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At least 43 dead as Helene cuts destructive path through southeastern US
ATLANTA - Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the U.S. Southeast, where at least...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, target Hezbollah command
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The Israeli military told residents in parts of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate late on Friday, after strikes...
Sep 28, 20244 min read
Pope Francis, in Belgium, pressed on sexual abuse, women priests
BRUSSELS - Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by...
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New York Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Ukraine's Zelenskiy presents 'victory plan' to Trump at New York meeting
NEW YORK - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war "victory plan" to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Acclaimed British actor Maggie Smith dies aged 89
LONDON - Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Danish archaeologists unearth 50 Viking skeletons
COPENHAGEN - The excavation of a large Viking-era burial site in Denmark has unearthed 50 unusually well-preserved skeletons that...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Hezbollah's tunnels and flexible command weather Israel's deadly blows
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Hezbollah's flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and...
Sep 28, 20246 min read
Spanish mother and daughter train bacteria to restore church frescoes
VALENCIA - As Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was casting around for a subject to investigate for her PhD in 2008, she stumbled across...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Netanyahu tells UN: Israel seeks peace but 'enough is enough'
UNITED NATIONS - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel's attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon in a...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Shigeru Ishiba to be Japan's leader, winning on fifth attempt
TOKYO - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off...
Sep 28, 20244 min read
Analysis-Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West
LONDON -President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signalling that Moscow will consider...
Sep 28, 20246 min read
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