All posts tagged "World news"
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45InternationalSouth Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with...
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43International
The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they...
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Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal prison sentence for orchestrating mass rapes
A lawyer for the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot says he won’t appeal his 20-year sentence for drugging and raping her and allowing...
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The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights...
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18 passengers killed in 2 separate road accidents in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — A speeding passenger bus overturned on a highway in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 10 people, police said....
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Serbia’s prosecutor charges 13 in a deadly canopy fall that fueled mass protests
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s public prosecutor on Monday indicted 13 people, including a former minister, over the collapse of a concrete canopy...
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Finnish investigators find anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed following cable damage
HELSINKI, Finland — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an...
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German government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election
BERLIN — The German government on Monday sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s...
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Politician among protesters arrested in Kenya while calling for an end to alleged abductions
NAIROBI, Kenya — An opposition politician and several other protesters were arrested in Kenya on Monday during street demonstrations calling for an...
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Serbian court convicts the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead 10 people in a school in Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia — A court in Serbia on Monday convicted the parents of a teenage boy who last year shot dead nine...
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23 Congolese soldiers face the death penalty or prison for alleged desertion or other crimes
KINSHASA, Congo — At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in prison following their...
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Hotel fire near monastic sanctuary in Greece leaves 1 dead, 11 hospitalized
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A fire at a hotel Monday left its owner dead and 11 people hospitalized near the centuries-old monasteries at...
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Iran confirms arresting Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tehran confirmed Monday that an Italian journalist has been arrested on charges of violating the laws of...
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At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital...
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An Iraqi couple is charged in Germany with keeping and abusing Yazidi girls as slaves
Germany’s federal prosecutor has charged an Iraqi couple with enslavement, torture and war crimes, alleging they kept two young Yazidi girls as...
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