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Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack
Explosions and fires have ripped through an ammunition depot in Russia-annexed Crimea in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week
8/16/2022 12:37:18 EDTSouth African miners mark 10th anniversary of killings
Police opened fire on striking miners, killing 34 in 2012.
8/16/2022 12:28:30 EDTIran submits a 'written response' in nuclear deal talks
Iran says it has submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers
8/16/2022 11:52:59 EDT
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Reports: Turkish airstrike in north Syria kills at least 11
An opposition war monitor and a Kurdish media outlet say Turkey has carried out an airstrike in northern Syria near its border killing at least 11 people, including Syrian government soldiers
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Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack
Explosions and fires have ripped through an ammunition depot in Russia-annexed Crimea in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week
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South African miners mark 10th anniversary of killings
Police opened fire on striking miners, killing 34 in 2012.
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Reports: Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 minors
A Palestinian human rights group and an Israeli newspaper are reporting that an explosion in a cemetery that killed five Palestinian children during the latest Gaza flare-up was caused by an Israeli airstrike
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Brazil's presidential campaign kicks off amid violence fears
Brazil’s presidential election campaign officially began with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leading all polls against incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro amid growing concern about political violence after several incidents in recent months
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Iran submits a 'written response' in nuclear deal talks
Iran says it has submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers
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Russia warns Britain against planned spy plane overflight
The Russian Defense Ministry has warned Britain against a planned spy plane flight over Russian territory, saying the country’s air force has been given orders to prevent an intrusion
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Estonia removes Soviet monument, citing public order
Estonia’s government has started removing a Soviet World War II monument near the country's border with Russia as part of a wider effort to dismantle remaining Soviet-era symbols
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Poland consulting foreign labs over Oder River fish die-off
Poland's environment ministry says water samples are being sent to laboratories abroad in a bid to solve the mystery of a massive fish die-off in the Oder River, while the government is pledging tougher laws against environmental polluters
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Environmental groups sue US over Puerto Rico dredging plan
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the U
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Greece seeks ways to recover migrant girl's body from border
Greece says it will work with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent to seek the body of a child reported to have died of a scorpion sting while stranded with a group of migrants on the Greek-Turkish border
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Officials release Beirut gunman after bank drops charges
Lebanon’s state prosecutor has released a man who took up to 10 people hostage in a bank at gunpoint while demanding funds from his locked savings account
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French backpacker missing in Egypt for a year back in Paris
A lawyer says a French backpacker who had gone missing in Egypt a year ago has safely returned home to Paris
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Germany flying 6 fighters 13k miles in 24 hours to Singapore
A group of German air force fighter jets has landed in Singapore as part of a marathon bid to fly them some 12,800 kilometers (8,000 miles) from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours
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Cuban doctor shot to death at Mexico hospital
A Cuban doctor has been shot to death at a hospital in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City
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Palestinian hunger striker to appeal to Israel's high court
The lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner says her client will appeal his case to Israel's Supreme Court as he continues what his family says is a 165-day hunger strike
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Kenya's Odinga says he'll challenge his close election loss
Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga says he’ll challenge the results of the close presidential election with “all constitutional and legal options” after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner
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Germany: Driver who killed 5 in car rampage jailed for life
A German man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for a high-speed car rampage in the southwestern city of Trier two years ago
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High temps, drought in China affect drinking water, crops
Unusually high temperatures and a prolonged drought are affecting China.
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Switzerland, Uzbekistan sign deal on return of Karimova cash
Switzerland says it has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan on the return of $131 million seized as part of a money-laundering investigation against the eldest daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov
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Iraq's finance minister resigns over political crisis
Two government officials say that Iraq's finance minister has resigned over the country’s worst political crisis in years
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Kenya candidate Raila Odinga says he’ll challenge his loss in the close presidential election by 'all legal options.'
Kenya candidate Raila Odinga says he’ll challenge his loss in the close presidential election by 'all legal options.'
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Former UN chief Ban urges world to remember Bucha victims
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the world to honor civilians who were killed when Russian ground forces tried to invade Ukraine’s capital
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Sudan floods continue to tear up homes; 66 people killed
A Sudanese official says the country's death toll from flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, has risen to 66 since the start of the rainy season
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Putin blasts US 'hegemony,' predicts end to 'unipolar' world
Putin accused the U.S. of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine.
