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Mar 07, 2021
Pope Francis performed a mass for 10,000 people in a stadium in Erbil, northern Iraq, on the final day of his historic visit to the country, in which Christians are an embattled minority. The Pope also visited towns which had been subjected to the rule of ISIL and urged a message of peaceful coexistence between religions.
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Mar 07, 2021
Taiwan was "an inalienable part of Chinese territory" and an "insurmountable red line" for Beijing, Wang Yi told a news conference in Beijing.
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Mar 07, 2021
"How cruel it is that this country, the cradle of civilization, should have been afflicted by so barbarous a blow," the pontiff said in Mosul.
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Mar 07, 2021
"In order to prevent some serious problems, this injection is very, very helpful," the Dalai Lama said.
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Mar 06, 2021
Footage has emerged showing a Catholic nun in Myanmar placing herself between police and protesters. The incident took place a week ago in the northern city of Myitkyina. Speaking to British broadcaster Sky News, Sister Ann Roza Nu Tawng accused security forces of beating and killing dissidents.
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Mar 06, 2021
"We must denounce the actions by the military," said U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener.
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Mar 06, 2021
Maria Sabina Calabretta asked the court to find Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, guilty and to impose Italy's maximum sentence.
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Mar 06, 2021
"He has come to help us get to a better day," Iraqi President Barham Salih told NBC News.
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Mar 06, 2021
"We're taking away this beautiful plant from criminals and putting in the hands of retailers and farmers," said former Mexican President Vicente Fox.
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Mar 06, 2021
Four people have died in a the violence, said Senegal's Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome.
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Mar 06, 2021
Royal interviews are historically rare and the family is scrupulously guarded in what they reveal to the public.
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Mar 05, 2021
During the first papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis called for peace between religions in a country where Christians are often persecuted by groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS.
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Mar 05, 2021
Speaking at the presidential palace welcome ceremony, the pontiff urged people to overcome their differences and "leave to future generations a better, more just and more humane world."
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Mar 05, 2021
The week leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey has delivered daily episodes of royal drama.
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Mar 05, 2021
The clip was released a day after another 30-second excerpt showed Meghan accusing the royal family of "perpetuating falsehoods" about the couple.
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Mar 05, 2021
After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop "whining" and move on.
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Mar 05, 2021
Hundreds of people had gathered along the airport road with hopes of catching a glimpse of the pontiff's plane touching down.
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Mar 05, 2021
The pope was welcomed by the Iraqi prime minister after touching down in Baghdad at the start of a visit to support Iraqi Christians.
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Mar 05, 2021
Italy banned a shipment of more than a quarter-million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shots from leaving the 27-nation bloc for Australia.
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Mar 05, 2021
A powerful earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, triggering a tsunami warning and leading to wave surges onshore.
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Mar 05, 2021
It represents international and interreligious recognition of the Shia school that believes in separation of church and state over Iran's theocracy.
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Mar 05, 2021
It represents international and interreligious recognition of the Shia school that believes in separation of church and state over Iran's theocracy.
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Mar 05, 2021
Boys in China traditionally are expected to be strong leaders, get good grades and excel at sports. But the gender balance in China is changing.
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Mar 05, 2021
Boys in China traditionally are expected to be strong leaders, get good grades and excel at sports. But the gender balance in China is changing.
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Mar 05, 2021
The magnitude 8.1 quake did not appear to cause injuries or major damage because it struck in remote ocean.
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Mar 04, 2021
Warning sirens sounded Friday, urging residents around North Island's east coast to evacuate to higher ground after three earthquakes.
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Mar 04, 2021
"It is obvious for everybody that all these matters need to have some resolution," said International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi.
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Mar 04, 2021
The week leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey has delivered daily episodes of royal drama.
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Mar 04, 2021
The week leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey has delivered daily episodes of royal drama.
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Mar 04, 2021
The week leading up to Prince Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey has delivered daily episodes of royal drama.
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Mar 04, 2021
China's rubber-stamp parliament will propose ways to "improve" the electoral system to ensure there are "patriots governing Hong Kong," the body's spokesperson Zhang Yesui said Thursday.
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Mar 04, 2021
Pope Francis sent a message of hope and reconciliation to his "brothers and sisters" in Iraq ahead of his historic visit to the country.
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Mar 04, 2021
Thousands of mourners gave defiant, three-fingered salutes as the body of Kyal Sin, a university student shot dead by police, was driven through the streets of Mandalay.
