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South Korea leans toward military conscription for women
Facing a population decline, fewer potential servicemembers and calls for social equality to be extended to national mil…
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Soon the ‘Trump Earth’: President’s renaming of Great Lake pushes US and his administration to brink of absurdity
Absolutely nobody — not Democrats, nor Trump’s allies, journalists or even Canadians — walked away with anything useful …
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Extreme rollercoaster ‘leaves two women with brain injuries’
The X2 rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain is marketed for the ‘ultimate daredevil’…
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India: Citizen-led school audits test the limits of activism
The student-led "Cockroach" movement is taking its campaign for accountability to government schools, but the activists'…
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Nepal and Tibet : around 93,000 people affected, according to the Red Cross
The death toll continues to rise in the Nepal and Tibet floods as the situation remains fast-moving. The Red Cross says …
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Serbian war criminal Mladic to be buried with 'state honours'
Convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladić has died at the age of 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, where he was serving a life se…
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Nepal-Tibet flood death toll passes 500 as rescue resumes
More than a thousand people are still missing after deadly floods and landslides on the China-Nepal border. Rescue effor…
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Gladys Knight announces she is stepping back from performing ahead of ‘new era’ of life
The performer thanked her fans for their support over the years…
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Congo begins Ebola vaccination drive to fight most-deadly outbreak on record
Frontline health workers are first in line to receive vaccinations amid the country’s fastest-growing outbreak…
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Nepal: Army rescues hundreds trapped in tunnel as flood risk reignites
#Rescue operations are underway in #Nepal after devastating #floods killed hundreds and left more than 1,400 missing. Th…
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Judge blocks Trump mail ballot rules over ‘overwhelming risk’ to voters
A federal judge has temporarily halted key elements of a new U.S. Postal Service policy directed by President Donald Tru…
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Why Germany's military is betting on gamers
For the past 10 years, the German armed forces — the Bundeswehr — are represented at Gamescom, Cologne's video game trad…
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French presidential candidates gather for first debate as left-right divide emerges on economic issues
Seven presidential hopefuls debated their positions on taxes, pensions, debt and labor costs on Thursday at the Roland-G…
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Corporate America pours record $646 million into midterms as election spending explodes
Companies donated a record $646 million to U.S. political campaigns in the 18 months through June…
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Uganda's King of Tooro, once world's youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34
King Oyo Nyimba, leader of the Tooro kingdom in western Uganda, has died at the age of 34, the region's prime minister o…
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Nepal flash floods: 'Very challenging' for survivors who have lost their homes and their families
Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Sunita Sharma, Head of Programs of Karuna-Shechen. While Nepal has considerable exp…
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Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese bord…
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China's lost children: Adoptees search for answers
At the height of China's controversial one-child policy, children were torn away from their birth families and put up fo…
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Nepal and Tibet floods leave residents stunned and fearing second deadly wave
As international aid begins to arrive, Chinese authorities have warned of a high risk of a breach in a dammed lake forme…
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US judge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic unlawful
The AI company was labeled a "supply chain risk" after refusing to allow unrestricted military use of its technology. Th…
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Germany news: Dobrindt hosts Baltic Sea hybrid-threat talks
Ministers from Baltic countries are meeting to discuss threats after a drone attack at Leipzig airport. Meanwhile, Germa…
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'Retrospective incrimination: First we shoot, we kill, and then we find a reason why it happened'
Liza Kaminov is pleased to welcome Nadav Weiman, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence. He says there is a troublin…
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King Harald's death puts focus on Norway's future king
Following King Harald's death, attention is turning to Crown Prince Haakon, who is set to become Norway's next king afte…
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Lindsay Clancy jury returns Friday to decide her fate after heartbreaking murder trial
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial were set to resume Friday to determine whether she was responsible for her actions…