Thai junta poised to retain power as nation awaits vote results
by Joe Freeman Thailand's election results were due Monday, with the junta appearing poised to hold on to power in…
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International
New Zealand orders top-level inquiry into mosque massacres
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the…
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Probe opened after elderly ‘yellow vest’ protester injured
NICE, France (AFP) -- French officials faced fresh questions Sunday about the handling of the "yellow vest" protests after an…
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Stricken Norwegian liner reaches port after airlift drama
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- A cruise liner that ran into trouble in stormy seas off Norway reached…
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Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors
by Adrien BARBIER and Joaquim NHAMIRRE BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) -- Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing…
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Netanyahu in Washington with Golan Heights recognition on tap
by Jim Mannion with Mike Smith in Jerusalem WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in…
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Xi meets Macron as French president seeks united EU front on China
by Vincent-Xavier MORVAN / Julie Pacorel BEAULIEU-SUR-MER, France (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron…
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Moroccan police disperse protesting teachers with water cannons
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) - Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday…
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Strong 6.1-magnitude quake jolts eastern Indonesia
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia Sunday, US seismologists said, but no…
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‘Never seen anything so frightening’: Norway rescuers airlift passengers off cruise ship in storm
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Rescuers were working into the night on Saturday to airlift 1,300 passengers and crew off a cruise…
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