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Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi, 52, sits in a room at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, after Israeli forces say he was found alone in a tunnel in Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it rescued a hostage found alone in an underground tunnel in Gaza

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.

August 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators with signs reading "Grandmas against the far-right" protest against right-wing extremism and racism at the Deutzer Werft shipyard in Cologne, Germany, June 1.

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  • World

Germany's grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections

Ahead of Sunday's vote, senior women in Germany's east are reaching out to supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany to try to change minds. They say they receive some support — and abuse.

August 27, 2024
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  • Esme Nicholson
A television screen shows a file image of Pvt. Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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  • National

U.S. Army private who fled to North Korea will plead guilty to desertion, lawyer says

Travis King’s attorney says the U.S. Army private intends to admit guilt to a total of five military offenses, including desertion and assaulting an officer.

August 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A new Australian law protects workers who don't respond to work-related messages outside of their working hours, with some exceptions.

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  • Business

Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

August 27, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Viktoriia Verbeniuk, a Ukrainian American poses for a portrait to celebrate the Ukraine Independence Day on August 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Photos: Ukrainians celebrate their Independence Day by running in vyshyvankas

Ukrainian diaspora in Washington, D.C., runs in vyshyvankas to mark Independence Day and support war relief efforts.

August 27, 2024
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  • Lilly Quiroz
People look at a burnt vehicle which was torched by gunmen after they killed passengers at a highway in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan province in restive southwestern Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

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  • Asia

Separatist group claims multiple attacks that killed over 40 people in Pakistan

The outlawed Baluchistan Liberation Army group warned in a statement overnight into Tuesday of more attacks.

August 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In this screengrab taken from a handout video, Manette Baillie, 102, smiles as she prepares to skydive over England on Sunday.

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  • World

A 102-year-old woman becomes the United Kingdom’s oldest skydiver

Manette Baillie broke the record Sunday during a tandem jump in eastern England. She was raising money for three organizations, including her local veterans club.

August 27, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov speaks during a press conference in 2017.

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  • Technology

French officials question Telegram CEO about child sexual abuse images and drugs

Authorities in Paris said on Monday that Durov is being held on questions stemming from an investigation into criminal activity on the app, including the spread of child pornography and facilitating the selling of illegal drugs.

August 26, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster receives a send-off from the White House staff on his last day in the Trump administration on April 6, 2018.

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  • Latin America

Former national security adviser McMaster says he won’t work for Trump again

In his new book At War with Ourselves, My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster recounts his experience working for Trump and his inner circle.

August 26, 2024
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  • Reena Advani and
  • Steve Inskeep
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  • News

Harris now ties Trump in swing states. And, a Babe Ruth jersey shatters record

New polling shows Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump are nearly tied in seven critical states in the presidential race. And, a famed Babe Ruth jersey sells for a record $24 million.

August 26, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
People near burned vehicles, torched by gunmen after killing passengers, on a highway in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan province in southwestern Pakistan on Monday.

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  • Asia

Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan

Security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

August 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, is pictured onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on Sept. 21, 2015, in San Francisco.

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  • Technology

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France, reports say

The Russian-born tech billionaire is a citizen of France and the UAE. Telegram, which he co-founded in 2013, has nearly 1 billion users. It’s known for its hands-off approach to content moderation.

August 25, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
An Israeli Apache helicopter flies over Israel on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire, raising fears of a regional war

Israel's military said the strikes in southern Lebanon were preemptive. Soon after, Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month.

August 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Police emergency vehicles stand at a cordon in the city center of Solingen, Germany, in the early morning of Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, following Friday's deadly attack at the city's 650th anniversary celebrations.

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  • Europe

Man claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack turns himself in, German police say

German police said that a 26-year-old man claimed to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.

August 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Italian firefighter divers bring ashore the body of one of the victims of a shipwreck, in Porticello, Sicily, on Friday Aug. 23.

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  • Europe

Italian prosecutors open a manslaughter investigation into yacht sinking off Sicily

Prosecutors opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. No suspect is currently identified.

August 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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