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U.S.-backed SDF says it captured 157 militants, mostly foreigners
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia besieging Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria said…
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Thailand's oldest party may be king-maker after vote to determine military role
Thailand's oldest political party is heading into an election on Sunday with leader Abhisit Vejjajiva facing tough …
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Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of 'oppression and violence'
The Syrian government's threat to recover the Kurdish-led region of northern Syria through force unless it submits …
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SDF says it captured 157 militants, mostly foreigners
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia besieging Daesh's last enclave in eastern Syria said on Tues…
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New Zealand Is Loath to Use Suspect’s Name to Avoid Amplifying His Cause
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The Theater at the Forefront of Poland’s Culture Wars
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Syracuse’s Onetime Heir Apparent Jolts a Struggling Washington
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Mark Bittman Is Starting a Food Magazine at Medium
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How Executives Vote With Their Wallets
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Illustrating the story of 1001 Nights
The newly opened, permanent Downtown space of Artual Galley inaugurated the occasion with its first exhibition, The Tho…
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Retired musicians enjoy ‘grand finale’ at Verdi home
Nearly 120 years after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi called it his most beautiful work, ageing musicians still play o…
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Recovered de Kooning back in spotlight
More than 30 years after it was brazenly stolen from an Arizona museum, a painting by Willem de Kooning reportedly wort…
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Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers respite
As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of …
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Cubans turn Haiti into shopping oasis
You wouldn’t think the poorest country in the Americas would be anyone’s shopping dream. from The Daily Star >>…
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Pigeon flies high in 1.25 million euros auction
A star racing pigeon named Armando has fetched a record 1.25 million euros in an online auction, Belgian media reported…
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High-tech glasses, Japanese ALS patient makes the beat go on
The music booms and lights flash as Masatane Muto, a wheelchair-bound disc jockey, uses is eyes to put on a show at a r…
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New Zealand’s loss of innocence
After the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Le Monde famously proclaimed that Today, we are all Americans. from The D…
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Improving health in Africa, a need for better allocated aid programs
One of the lessons of the Ebola epidemic is the need to improve the African countries’ public health services, which ha…
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Five years on, the Crimean stalemate continues
Five years after Russia annexed Crimea, there is no reason to believe the peninsula’s status will change anytime soon. …
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OPEC+ will stick to oil cuts but defers decision to extend
Saudi Arabia led fellow members of the OPEC+ coalition to reaffirm their commitment to output cuts, but conceded they s…
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Delta emerges as front-runner to take over broke Alitalia
Delta Air Lines Inc. will continue to pursue a takeover of Alitalia SpA’s operations after a potential partner dropped …
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Fake goods represent 3.3 percent of global trade
Global sales of counterfeit and pirated goods have soared to 460 billion euros ($522 billion) a year, amounting to a wh…
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ING money laundering woes worsen after probe
ING Groep NV was told to stop taking on new clients in Italy, in an unusual step for the country’s central bank, after …
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Volunteers fly in to wash the dead in New Zealand
Kamran Nasir was in a finance lecture in Australia when a gunman slaughtered 50 people during Friday prayers at two mos…
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PM Ardern vows tougher gun laws
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 pe…
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Scammers seek to cash in on massacre
Scammers are trying to cash in on the Christchurch mosque massacres, using phishing emails with links to fake bank acco…
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Syrian says innocent of German knife killing
Defense lawyers for a Syrian man on trial in Germany insisted Monday he is innocent of a knife killing that sparked rac…
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Hudson-Odoi, Ward-Prowse earn call-ups for England
Chelsea teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi was called up by England for the first time, while Southampton midfielder James War…
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Sarri’s stubbornness threatens Chelsea’s top-four hopes
Chelsea’s latest Premier League away-day collapse at Everton leaves Maurizio Sarri’s side facing an uphill task to fini…
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Uganda probes U.N. relief food after three deaths: police
Uganda is investigating a supply of food from the World Food Program (WFP) after three people died and more than 150 ot…
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New Algerian group urges Bouteflika to step down, and army not to interfere
A new Algerian group headed by political leaders, opposition figures and activists has called on President Abdelaziz Bo…
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Job skills for young Indonesians a key concern ahead of election
Rival campaigners in Indonesia's elections next month are sparring over ways to fix the education system in Southea…
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'Our darkest of days': PM Ardern voices New Zealand's grief
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery and courage by mosque worshippers as a lone gu…
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Turkey escalates crackdown on dissent six years after Gezi protests
Unzile Aksakoglu struggles to explain to her seven-year-old daughter why her father Yigit has spent four months in jail…
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Thai construction tycoon gets 16 months in jail for poaching
A Thai court sentenced a construction tycoon to 16 months in prison without probation on Tuesday after finding him guil…
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Tech consortium flags more than 800 versions of New Zealand attack video
A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800…
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China says played 'constructive role' in reducing Pakistan, India tension
China played a "constructive role" in reducing tension between Pakistan and India, the foreign ministry said,…
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Kabul's expanding foreigner 'bubble' trades safety for isolation
Kabul's green zone is a place where diplomats fly in cheesecake from New York and cases of wine from Europe, but ma…