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Zimbabwe presidential inquiry says army, police responsible for killing 6 protesters in post-election violence
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe presidential inquiry says army, police responsible for killing 6 protesters in post-election violence.
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US NKorea envoy to visit SKorea amid uncertainty over talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s special envoy for North Korea is heading to South Korea this week amid growing uncertainty over the future of direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, the State Department said…
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Family: Blind Michigan woman vanishes during visit to Peru
DETROIT (AP) — A blind American woman from Michigan has gone missing after traveling to Peru for a wedding. Relatives say 35-year-old Carla Valpeoz has been missing for nearly a week in the South American…
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Media freedom group records increase in journalists killed
PARIS (AP) — Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday it has recorded an increase in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned worldwide so far this year. The Paris-based group, also known by…
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Dutch student, 16, shot dead in school’s bicycle shed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was shot dead in front of fellow students in her high school’s bicycle shed Tuesday, Dutch police said. A 31-year-old suspect, police said in a statement, was…
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Poll shows Hamas leader would win Palestinian elections
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A public opinion poll shows that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would lose to the leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas if elections were held today. The poll conducted by…
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Scary statistic: 90.5 percent of plastic is not recycled
LONDON (AP) — The world’s burgeoning plastic waste crisis has won the attention of Britain’s Royal Statistical Society, which chose 90.5 percent — the proportion of plastic waste that has never been recycled — as…
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Mexico doubles minimum wage in northern border zones
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s new government is increasing minimum wages across the country by 16 percent and doubling the minimum wage in a narrow stretch of territory along the border with the United States,…
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Israel says more than 130 arrested in search for attacker
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says more than 130 Palestinians have been arrested in recent days in Israel’s search for a suspect wanted in a deadly West Bank shooting. Speaking on Tuesday at the…
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Macedonian, Greek leaders see Nobel Peace Prize nomination
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A former Nobel Peace Prize winner says the prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece will be nominated for the 2019 peace prize for their efforts to end a 27-year dispute over…
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Czech government office stops using Huawei mobile phones
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s prime minister has ordered his government office to stop using mobile phones by Chinese telecoms company Huawei. Tuesday’s announcement by Prime Minister Andrej Babis comes a day after the…
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Cameroon military says it killed 7 suspected separatists
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s military says it has killed seven suspected English-speaking separatist rebels in Bamenda in the North West region. Four soldiers were rushed to the local hospital, said a health worker, but…
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Spanish court gears up for high-stakes trial of separatists
MADRID (AP) — A preliminary hearing in a rebellion case against Catalan separatists Tuesday displayed some of the dynamics between defense and prosecutors expected during a trial that is likely to dominate Spanish politics. Altogether,…
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Putin: Russia has enough missiles without violating treaty
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday rejected the U.S. claim that Russia developed a new cruise missile in violation of a key nuclear treaty, arguing that Russia has no need for such a…
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Romania maternity hospital hit by superbug to reopen
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s health minister says a maternity hospital in the capital where 45 babies were diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug has been given the all-clear to reopen. Sorina Pintea said Tuesday that…
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