New Zealand delays election after virus outbreak in Auckland
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city, Auckland.
Ship leaking tons of oil off Mauritius has split apart
The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said Saturday, with remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters.
Pompeo inks deal for US troop move from Germany to Poland
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defense cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland.
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1st Mediterranean cruise sets sail after virus tests
Cruise ship passengers had their temperatures checked and took COVID-19 tests Sunday so they could set sail on what is being billed as the first Mediterranean cruise after Italy's pandemic lockdown.
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Somalia forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel; 15 killed
Somalia's security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five-hour siege by Islamic extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital, said police and a government spokesman.
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Mercedes Barcha, widow of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, dies at 87
Mercedes Barcha, who was credited by late husband and Nobel laureate Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez with making it possible for him to write his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude," has died at the age of 87.
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Israel shuts Gaza fishing zone after overnight fighting
Israel closed the Gaza Strip's offshore fishing zone Sunday following a night of cross-border fighting with Palestinian militants, the most intense escalation of hostilities in recent months.
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Leader of Belarus rejects calls to rerun presidential vote
The embattled president of Belarus tried to put on a show of strength Sunday, holding a rally with tens of thousands of supporters and rejecting any possibility of repeating the vote that gave him a sixth term. But opponents countered with a far larger demonstration that attracted as many as 200,000 people.
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Luis Abinader sworn in as Dominican leader; Pompeo attends
Luis Rodolfo Abinader was sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday in a ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume AU-led talks over disputed dam
Three key Nile basin countries on Sunday resumed online negotiations led by the African Union to resolve a years-long dispute over a giant hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, Egyptian and Ethiopian officials said.
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Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets
Anti-government protesters gathered in large numbers in Thailand's capital on Sunday for a rally that suggested their movement's strength may extend beyond the college campuses where it had blossomed.
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Telephone calls between UAE, Israel ring for the first time
Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations that required Israel to halt plans to annex land sought by the Palestinians.
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Trump to host Israeli leader, UAE prince within weeks
The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election.
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Netanyahu says UAE deal signals end to 'land for peace'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a deal to establish full diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates proves that Israel doesn't need to retreat from occupied land sought by the Palestinians in order to achieve peace and normalization with Arab states.
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Lebanese president calls probe into Beirut blast 'complex'
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said the probe into this month's devastating blast in Beirut is "very complex" and would not be finished quickly.
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Flooding and heavy rainfall leave over 60 dead in Sudan
Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan for weeks, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying thousands of homes since late July, authorities and the U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday.
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Zimbabwe's Catholic bishops accuse government of abuses
Zimbabwe is embroiled in an economic and political crisis marked by human rights abuses, said the country's Roman Catholic bishops, who were then criticized by the government as "evil" and trying to promote genocide.
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Italy garbage dips with virus lockdowns, but plastics rise
Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, but environmentalists warn that increased reliance on disposable masks and packaging is imperiling efforts to curb single-use plastics that end up in oceans and seas.
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Asia Today: S. Korea reports 279 cases, most in 5 months
South Korea has reported 279 new coronavirus cases in the highest daily jump since early March, as fears grow about a massive outbreak in the greater capital region.
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North Macedonia police find 80 migrants, arrest truck driver
Police in North Macedonia said Sunday they have found 80 migrants during a routine check in the central part of the country and arrested a truck driver for suspected migrant smuggling.
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'Get a grip': UK government urged to fix England exam chaos
The British government was urged Sunday to "get a grip" over how grades are being awarded to school students in England, who were unable to take exams earlier this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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German police conduct raids linked to illegal gambling
Hundreds of police officers searched shisha bars, tea houses and illegal gambling halls across western Germany early Sunday.
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Bar owners on Greek island angry over virus restrictions
Wary of a rise in daily coronavirus cases that threatens to undo its relative success in containing the pandemic so far, the Greek government is imposing local restrictions on businesses, especially those that cater to big crowds, and business owners on the island of Mykonos don't like it one bit.
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Hunger, squalor mar South Sudan post-war unification efforts
Here in crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces after a five-year civil war so they can help the shattered country recover. But they can barely find enough food.
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