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Vietnam imprisons noodle vendor over a political joke	Colombia searches Amazon for children after plane crash
Villagers evacuated from sliding mountain in Switzerland	Foes fire off accusations after explosions over Moscow
Philippines and U.S. hold largest-ever military drill	Egypt, Saudi Arabia target dissidents in the U.S.
Soccer Team shuts down in Tunisia as players all emigrate to Europe	Tennessee House ousts 2 Democratic lawmakers
Vatican rejects ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ used to justify colonial rule	Young flee Albania to seek a new future in UK
Russia’s leader faces arrest warrant	Rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to renew ties after 7 years
Belarus jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 10 years	Bird flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia
Russia accused of plot to topple Modova’s government	Tensions rise as deaths soar in Turkey earthquake
New Hampshire sets a wind-chill record	Journalist deaths jump 50%, led by war-torn Ukraine
Gangs rule much of Haiti as it loses its last elected leaders	United Arab Emirates picks oil boss to head climate summit
World War II map starts a treasure hunt in the Netherlands	Sudan’s young archaeologists take charge
Germany arrests 25 in plot to overthrow government	Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts for first time in 38 years
Qatar hosts the World Cup and controversy	Missile blast in Poland was accident, NATO says
Chile’s first lady aims to eliminate her job	Truce signed after 2 years of civil war in Ethiopia
Bird flies 8,435 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia	Inflation triggers strikes across France
Cough syrup tied to scores of child deaths in Gambia	1.8-million-year-old human tooth found in Georgia
Dozens dead in Florida from Hurricane Ian	Iran protests spread after young woman’s death
Cheetahs return to India after 70 years	5 dead after New Zealand boat flips in possible whale strike
Political refugees strain Costa Rica	Pakistan flooding kills more than 1,000
Tanzania is bringing the internet to Mount Kilimanjaro	Bartering increases in Argentina as inflation soars
Nicaragua police investigate bishop critical of government	Hungary’s leader sparks outrage over ‘mixed race’ speech
States face tough choices as Colorado River reservoirs run low	Wildfires spread as extreme heat grips Mediterranean
Britain’s leader quits amid scandal and party revolt	Russia threatens Lithuania over blocking trains
Deal ends ‘whiskey war’ over a tiny island near Greenland	Colombia’s frustrated voters to choose between ‘outsiders’
Japan records big population decline as births fall	19 children and 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school
North Korea faces a coronavirus crisis	Migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico
Spain spy chief admits hacking politicians’ phones	Finland and Sweden consider NATO membership
Honduras ex-president faces drug charges in U.S.	UK to give some migrants a one-way ticket to Rwanda
Peru official blasted after citing Hitler as a model	Sri Lanka’s economic crisis brings mass protests and resignations
Prince William tells Jamaica of “profound sorrow” for slavery	Saharan dust turns skies orange over Europe
Lost ship of Antarctic explorer found after 106 years	Taiwan’s residents worry they may be next after Ukraine
What is the role of NATO?	Luxury cars go up in smoke near Portugal islands
Ontario clears protesting truckers away from bridge	California team ‘visits’ its own stadium for Superbowl LVI
California team ‘visits’ its own stadium for Super Bowl LVI	Thanks for aid but lower the war talk, Ukraine president asks
China’s “zero-Covid” strategy targets hamsters	Australia deports unvaccinated tennis champ
Russia leads troops into strife-torn Kazakhstan	Webb telescope heads for a special spot a million miles from Earth
Kentucky hardest hit as tornadoes leave dozens dead	Suspect’s parents also charged in Michigan school shooting
World scrambles to cope with coronavirus variant first seen in Botswana	Flooding strands thousands in British Columbia
Austria orders lockdown for the unvaccinated	Tanker explosion kills scores in Sierra Leone
Climate crisis brings world leaders to Scotland	Poaching tied to tuskless elephants in Mozambique
5 killed by bow-and-arrow attack in Norway	Lebanon slips into darkness as electricity grid shuts down
‘Squid Game’ sparks talk about inequality in South Korea	Volcanic eruption rocks Canary Islands
Faeroe Islands dolphin slaughter sparks debate over tradition	Pope Francis visiting impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia
Hungry monkeys raid homes on Bali in Indonesia	Persian Gulf first stop for many Afghan evacuees
2 Pakistani children killed by bomb aimed at Chinese workers	Sicily reports highest temperature ever recorded in Europe
Thousands flee wildfires in Greece and Turkey	First group of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan arrive in U.S.
Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads	Hunger and despair fuel rare protests in Cuba
Gunmen kill the president of Haiti in his bedroom	Collapse of condominium tower stuns Florida
Chocolate makers protected from lawsuit over child slavery in Ivory Coast	Nicaragua arrests opponents to president
Did a ‘killer robot’ attack soldiers in Libya?	China tests emotion-detection software on Uyghurs

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