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Why Myanmar’s opposition is calling for a ban on jet fuel
When the Myanmar military helicopters opened fire, first-graders Phone Tay Za and his cousin, Lin Lin, rushed to take cover…
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South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of pope’s visit
Twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and members of…
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Russia-Ukraine live: Air raid sirens as EU summit begins
European Union leaders and Ukrainian officials gather for a summit in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s push to join the bloc. Air raid…
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Guantanamo detainee freed to Belize after 20 years in captivity
A Guantanamo Bay prison detainee who endured torture in CIA custody has been transferred to Belize nearly a year after finishing his…
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Sudan, Israel agree to move forward with ‘normalization’: Sudan foreign ministry
Sudan and Israel on Thursday agreed to move forward with “normalization,” the Sudanese foreign ministry said during a visit to…
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Canada moves to extend exclusion of mental illness from assisted death
Canada’s federal government on Thursday moved to extend by a year its exclusion of people suffering solely from mental illness…
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Russia ‘again’ threatened by German tanks, Putin says at WWII commemoration
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia is being threatened by German tanks “again” as it was during World War…
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US ambassador’s views on Hungary ‘irrelevant,’ minister says
The Hungarian foreign minister accused the United States ambassador to Budapest on Thursday of trying to interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs, amid…
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Turkey summons nine western envoys over security warnings
Turkey on Thursday summoned the ambassadors and top envoys of nine countries to condemn the mass closure of European consulates in Istanbul…
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Putin’s war machine helps keep Russian industry humming
Surging military production is helping keep Russian industry going strong, offsetting much of the damage done by international sanctions and…
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