A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
NEW YORK (news agencies) — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak ...
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Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in Africa
UNITED NATIONS (news agencies) — A top U.N. counterterrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday that a vast stretch ...
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For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold
PARIS (news agencies) — As he coasted along Paris’ Seine River during the Olympic opening ceremony, one word came to ...
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Western allies condemn Israeli finance minister’s suggestion that starving Gaza might be justified
JERUSALEM (news agencies) — Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by its far-right finance minister, who suggested that causing the ...
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Takeaways from AP report on fear of repression in post-election Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (news agencies) — The last time anyone heard from Edni López was Sunday. The 33-year-old political science professor ...
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South Korean authorities question individual who crossed the border from the North
SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — South Korean authorities on Thursday were questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed ...
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Tragedy prevented by foiling apparent plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria, official says
VIENNA (news agencies) — Following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over an apparent attack plot, Austria’s ...
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Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh (news agencies) — Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take ...
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Carles Puigdemont, ex-Catalan leader, returns to Spain after nearly 7 years as a fugitive
BARCELONA, Spain (news agencies) — Former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the ...
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Relatives of Belarus’ political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn’t free their loved ones
TALLINN, Estonia (news agencies) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest ...
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