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British boy who went missing in France for six years says being back home feels ‘surreal’
Alex Batty, a British boy who was found in France after going missing for six years, says it feels “surreal”...
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Prague in shock and horror after ‘senseless’ shooting attack leaves 14 dead
Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University,...
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US, Somali forces kill Al-Shabaab commander responsible for multiple attacks, official says
Maalim Ayman, a senior leader of the Al-Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17...
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China’s Xi Jinping hails Russia cooperation as record trade beats $200 billion target
China and Russia wrapped up a bumper year of cooperation with an annual year-end meeting in which the two vowed...
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EU reaches ‘landmark’ agreement on asylum reform but deal still faces challenge of ratification
The European Union has reached a provisional agreement to “thoroughly overhaul” its laws on asylum and migration, a move being hailed as a landmark but which...
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Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a long-standing geological mystery
A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet...
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United States announces plan to land international astronaut on the moon
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that an international astronaut will be landing on the surface of the moon as...
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Two major national security trials are putting the spotlight back on civil rights in Hong Kong. Here’s what to know
The fates of many of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy figures are at stake in two ongoing trials that spotlight the...
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Israeli military dog captured hostages’ voices on camera days before they were killed by friendly fire
The voices of three Israeli hostages who were accidentally killed by Israeli troops in Gaza were captured on a GoPro...
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Israel struck some areas it directed civilians to in Gaza, CNN analysis shows
On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a map of Gaza – divided into 623 numbered blocks – indicating...
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