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Massacre survivors say history is repeating – with new perpetrators
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. As tears roll down her face and her body shivers with...
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The new fight to reform the UN’s colonial-era world order
In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns supreme: a powerful club of countries within...
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Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, its first case in 25 years, they’re too late
Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. For the moment, he’s blissfully...
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US, Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi talks as American elections loom large over relations
High-level US and Chinese officials discussed potential talks between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the...
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Japan urges 1 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
More than 1 million people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving...
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At least 170 killed in weeks of flooding in Nigeria, authorities say
Northern Nigeria has been hit hardest by the floods, according to Manzo Ezekiel, who speaks for the National Emergency Management...
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Flooding kills scores as Sudan grapples with civil war
The death toll from floods in Sudan has risen to 132, state-run news agency SUNA reported Tuesday, citing a government committee, in...
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Mexico pauses relations with US and Canadian embassies
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is halting diplomatic relations with the US and Canadian embassies after their ambassadors criticized his proposal to have judges...
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Ukrainians have learned to live with power blackouts. But a cold, dark winter is looming
When hundreds of Russian missiles and drones assaulted Ukraine on Monday morning, Victoria Novorzhytska’s power went out first. The water...
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Nicaragua’s Ortega offers to send ‘fighters’ to Venezuela after disputed election
Nicaragua’s strongman President Daniel Ortega has offered to send “Sandinista fighters” to Venezuela in support of his embattled fellow authoritarian...
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