak summer holiday period has disrupted travel for thousands of passengers on...
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Mexico offers protection to famed corridos singer after drug cartel death threats
MEXICO CITY — Authorities in Mexico are offering state protection to famed regional Mexican singer Natanael Cano and other artists after a...
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The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles...
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Guinea’s junta faces protests after missing a deadline for a return to democracy
CONAKRY, Guinea — Parts of Guinea’s capital were on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline...
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France marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks
PARIS — A decade after gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in a deadly assault that shook France...
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