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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly gave preliminary approval to a slew of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to remain in charge after his …
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By DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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1/23/20
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Even as destroyed U.S. military aircraft smoldered from an al-Shabab attack that this month in Kenya, the al-Qaida-linked group issued a taunting message to African troops: The …
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By CARA ANNA
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1/23/20
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BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new …
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By DAVID RISING
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1/23/20
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares reversed early gains Thursday as health authorities around the world moved to monitor and contain a deadly virus outbreak in China and keep it from spreading …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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1/23/20
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BEIJING (AP) — China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday in an unprecedented effort to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds and spread to …
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By KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG
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1/22/20
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Officials in Australia on Thursday searched for a water tanker plane feared to have crashed while fighting wildfires.
Rural Fire Service officials said helicopters …
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1/22/20
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's new government made of appointees nominated by the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies got down to business Wednesday, a day after it was formed. Questions arose …
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By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE
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1/22/20
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose in midday trading Wednesday as health authorities around the world take steps to monitor and contain a deadly virus that could spread globally.
China and other …
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE
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1/22/20
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BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that sanctions on Iraq were still a possibility in a bilateral meeting with Iraq's president Wednesday, the first since a U.S. drone strike on …
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By SAMYA KULLAB and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
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1/22/20
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's first known transgender soldier pleaded to be allowed to continue serving after the military decided Wednesday to discharge her for undergoing gender …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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1/22/20
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks tumbled overnight as a virus outbreak in China rattled global markets.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.7% to …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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1/22/20
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Over the next week, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death …
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By VANESSA GERA and ARON HELLER
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1/22/20
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities urged people to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning on Wednesday that a new viral illness infecting hundreds of people and causing at least …
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By KEN MORITSUGU
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1/22/20
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Showing so much poise for a 15-year-old, Coco Gauff kept digging herself out of deficits and eventually prevailed to reach the Australian Open's third round, setting up …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
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1/21/20
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Prosecutors accused U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday of involvement in hacking the phones of Brazilian officials involved in a corruption investigation, though Brazil's …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
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1/21/20
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Security forces loyal to President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday surrounded and closed the building that houses the offices of opposition lawmaker Juan Guaidó, who was in …
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By SCOTT SMITH
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1/21/20
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on the world to take “concrete actions” against the International Criminal Court ahead of a possible war-crimes case …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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1/21/20
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TORONTO (AP) — Prince Harry has reunited with his wife Meghan in Canada as he steps back from royal duties.
Video from Sky News shows Harry landing at Victoria's airport on Vancouver Island late …
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By ROB GILLIES
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1/21/20
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BEIJING (AP) — Countries in Asia and elsewhere have begun body temperature checks at airports, railway stations and along highways in hopes of catching people carrying a new coronavirus that is …
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1/21/20
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OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland. The Germans had already fled westward, leaving behind the bodies of …
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By MARKUS SCHREIBER AND KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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1/21/20
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