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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy
Mexico’s president made the announcement Friday evening after police forced their way into the Mexican embassy to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president.
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A man suspected of holding 4 hostages for hours in a Dutch nightclub has been arrested
Dutch police have detained a man who walked out of a nightclub where hostages were being held after a tense hours-long standoff.
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Princess Kate undergoing chemotherapy for cancer
“This, of course, came as a huge shock,” the Princess of Wales said in a video released Friday.
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Bhutan's new ‘Mindfulness City' is massive — with plans showing a city unlike any other in the world
Like Saudi Arabia’s linear city, called The Line, Bhutan’s “Gelephu Mindfulness City” shows how modern cities may look and function in the future.
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Amid threats of nuclear war, the ‘Doomsday Clock' has been set to 90 seconds to midnight
Starting in 1947, the advocacy group used a clock to symbolize the potential and even likelihood of people doing something to end humanity.
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Denmark's prime minister proclaims Frederik X as king after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication
Denmark’s prime minister proclaimed Frederik X as king Sunday after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication.
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Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after US, allies issue final warning
At the United Nations, U.S. deputy ambassador Christopher Lu said at a emergency Security Council meeting on Wednesday that Iran has supplied the Houthis with money and advanced weapons systems.
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Hundreds of animals, eggs and pounds of ivory seized in global wildlife trafficking operation, Interpol says
Interpol said it coordinated around 500 arrests worldwide from Oct. 2 to 27. More than 2,000 confiscations of animals and plants were made.
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Russia puts prominent Russian-US journalist Masha Gessen on wanted list for criminal charges
Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen on a wanted list after opening a criminal case against them on charges of spreading false information about the Russian army.
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Hospital fire near Rome kills at least four and forces evacuation of entire facility
The blaze began late Friday and was eventually brought under control and four people were confirmed killed, the fire department said in a statement.
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Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in US at 90
Juanita Castro, the sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro, has died in Miami at 90. Florida had been her home since shortly after fleeing the island nearly 60 years ago.
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British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where electrician had sex with over 100 corpses
The 69-year-old is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of murder. He is serving a concurrent 12-year term after admitting dozens of instances of necrophilia.
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Sugar prices worldwide rise to highest level since 2011 after El Niño damaged crops in Asia
Sugar worldwide is trading at the highest prices since 2011, mainly due to lower global supplies after unusually dry weather damaged harvests in India and Thailand, the world’s second- and third-largest exporters.
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US military says 5 crew members died when an aircraft crashed over the Mediterranean
U.S. officials say that five U.S. servicepeople were killed when a military helicopter crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission.
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Powerful earthquake kills at least 128 and injures dozens in northwest Nepal
Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.
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France deploys 7,000 troops after suspected Islamic radical kills one teacher, injures two
The attacker’s exact motive remains unclear, and he is reportedly refusing to speak to investigators
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At least 21 dead after tour bus plunges off overpass near Venice, Italian officials say
A bus carrying foreign tourists including Ukrainians crashed near the Italian city of Venice when it fell from an elevated street Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 18 others, authorities said.
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Suicide bomber detonates device near Turkish Parliament, officials say
Two police officers were slightly injured during the attack near the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X.
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Israeli military raid leaves at least two Palestinians dead in West Bank, officials say
Israel has been carrying out stepped-up military raids, primarily in the northern West Bank, for the past year and a half in what it says is a campaign to root out Palestinian militants and thwart future attacks
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Taiwan golf factory fire leaves at least five dead and over 100 injured, officials say
Authorities said that natural gas may have contributed to the explosions, which occurred as firefighters were attempting to put out the fire