China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters” in the Arab and Islamic world to try …
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By KEN MORITSUGU
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11/20/23
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Heavy fighting erupted around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks. Israel is trying to clear out medical facilities that it …
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By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY
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11/20/23
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When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ brutal attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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11/20/23
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In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 770,000 hectares (1.9 million acres) of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands. …
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By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DIANE JEANTET
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11/19/23
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A United Nations team says 291 patients were left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops had others evacuate. Those left include 32 babies in extremely critical condition, trauma patients …
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By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY
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11/19/23
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Voters in Argentina head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift. Populist Javier Milei, …
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By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER
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11/19/23
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Survivors of Nazi atrocities have joined young Jewish activists in Paris to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war. The impact of …
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By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and HELENA ALVES
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11/18/23
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People in southwest Iceland are on edge, waiting to see whether a volcano rumbling under the Reykjanes peninsula will erupt. Civil protection authorities say it will likely be months before residents …
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11/18/23
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Gaza communications blackout ends, giving rise to hope for the resumption of critical aid deliveries
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Internet and phone service was partially restored to the Gaza Strip on Saturday, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to shut down …
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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING
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11/18/23
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With the onset of the war between Israel and Hamas, the world’s attention has swung away from the nearly 2-year-old conflict in Ukraine. In Washington, the war in Gaza consumes attention at the …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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11/18/23
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The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation. But …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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11/18/23
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Forty workers are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they can crawl to their freedom. The workers …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
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11/18/23
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In the run-up to the tightly contested Argentina presidential election runoff Sunday, right-wing populist Javier Milei is following former President Donald Trump's playbook, alleging electoral fraud …
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By DAVID BILLER and DANIEL POLITI
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11/18/23
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One of the signature broad, black bicorne hats that Napoleon Bonaparte wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe is expected to fetch more than half a million euros (dollars) at …
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By HELENA ALVES and ALEX TURNBULL
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11/17/23
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on a short visit to Germany, with the two countries’ stances on the war between Israel and Hamas poles apart. Erdogan on Friday is due …
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By GEIR MOULSON
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11/17/23
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Communications systems in the Gaza Strip were down for a second day with no fuel to power the internet and phone networks, causing aid agencies to halt cross-border deliveries of humanitarian …
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By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING
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11/17/23
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Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. A disaster …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
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11/17/23
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of growing challenges due to the Israel-Hamas war. He said in a speech convening a virtual summit …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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11/17/23
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One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many. The latest attack in the capital of …
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO
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11/17/23
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As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground. Its candidate has lost some traction, even among longtime …
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By DANIEL POLITI
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11/17/23
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