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North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after the US and South Korea began military drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S.
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Chaos in Romania's capital after far-right Calin Georgescu barred from presidential redo
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Chaos broke out in Romania's capital Sunday evening as incensed supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body's decision to reject his candidacy in a presidential election redo.
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A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport and all 5 aboard are taken to hospitals
A single-engine airplane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames Saturday in the parking lot of a retirement community near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania, and everyone on board survived, officials and witnesses said.
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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza . The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory's desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.
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Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is laid to rest in Texas after drowning
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — The cries of Liliana Olivero watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground.
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2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people dead
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one o
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29 kidnapped law enforcement officers in southwest Colombia are freed
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Saturday that 29 law enforcement officers recently kidnapped in the country’s southwest region have been freed.
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Barcelona game is postponed after a member of its medical staff dies
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s home game against Osasuna has been postponed after the death of a member of Barcelona’s medical staff, the Spanish club said.
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Pope Francis responding well to pneumonia therapy and showing 'gradual, slight improvement'
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday.
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South Korea's impeached President Yoon released from prison
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained.
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