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Mar 04, 2021
Security forces dramatically escalated their response to protests against the military takeover, with at least 38 people thought to have been killed on Wednesday.
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Mar 04, 2021
"I long to meet you, see your faces, visit your land, ancient and extraordinary cradle of civilization," Pope Francis said ahead of his visit.
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Mar 04, 2021
"I long to meet you, see your faces, visit your land, ancient and extraordinary cradle of civilization," Pope Francis said ahead of his visit.
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Mar 04, 2021
Security forces shot live ammunition as people gathering outside the school in northwestern Nigeria where some of the students kidnapped last week were being reunited with their families.
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Mar 04, 2021
Byun Hui-su was discharged last year for undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
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Mar 04, 2021
Philip, 99, was first admitted to a London hospital last month after feeling unwell.
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Mar 03, 2021
The judge refused to address the defendant by name. He used a van to kill 10 pedestrians, mostly women, in a 2018 attack.
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Mar 03, 2021
The International Criminal Court decision to look into alleged war crimes was welcomed by the Palestinian Authority and by Hamas, while the Israeli Prime Minister condemned it as "undiluted anti-Semitism and the height of hypocrisy."
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Mar 03, 2021
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven condemned the "terrible act."
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Mar 03, 2021
China is the only country with enough power to jeopardize the current global order, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a speech Wednesday.
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Mar 03, 2021
Neither a former U.S. general involved in the project nor the firm that sold the flawed planes has been held accountable, says a watchdog report.
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Mar 03, 2021
"In the end, our central concern must be for the victims of crimes, both Palestinian and Israeli," said Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
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Mar 03, 2021
Pope Francis is due to visit Iraq on Friday in the first-ever papal trip to the country.
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Mar 03, 2021
In Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, demonstrators came under fire as they opposed the month-long military coup.
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Mar 03, 2021
"She is determined to continue her work building compassion around the world," a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said of Meghan.
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Mar 03, 2021
Known for his high spending on art and sports, Yusaka Maezawa is no stranger to publicity stunts.
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Mar 03, 2021
Known for his high spending on art and sports, Yusaka Maezawa is no stranger to publicity stunts.
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Mar 03, 2021
"They marched towards us and fired tear gas, marched again and used stun grenades," Si Thu Maung, a protest leader in the central town of Myingyan said.
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Mar 03, 2021
Yusaku Maezawa launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passengers on a trip around the moon with SpaceX's new spacecraft.
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Mar 03, 2021
Pope Francis is due to visit Iraq on Friday in the first-ever papal trip to the country.
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Mar 02, 2021
The coordinated sanctions are a response to the Kremlin's poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent arrest and detention.
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Mar 02, 2021
Video released by an independent media organization in Myanmar showed police firing on unarmed protesters in Yangon. It was not known what ammunition was being used nor if there were any casualties.
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Mar 02, 2021
The coordinated sanctions come in response to the Kremlin's poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent arrest and detention.
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Mar 02, 2021
Ukraine is locked in a costly struggle with Russia. Former President Trump was impeached for allegedly withholding aid to pressure the country to investigate the Bidens.
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Mar 02, 2021
A new mural appeared on the side of a former jail in Reading, England, showing a prisoner escaping down a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter.
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Mar 02, 2021
At least 21 people have been killed since the coup, which Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said was a "tragic" step back for Myanmar.
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Mar 02, 2021
Among the three glowing sharks, the kitefin shark is now the largest-known luminous underwater creature.
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Mar 02, 2021
Among the three glowing sharks, the kitefin shark is now the largest-known luminous underwater creature.
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Mar 02, 2021
Among the three glowing sharks, the kitefin shark is now the largest-known luminous underwater creature.
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Mar 02, 2021
The rumbling volcano in western Indonesia on Tuesday unleashed an avalanche of scorching clouds down its slopes near the town of Karo.
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Mar 02, 2021
All 279 schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria have been released and are "healthy and happy," state authorities said.
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Mar 02, 2021
Gunmen abducted the girls on Friday, in the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in Nigeria.
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Mar 01, 2021
The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset is a piece of both political and Hollywood history.
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Mar 01, 2021
The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset is a piece of both political and Hollywood history.
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Mar 01, 2021
The coordinated sanctions come in response to the Kremlin's poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent arrest and detention.
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Mar 01, 2021
Alexei Navalny, opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, began his two and a half year sentence at one of Russia's notorious prison camps. President Biden is expected to take action against Putin as early as this week.
