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Troops load aid onto a vehicle as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, on Sunday.

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Blinken tours Turkey's earthquake zone and pledges $100 million more in U.S. aid

The additional aid includes $50 million in emergency refugee and migration funds and $50 million in humanitarian assistance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

February 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, top, flies in formation with U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.

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  • Asia

The U.S. and South Korea staged a joint air exercise after the North's missile launch

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

February 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The USS Albacore is pictured in Groton, Conn., on May 9, 1942.

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An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

February 19, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi in New York City on Sept. 23, 2022.

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  • World

Blinken meets with China's top diplomat in first meeting since balloon controversy

The meeting is the highest level of contact between the two nations since the discovery of a Chinese balloon in U.S. airspace at the beginning of this month.

February 18, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • John Ruwitch
Radhika (15), Anjali (16), Suman (21), and Suhani (15) in July 2022 perform a dance routine near the village of Sahana Pahari, Jharia.

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  • Children's Health

A dance of hope by children who scavenge coal

Kids in India illegally collect bits of coal to sell so they can help their families. To give them a chance for a brighter future, an local educator gives them lessons in academics and the arts.

February 18, 2023
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  • Elle Kurancid and
  • Walaa Alshaer
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China's top diplomat Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 9, 2022.

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  • World

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

February 18, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

North Korea fires a missile as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for military exercises

North Korea fired a long-range missile into the sea off Japan a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises.

February 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Private security guards close the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India.

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  • World

Indian authorities accuse the BBC of tax evasion after raiding their offices

Press freedom advocates around the world have decried this week's raids on the BBC — in which journalists and accountants alike were questioned, and had their phones and laptops searched.

February 17, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
Japan conducted a recount of its number of islands amid criticism that the figures weren't correct. Geographers are expected to add more than 7,000 islands to the count.

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  • Science

Japan recounted its islands. Now geographers say there may be 7,000 more of them

Japan conducted a recount of its islands amid criticism that the data was old and inaccurate. Geographers took another look and the number of islands is expected to more than double.

February 17, 2023
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  • Roshan Fernandez
A view from the 220-meter (670 feet) summit of Mt. Bi looks down on the airport's single runway jutting out into into the sea on Beigan in the Matsu island group, off northern Taiwan, Aug. 22, 2012.

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  • Asia

Taiwan reports that a Chinese weather balloon was found on an outlying island

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the balloon carried equipment registered to a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.

February 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators gather outside Zhongshan Park in Wuhan, China, to protest changes to medical benefits, on Wednesday, in this still image from social media video obtained by Reuters.

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  • World

Retirees in China hold rare protests against health insurance reforms

Retirees have protested in two Chinese cities over fears that the authorities will dip into their personal health savings accounts to cover public budget shortfalls.

February 16, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
A Border Police officer stands guard outside the office building where Indian tax authorities raided BBC's office in New Delhi.

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  • World

Indian tax inspectors are still searching BBC offices, with some staying overnight

Around 10 BBC employees have been sleeping in their office since Tuesday. Some of the tax agents stayed overnight too. They searched laptops and phones of some journalists and administrative staff.

February 16, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer

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  • Global Health

How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them

Animals carry millions of pathogens. So it's a daunting task to find the one with the greatest potential to spark a pandemic. Now scientists are rethinking the way they hunt for that next new virus.

February 16, 2023
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Relatives of Duangphet "Dom" Phromthep, one of the boys rescued from the flooded cave in northern Thailand, greet him as he arrives home in the Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, in 2018.

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  • World

One of 12 boys rescued from the Thai cave dies at a British school

The captian of the boys soccer team rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 was found unconscious in his room at the sports academy he was attending in England.

February 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A police officer stands at the entrance of the office building where Indian tax authorities raided BBC's office in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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  • World

Indian tax authorities raid the BBC weeks after it aired critical Modi documentary

A two-part BBC documentary examined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in anti-Muslim raids that killed hundreds in his home state of Gujarat in 2002.

February 14, 2023
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  • Raksha Kumar
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