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News Articles: World

A man stands outside his house surrounded by floodwaters after Hurricane Julia swept through the area in Bluefields, Nicaragua, on Sunday. The storm hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast and dumped torrential rains across Central America before reemerging over the Pacific as a tropical storm.

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  • Latin America

At least 28 are dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall

Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Emergency workers clear debris from the crater of a missile strike at a bus stop in a residential area of Dnipro, Ukraine. Missiles struck multiple cities across the country Monday morning.

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  • World

Deadly missile strikes hit Kyiv as explosions reported in other cities across Ukraine

The attacks came only hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged a strategic bridge that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia.

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • Julian Hayda,
  • Jason Beaubien,
  • and 2 more
The band Hacía la Victoria, Spanish for "Onward to Victory," after rehearsal in Santiago, Chile, on Aug. 31. All of the musicians in the band sustained serious eye injuries during clashes with police who used tear gas and shotguns against anti-government protesters in 2019. From left: Camilo Galvez, Vicente Pascal, Sergio Concha, Gustavo Gatica, Cesar Galloso, Andrés López, Miles Camus.

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  • World

For Chileans blinded in police violence, making music has become one path to healing

All members of Hacía la Victoria ("Onward to Victory") sustained eye injuries during clashes with police in anti-government protests in 2019. Their lyrics focus on police brutality and their own pain.

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis
A Russian service member patrols the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in May.

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  • Europe

Power is back at Europe's largest nuclear plant. IAEA warns the situation can't last

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine went offline over the weekend after Russian shelling damaged the last remaining outside power source.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Flame and smoke rise fron Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, on Saturday.

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  • World

Putin calls the attack on a key bridge to Crimea a terrorist act

The Russian president accused Ukrainian special services of carrying out an attack on the Kerch Bridge, a key supply line for Russian forces.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Travelers stand in long lines at the travel center in Hamburg Central Station after long-distance services in northern Germany came to a standstill, Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday.

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  • World

An act of sabotage shut down parts of Germany's rail system for hours this weekend

Officials say a key train communications system was compromised, stranding passenger and cargo trains across the northwest of the country on Saturday.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Police keep watch as an ambulance is parked outside the PNP Custodial Compound in Camp Crame police headquarters, Metro Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 9, 2022.

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  • Asia

Filipino police kill 3 inmates in jail rampage after ex-senator was held hostage

Philippine police killed three detained militants linked to Islamic State after they staged a Manila jail rampage that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator held hostage.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait on Saturday.

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  • World

First, a bridge strategic to Russia was attacked — then came the Ukrainian memes

Ukrainians celebrated the Saturday attack on a key bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia by flooding social media with memes, which have become a staple of the conflict.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Tourists, coming mainly from Russia, at the arrival terminal at Antalya International Airport in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Sept. 22, the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a draft for Ukraine.

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  • World

Thousands of Russians continue to arrive in Turkey, fleeing conscription

Antalya is a longtime Russian tourist destination that's become a refuge for those who don't want to fight in the war. But things are getting more complicated for Russians in Turkey.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by shelling in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022.

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  • World

Russians barrage Ukrainian town after bridge explosion

A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said Sunday.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena's recital at the LA Opera.

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  • Arts & Life

How Italian opera influenced Mexican ranchera

The influence can be traced back to the 1800s when opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Betto Arcos
A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Julia, bottom right, at 4 p.m. EDT. Julia is gaining strength heading westward in the southern Caribbean.

Tagged as: 

  • Weather

Hurricane Julia heads for Nicaragua after passing Colombian island

The storm is forecast to dump heavy rains across Central America.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A protester shows a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration to support Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over the death of a young woman in police custody, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 in Paris.

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  • Middle East

Iranian protesters hack State TV with images of supreme leader surrounded by flames

Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Researchers believe <em>Girl with a Flute</em> could not have been painted by Vermeer because it lacked his precision and paint application.

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  • Fine Art

Art researchers discover one of Dutch artist Vermeer's paintings is not actually his

A team of curators, conservators and scientists from the National Gallery of Art say Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Flute was actually painted by someone else.

October 08, 2022
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Flame and smoke rise from the bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula early Saturday.

Tagged as: 

  • Europe

A blast hits the bridge to Crimea, a key supply route in Russia's war

The 12-mile bridge has served as a key auto and rail supply line from Russia into Crimea. A Ukrainian official said the incident was just "the beginning," but stopped short of taking credit.

October 08, 2022
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By:
  • Julian Hayda
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