Belgium’s pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave
RANST, Belgium -- Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for securi…
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Mediators herald Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Israel says final details are in flux
DOHA, Qatar -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding d…
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Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say
CAIRO -- Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said…
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South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean law enforcement officials on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law l…
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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José "Cha Cha" Jiménez dies at 76
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coaliti…
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Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials say
CAIRO -- Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said…
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China's exports in December up 10.7%, beating estimates as higher U.S. tariffs loom
HONG KONG -- China's exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that U.S. President-ele…
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Taiwan iPhone maker Foxconn sets sights on EV market
BANGKOK -- Auto industry newcomers like Taiwan-based iPhone maker Foxconn and China's Huawei Technologies are maneuvering to gain an edge in the electric vehic…
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Significant progress made in talks over Israel-Hamas ceasefire
CAIRO -- U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages…
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Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradit…
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No pants? No problem. London subway riders bare their legs to brighten a gray winter day
LONDON -- Mind the pants.
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Trump’s words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but officials have a measured response
PARIS -- President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American p…
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As Russia seeks influence in Africa, former students play central role
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - The young West African students touched down in what was then the Soviet Union knowing only a handful of Russian words and little a…
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Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump ran on a return to his "America First" foreign policy platform. The U.S., he said, could no longer afford to be the world's policeman.…
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Roger Lebranchu, a WWII veteran and France’s oldest male Olympian, dies aged 102
PARIS -- Roger Lebranchu, a World War II veteran who survived Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest French male Olympian, has died. He was 102.
