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Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks
Brazil’s government has broken its silence over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was surprised by “the offensive tone” adopted by Venezuelan authorities toward Brazil
November 01, 2024South Korean military says the North appears poised to conduct nuclear and ICBM tests
South Korea’s military intelligence agency says North Korea has likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and appears to be preparing to test a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States
October 30, 2024Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as residents appeal for aid
The mud that covers Alicia Montero is the signature uniform of impromptu army of volunteers
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Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown
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India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
India has officially protested the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.”
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front
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UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader
Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power
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Indian troops kill 3 suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir
Three suspected militants have been killed in gunfights with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir
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An attack on a central Israeli town has injured 11 as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s attack last week
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Spain's government to send 10,000 soldiers and police to Valencia after deadly floods
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the government is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed at least 211 people
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Archaeologists unearth an ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb in Luxor
Egyptian authorities say archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor
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Rescuers end search for survivors after 14 die in canopy collapse in northern Serbia
Serbian rescuers have stopped searching for survivors after pulling out 14 bodies from underneath tons of concrete from a fallen canopy at the entrance of a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad
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Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel, US with 'crushing response' over attack
Iran’s supreme leader has threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies
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Iran's supreme leader threatens both Israel and the US with 'a crushing response' over attacks on Iran and its allies
Iran's supreme leader threatens both Israel and the US with 'a crushing response' over attacks on Iran and its allies
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Israel's path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone
Satellite imagery and data collected by mapping experts show extensive destruction in 11 villages in southern Lebanon located immediately next to the border with Israel
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residence
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Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy
Moldovans vote this weekend in a presidential runoff race between a pro-Western incumbent and a Russia-friendly challenger
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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions
Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers
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Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 UN biodiversity summit in Colombia
Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 UN biodiversity summit in Colombia
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Bolivia's president accuses supporters of former leader Morales of seizing 3 military barracks
Bolivian President Luis Arce has condemned the seizure of three military units by supporters of former President Evo Morales, calling it “an absolutely reprehensible criminal act that is far from any legitimate social claim of the Indigenous peasant mo...
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Brazil's federal police indict 20 in connection with salt mine catastrophe in country's northeast
Brazil’s federal police have indicted 20 people for rock salt mining in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio that destroyed five urban neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes
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In cartel-plagued Mexican cities authorities warn adults not to wear masks on Halloween
Halloween is gaining ground in Mexico, but in a country so wracked by drug cartel violence, there have been real fears about ghosts, ghouls and skeletons walking the streets
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Death toll from Israeli strikes on villages in northeast Lebanon climbs to 45, local authorities say
Death toll from Israeli strikes on villages in northeast Lebanon climbs to 45, local authorities say
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Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks
Brazil’s government has broken its silence over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was surprised by “the offensive tone” adopted by Venezuelan authorities toward Brazil
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty
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What to know about changes to Mexico's Constitution that prohibit court challenges to amendments
Mexico’s federal and state legislatures, all dominated by the ruling Morena party, have passed amendments to the Constitution that prohibit courts from challenging any Constitutional reforms
November 01
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Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily after the British ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.”
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As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground
The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers
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Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease
Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest rates charged on British debt steadying and the pound rising against most other currencies
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Tourists toss coins over a makeshift pool as Rome’s Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance
Tourists eager to fulfill the fabled promise to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a plastic barrier and into a small makeshift pool in front of Rome’s Trevi Fountain while the iconic attraction is being drained for maintenance
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Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments
The Dutch junior minister for finance has quit following criticism of his refusal to publish details of his personal investments
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Flooding in Spain leaves more than 200 dead
Spanish authorities are warning more rain is in the forecast. ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports.
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Head of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for sexual violence as war rages
The head of a U.N.-backed fact-finding team looking into human rights violations and abuses in Sudan says the team found the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces responsible for large-scale sexual violence in areas that it controls
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8,000 North Korean soldiers to enter Ukraine in days: Pentagon
ABC News’ Patrick Reevell talks about what the escalation of troops by North Korea and Russia could mean in Ukraine, as well as in Asia.
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Israeli airstrikes leave 6 paramedics dead in Lebanon
Six paramedics were killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon on Thursday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports.
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Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on northeastern Lebanon on Friday rises from 8 to 24, the country's news agency says
Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on northeastern Lebanon on Friday rises from 8 to 24, the country's news agency says
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Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month
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Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh rally to demand protection from attacks
Tens of thousands of minority Hindus have rallied to demand that the interim government in Muslim-majority Bangladesh protect them from a wave of attacks and harassment and to drop sedition cases against Hindu community leaders
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Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 8
Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 14 people
November 01
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Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people
Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people
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Japan and EU announce a security and defense partnership as regional tensions rise
Japan and the European Union have announced a security and defense partnership as they seek to step up military ties, including joint exercises and exchanges between their defense industries, amid growing tensions with China, North Korea and Russia
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A dissident film director from Belarus is released after 1 year of detention in Serbia
A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and gone to Germany
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Deaths of 10 newborns shake millions' trust in Turkey's health care system
Turkish prosecutors accuse 47 doctors, nurses and other medical workers of killing 10 newborns since last year through neglect or malpractice that aimed to defraud the country’s medical system
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Spanish authorities raise death toll from devastating flash floods to at least 205
Spanish authorities raise death toll from devastating flash floods to at least 205
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'Amateurish' thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery
Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stolen two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol
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Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
Lebanese health authorities say that Israel has launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages, killing at least 52 people and wounding 72 others
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Death toll from Israeli strikes on central Gaza on Thursday rises to 25, Palestinian hospital officials say
Death toll from Israeli strikes on central Gaza on Thursday rises to 25, Palestinian hospital officials say
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A bus carrying students skids off a road in Sri Lanka, killing 2 and injuring 39 others
A bus carrying university students on a field trip has skidded off a road and tipped over in central Sri Lanka, killing two people and injuring 39 others
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Not just for summer: 'Brat' is Collins Dictionary's word of the year
Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” its 2024 word of the year
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