EUROPE
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Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east
KYIV (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at ...
June 26, 2022
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2 killed in mass shooting in Norway; more than a dozen hurt
OSLO (AP) — Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured early Saturday in a mass shooting i...
June 25, 2022
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Honoring the fallen
KYIV — Ukrainian flags planted in Kyiv’s Independence Square honor victims of the war, four months a...
June 24, 2022
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Railcars used as shelters for displaced people in Ukraine
IRPIN, Ukraine — Some Ukrainian Railways’ carriages were repurposed earlier this month as shelters ...
June 19, 2022
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Ukrainian widower takes twin toddlers west after losing wife in Russian shelling
VERBKA, Ukraine — A Ukrainian man has been unable to tell his twin daughters, who turn 3 on June 18,...
June 17, 2022
WIDER WORLD
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Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking tic...
June 22, 2022
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Turtles freed in Tunisia with tracking monitor
SFAX, Tunisia (AFP-Jiji) — Three rescued loggerhead turtles were released into the Mediterranean off...
June 22, 2022
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Japan-sponsored bridge opens in South Sudan, raising hopes for peace and development
After years of starts and stops in a volatile land, construction of the first permanent bridge over ...
June 11, 2022
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The double life of Eva B, Pakistan’s veiled rapper
KARACHI (AFP-Jiji) — Pakistan’s breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, bu...
June 2, 2022
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Central Africa MPs vote to end capital punishment
Lawmakers in the Central African Republic on Friday voted to abolish the death sentence, the speaker...
May 28, 2022
US & CANADA
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46 dead, 16 hospitalized after trailer of migrants found
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A U.S. official says at least 40 people have been found dead inside a tractor-tra...
June 28, 2022
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Canadian offices going to dogs as remote work ends
OTTAWA (AFP-Jiji) — Daisy moseys over to greet visitors, her tail wagging. She’s listed as chief mor...
June 8, 2022
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Trump: ‘Evil’ like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm
Former US president Donald Trump rejected calls for tightened gun controls Friday following the Texa...
May 28, 2022
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Blinken: U.S. to leverage Russia-Ukraine bloc against China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the Biden administration aims to l...
May 27, 2022
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U.S. set to remove 5 groups, including Aum Shinrikyo, from foreign terrorism blacklist
BERLIN (AP) — The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunc...
May 16, 2022
ASIA-PACIFIC
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ROK has world’s best EV infrastructure per unit
South Korea has the most established electric vehicle charging infrastructure per unit in the world,...
June 30, 2022
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Lack of unskilled foreign labor a pain to industries
Manufacturers in Penang only have two-thirds of their workforce available and are at risk of failing...
June 30, 2022
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Japanese American artist makes cut above ordinary
Born and raised in Seattle, American artist Lauren Iida has been living in the Kingdom off and on fo...
June 29, 2022
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Indonesian daredevil defies gravity and stereotypes
JAKARTA (AFP-Jiji) — Karmila Purba revs her motorbike under the lights of an Indonesian night carniv...
June 29, 2022
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Tradition of worshipping heavens continues
In Korean spirituality, the soul and spirit of a person is defined as “honbaek”: “Hon” is the soul t...
June 28, 2022
RUSSIA
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SDF helmets used on front lines of combat in Ukraine
KYIV — Self-Defense Forces helmets provided by the Japanese government to Ukraine have been found t...
June 27, 2022
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Bill proposed in Russia: Sept. 3 to be “Victory over Japan Day”
Russian lawmakers have submitted a bill to the State Duma, the lower house of the parliament, to des...
June 25, 2022
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Ukraine blames Russia for blaze at revered Orthodox church in east
A wooden church on one of Ukraine’s most sacred Orthodox sites was destroyed by Russian bombing, Ukr...
June 5, 2022
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Ukrainians remember WWII victims on May 8
LVIV, Ukraine — Memorial ceremonies were held Sunday across war-torn Ukraine for victims of World Wa...
May 9, 2022
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Azov commander vows to fight on in Mariupol
WARSAW — The commander of a militia unit resisting Russian forces in the besieged Ukrainian city of ...
April 29, 2022
GLOBAL
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Russia will respond if NATO sets up infrastructure in Finland, Sweden
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would respond in kind if N...
June 30, 2022
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NATO pivots to highlight Chinese ‘challenges’ for 1st time
NATO has for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade...
June 30, 2022
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NATO backs military aid for ‘heroic’ Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks
NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion ...
June 30, 2022
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U.S. official: G7 to exert more pressure on Russia
WASHINGTON — Group of Seven leaders will announce measures at their upcoming summit to exert more pr...
June 23, 2022
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Atomic bomb survivor calls nuclear weapons ‘absolute evil’ at Vienna conference
VIENNA — An 82-year-old Japanese survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki said Monday th...
June 21, 2022
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