Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
A plane carrying a Russian dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital Saturday following much wrangling over Alexei Navalny's condition and treatment.
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Canada government appeals ruling on asylum seekers
Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday the government is appealing a court ruling that struck down the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canada and the United States.
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Comatose Russian dissident stable upon arrival in Germany
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, in a coma after a suspected poisoning, was flown from Siberia on Saturday to Berlin for treatment by specialists at the German capital's main hospital.
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Asia Today: S. Korea imposes strict measures to stem spread
South Korea is banning large gatherings, closing beaches, shutting nightspots and churches and removing fans from professional sports in strict new measures announced Saturday as it battles the spread of the coronavirus.
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Belarus blocks news websites amid large protests
Authorities in Belarus have blocked an array of news media websites reporting on the country shaken by two weeks of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Future for Liberia's rubber farmers shaky amid economic woes
Christopher Reeves has farmed rubber for more than three decades in Liberia, selling his crop to the international tire-maker Firestone, which also operates the world's largest rubber plantation here.
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WWII memory wall defaced in massacred French village
Vandals have scrawled graffiti denying the Holocaust on a wall in the village that was the site of the France's biggest massacre of civilians by the Nazis during World War II.
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UN atomic watchdog chief heading to Iran; seeks more access
The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency will head to Tehran next week to press Iranian authorities for access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the organization said Saturday.
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Pakistan sanctions Taliban to avoid global finance blacklist
Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan's Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of U.S.-led peace process in the neighboring country.
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South Korea, China reaffirm plans for leaders' summit
Senior South Korean and Chinese officials on Saturday reaffirmed plans to arrange a summit between their leaders "at an early date" once coronavirus concerns subside, Seoul's presidential office said.
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Tripoli and rival parliament announce Libya cease-fire
Libya's U.N.-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte in an initiative supported by the rival parliament in the east.
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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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AP PHOTOS: Northeast India recalls 'Stalingrad of the East'
To Kuozeu Vizo, the landscape was as spellbinding as a rice field, golden and ripe for harvest, but it was her village burned black.
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Press groups question government fine for Mexico magazine
Some Mexican press and human rights groups on Friday questioned a government fine of $45,000 against a magazine that has long been critical of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Mexico's famous floating gardens reopen after virus shutdown
The famous "floating gardens" of Xochimilco reopened to visitors Friday after a five-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Irate, protesters in Iraq's south torch parliament offices
Protesters torched parliament offices in Iraq's oil-rich south on Friday following days of inaction by the government after two activists were assassinated.
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Thousands in Mali's capital welcome president's downfall
Thousands marched Friday in the streets of Mali's capital to celebrate the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, as the West African nation's political opposition backed the military's junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government.
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S&P 500 ticks higher to record, powered again by tech stocks
The S&P; 500 ticked higher to close at another all-time high Friday, powered by strength for technology stocks and a couple reports on the U.S. economy that were better than expected.
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Former sailor details misconduct by SEALs pulled from Iraq
U.S. Navy intelligence specialist Colleen Grace was asleep on a remote air base in Iraq when she was woken up by knocking on the door next to her room, and then a voice she recognized.
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Belarus leader blames US for chaos, vows to end protests
Authorities in Belarus detained a leader of striking factory workers and threatened demonstrators with criminal charges Friday in a bid to stop the massive post-election protests challenging the country's authoritarian president, who accused the United States of fomenting the unrest.
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Gaza militants fire 12 rockets, Israel strikes Hamas targets
Palestinian militants fired 12 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight, nine of which were intercepted, and Israel responded with three airstrikes on targets linked to the territory's militant Hamas rulers, the Israeli military said early Friday.
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Russian opposition leader Navalny 'risks his life every day'
As Russia's most determined and durable opposition figure, Alexei Navalny has employed an astute understanding of social media and an accountant's ability to wade through financial data, a knack for sardonic humor and fierce resolve in the face of repeated threats.
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After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
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