Politics
Global travel disruption after Heathrow Airport shuts down over power outage caused by fire
London’s Heathrow Airport announced a complete shutdown all day Friday due to a “significant power outage” due to a large...
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Venezuela’s Maduro calls US deportation of migrants to El Salvador a ‘kidnapping,’ backs calls for their return
Venezuela’s leader has described the deportation of more than 200 mostly Venezuelan migrants sent by the United States to a...
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Indonesia approves controversial law expanding role of military in government
Indonesia’s parliament on Thursday passed contentious revisions to the country’s military law, which will allocate more civilian posts for military...
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Canada condemns China executions of four Canadian drug convicts
Canada said on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens on drugs smuggling charges earlier this year, and strongly...
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The fish collectors hoping to save rare species from extinction
In the rural town of Petersham, Massachusetts, 78-year-old Peter George keeps 1,000 fish in his basement. “Baseball, sex, fish,” he...
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Israeli outposts have proliferated in the West Bank since Oct. 7, analysis shows. Palestinians fear annexation could be next.
Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life....
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US designates South Korea a ‘sensitive’ country over mishandling of lab data
The US energy department put South Korea on a watchlist because visitors to its laboratories mishandled sensitive information, Joseph Yun,...
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Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
Keeping hope alive wasn’t easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought...
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Hungary’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law bans Pride events and sparks protests
A new anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify those attending the...
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Turkey orders detention of Istanbul’s mayor, a key rival of President Erdogan, and 100 others, prosecutors say
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along...
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