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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
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3/24/21
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BEIRUT (AP) — The government of war-torn Syria said Wednesday it will send emergency oxygen supplies to neighboring Lebanon, which has experienced shortages amid a surge of coronavirus infections …
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3/24/21
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NEW DELHI (AP) — A new and potentially troublesome variant of the coronavirus has been detected in India, as have variants first detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, health …
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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
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3/24/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — After a hard-fought election, an Arab Islamist could choose Israel's next prime minister.
You read that correctly.
between a right-wing coalition led by Prime Minister …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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3/24/21
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested last month while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, told his family he has been informed he is …
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3/24/21
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of people imprisoned for protesting last month’s coup were released Wednesday in the first apparent gesture by the military to try to placate the protest …
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3/24/21
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The government order on the night of March 24, 2020, was abrupt but clear: In four hours, India and its 1.4 billion people would be locked down entirely because of the …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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3/24/21
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Shafiqul Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. After undergoing guerrilla training in …
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By JULHAS ALAM and KRUTIKA PATHI
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3/24/21
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A court in Myanmar is holding hearings Wednesday on whether to continue detaining Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and several other local members of the media who have …
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3/23/21
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former judge Sergio Moro was biased in the way he oversaw former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s corruption trial, …
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By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA
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3/23/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — An alliance of far-right groups including openly racist and homophobic candidates appears poised to enter Israel's parliament, possibly as an indispensable member of Prime Minister …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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3/23/21
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military junta on Tuesday took the offensive to try to justify last month's coup and subsequent actions against those opposed to it, even as street demonstrations …
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3/23/21
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ethiopia's leader on Tuesday said atrocities have been committed in Tigray, his first public acknowledgment of possible war crimes in the country's northern region where …
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
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3/23/21
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Tensions are mounting between Afghanistan’s government and a powerful local warlord, with deadly clashes erupting in a rural province between his fighters and government …
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By RAHIM FAIEZ
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3/23/21
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SYDNEY (AP) — Heavy rainfall was forecast to ease across Australia’s east coast but floodwaters will linger for days across New South Wales state where 15,000 people were nervously waiting on …
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3/23/21
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WUHAN, China (AP) — Scribbled instructions for incoming patients plastered on the window of a silent hospital reception counter. A lone worker in a hazmat suit, steadily spraying disinfectant in an …
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By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA
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3/23/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country's fourth parliamentary election in two years — a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin …
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
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3/23/21
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CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia (AP) — When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol over the bills and coins they give him before …
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By MARKO ALVÁREZ AND ASTRID SUARÉZ
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3/23/21
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CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia (AP) — When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol over the bills and coins they give him before …
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By MARKO ALVÁREZ AND ASTRID SUARÉZ
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3/22/21
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its …
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By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE
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3/22/21
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