Moldovans living abroad voted in record numbers in a presidential runoff that secured victory for pro-Western President Maia Sandu, in a pivotal race that pitted her against a Russia-friendly …
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By STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE
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11/4/24
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Britain’s Prince William is visiting South Africa, where he will speak with young environmentalists and local fishermen. His annual Earthshot Prize will award $1.2 million in grants to five …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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11/4/24
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The recurrent storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed over 200 people, mostly near Valencia, are dumping rain on Barcelona. Monday's downpour prompted authorities to …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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11/4/24
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LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India on Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, …
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By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
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11/4/24
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Germany’s top diplomat has arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on an unannounced visit. The trip Monday appears to be a show of European support for Ukraine on the eve of a U.S. presidential …
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV
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11/4/24
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Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station. A parachute slowed their capsule’s nighttime descent on Monday to a remote landing area …
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11/4/24
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Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools for a week. The measures were part of a larger effort to protect children …
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11/4/24
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Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said that at least six people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. The agency lowered the known death …
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By JAKOBUS HERIN
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11/3/24
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One of the most startling aspects of Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza has been the destruction wreaked on the territory’s health sector. Over the past 13 months, the Israeli military has …
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By ISABEL DEBRE , JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH
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11/3/24
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A crowd of enraged flood survivors pelted the Spanish royal couple with mud and rocks during their first visit to the epicenter of the nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. …
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By DAVID MELERO and JOSEPH WILSON
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11/3/24
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U.N. experts say Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been transformed from a local armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization with support from Iran, Iraqi armed groups, …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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11/3/24
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Irene Cuevas says she has the roar of the waves produced by a flash flood burned into her memory. The resident of Chiva spent a night of terror when the gorge of her village in eastern Spain quickly …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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11/3/24
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Palestinian officials say an Israeli drone strike on a clinic in northern Gaza where children were being vaccinated for polio wounded six people, including four children. The Israeli military denied …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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11/3/24
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An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to be detained by Iran for months now. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to The …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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11/3/24
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Moldovans are casting votes in a decisive presidential runoff that pits pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu against Russia-friendly former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo. The vote is being held …
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BY STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA
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11/3/24
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The last three hospitals still partially functioning in northern Gaza have been encircled by Israeli troops and caught amid fighting for weeks. Beleaguered staff inside struggle to treat waves of …
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By ISABEL DEBRE, JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH
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11/3/24
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The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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11/3/24
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Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing.” It's a possible sign that the epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in …
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By MARIA CHENG and RUTH ALONGA
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11/3/24
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After two weeks of negotiations, delegates agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature …
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By STEVEN GRATTAN
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11/2/24
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An Israeli military official says Israeli naval forces have captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon. The operation took place in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun, the official …
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By LUJAIN JO and BASSEM MROUE
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11/2/24
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