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Mar 01, 2021
Officials at the World Health Organization say it's "unrealistic" to expect the Covid-19 pandemic to end in 2021, but hospitalizations and deaths can be significantly reduced if the vaccine rollout is successful. The W.H.O.'s director general also admonished rich countries for prioritizing young and healthy people for vaccination, while poor countries struggle to get enough doses.
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Mar 01, 2021
"Right now the virus is very much in control," said Dr. Michael Ryan during a briefing.
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Mar 01, 2021
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in London, had said the U.S. raid killed at least 22 fighters.
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Mar 01, 2021
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in London, had said the U.S. raid had killed at least 22 fighters.
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Mar 01, 2021
"To see them go is, in a way, to witness another aspect of the destruction of our people," said Nara Baré, coordinator of COIAB, the largest group for Brazil's Indigenous tribes.
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Mar 01, 2021
"It will haunt him for his life," Hatice Cengiz, Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée, said of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his role in Khashoggi's killing.
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Mar 01, 2021
Epidemiologist Hugo López-Gatell, who is recovering well, has drawn criticism for downplaying the need for masks and for spearheading a strategy of limited testing.
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Mar 01, 2021
The new charges were met with mass demonstrations despite the deadly crackdown over the weekend.
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Mar 01, 2021
Prince Philip, 99, was transferred to a different London hospital on Monday, to continue treatment for an infection and to undergo tests for a pre-existing heart condition, Buckingham Palace said.
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Mar 01, 2021
The 66-year-old, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014.
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Mar 01, 2021
Khodorkovsky, once believed to be Russia's richest man, also called for President Joe Biden to use targeted sanctions against Putin's inner circle.
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Mar 01, 2021
Protest slogans rang out as about 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court for the hearing of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion.
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Mar 01, 2021
The longest-serving royal consort was first admitted to hospital on Feb. 16.
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Mar 01, 2021
Many were dressed in black, the color associated with the 2019 anti-government protests
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Mar 01, 2021
After the deadliest day yet in a monthlong series of protests demanding a return to democracy, riot police in Myanmar fired tear gas at demonstrators in Yangon.
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Mar 01, 2021
"I'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side," he said in a clip released ahead of a TV interview.
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Mar 01, 2021
"I'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side," he said in a clip released ahead of a TV interview.
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Mar 01, 2021
Without offering any evidence, Netanyahu told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that "it was indeed an act by Iran, that's clear."
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Mar 01, 2021
Anja Kallenbach, 33, was crowned Miss Germany in a revamped contest which organizers say focused on a woman's conviction and personality rather than her looks.
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Feb 28, 2021
A police crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Myanmar left at least 18 people dead Sunday. Footage uploaded to social media showed police firing live rounds at protesters, who have been marching for weeks against a military coup.
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Feb 28, 2021
"I hope everyone won't give up on Hong Kong ... (and) fight on," activist Sam Cheung told reporters Sunday before entering a police station.
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Feb 28, 2021
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks working with President Biden, climate change and the fight against Covid-19.
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Feb 28, 2021
In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Bill Neely, leading Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky explained what the Russian president was hoping to achieve by hounding Alexei Navalny and then likened Putin to being the head of a crime syndicate.
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Feb 28, 2021
"In some respects this is a story of the poor working class, who have been left to fend for themselves," a local leader said.
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Feb 28, 2021
"If they push us, we'll rise. If they attack us, we'll defend. We'll never kneel down to the military boots," one protester said.
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Feb 28, 2021
"If they push us, we'll rise. If they attack us, we'll defend. We'll never kneel down to the military boots," one protester said.
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Feb 28, 2021
"If they push us, we'll rise. If they attack us, we'll defend. We'll never kneel down to the military boots," one protester said.
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Feb 28, 2021
"If they push us, we'll rise. If they attack us, we'll defend. We'll never kneel down to the military boots," one protester said.
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Feb 27, 2021
A chunk of ice 20 times bigger than Manhattan has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey first detected cracks in the shelf ten years ago.
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Feb 27, 2021
Captain Tom Moore, who passed away from Covid-19 at the age of 100 having raised millions of pounds for Britain's health service during the pandemic, was given a military guard of honor at his funeral. The WWII veteran catapulted to international fame after he started fundraising by walking laps of his garden.
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Feb 27, 2021
With a mischievous wit and steely determination, he raised public spirits and was hailed a national hero in the United Kingdom.
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