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Chinese navy ship docks in Sri Lanka, stokes worry in India
A Chinese navy vessel has arrived at a Beijing-built port in southern Sri Lanka after its port call was earlier delayed due to apparent security concerns raised by India
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Satellite images show first ship out of Ukraine in Syria
The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria — even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow
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Germany: 1 dead after self-driving BMW veers into traffic
Police in Germany says one person has died and nine were seriously injured after a test car with autonomous steering capability veered into oncoming traffic
August 16
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Top Malaysian court orders ex-PM Najib to begin final appeal
Malaysia’s top court has ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to begin his final appeal on Thursday after rejecting his request to throw out his graft conviction and 12-year sentence over potential judicial bias
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Bus accident in Kashmir kills at least 6 Indian soldiers
A bus carrying paramilitary soldiers in Indian-controlled Kashmir has skidded off a mountainous road and rolled down into a river, killing at least six and injuring dozens of others
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Kenyan calm a day after chaotic presidential declaration
Kenya is calm a day after the declaration of Deputy President William Ruto as the winner of the narrow presidential election over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga
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Kenya calm a day after chaotic presidential declaration
Kenya is calm a day after the declaration of Deputy President William Ruto as the winner of the narrow presidential election over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga
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Bus rams into fuel truck in eastern Pakistan, killing 20
Pakistani police and rescue officials say that a passenger bus rammed into a fuel truck on a highway in eastern Punjab province, igniting a fire that killed at least 20 people
August 16
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Columbia River's salmon are at the core of ancient religion
The Columbia River, which natives call Nch’i-Wána, or “the great river,” has sustained Indigenous people in the region for millennia
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Chinese research ship docks in Sri Lanka after postponement
A Chinese scientific research ship whose port call was earlier deferred due to apparent security concerns raised by India arrived at Tuesday a southern port in Sri Lanka
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ABC News Live Prime: Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Afghanistan marks one year of Taliban rule; authorities investigating chain of custody for documents found at former President Donald Trump's home; threats growing against law enforcement.
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Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
The Taliban are marking a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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Former ambassador ‘optimistic’ on Brittney Griner talks
ABC News’ Phil Lipof spoke to former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson about the latest efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Wehlan from Russia.
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Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more corruption charges
It added six years to her earlier 11-year prison sentence.
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Myanmar executions revive pressure for more sanctions
Recent executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar have reenergized efforts to get the U.S. and other governments to impose further sanctions on its army-controlled government
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Russian shells slam into eastern Ukraine, killing 3 people
Nearly 20 others were also wounded.
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Mexico's week of drug violence shakes administration
Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four Mexican states last week have left people asking why drug cartels exploded, and what do they want
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August 15
Safety concerns after deadly fire rips through Egypt church
Residents of a Cairo neighborhood say they are in shock a day after a devastating fire ripped through a Coptic Orthodox church, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children
August 15
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Urban combat and beyond: Ukrainian recruits get UK training
Hundreds of new Ukrainian army recruits are training to liberate Ukraine from Russian invasion — but they are doing it more than 1,000 miles away in England
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Impact of Kabul’s fall to the Taliban lingers
ABC News Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez and ABC News national security and defense analyst Mick Mulroy discuss the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis.
August 15
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Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie
Iran had issued a fatwa demanding his death decades ago.
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Taliban celebrates 1 year of rule in Afghanistan
ABC News chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell is live in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Taliban is celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
August 15
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Norway hits export record amid soaring gas prices
Norway’s exports have reached a record in July that is driven mainly by higher natural gas prices
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August 15
1 year after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghans still fighting poverty, hunger
Mélissa Cornet, an advisor for CARE Afghanistan, said the country is facing a humanitarian crisis a year after the Taliban retook control.
August 15
August 15
London's Heathrow Airport extends passenger cap to October
London’s Heathrow Airport says it will extend its cap on daily passenger numbers until the end of October to cope with soaring demand for air travel amid staffing shortages
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