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News Articles: World

Syrian opposition fighters remove a government Syrian flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Insurgents reach gates of Syria's capital, threatening to upend decades of Assad rule

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.

December 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Evacuees from the city of Pokrovsk arrive at the train station in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, on Oct. 15. They are fleeing to cities in western Ukraine or other points in Europe. Pokrovsk, a coal mining center in eastern Ukraine, is under frequent Russian artillery barrages and aerial attacks.

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  • World

Ukrainians face another harsh winter as Russia attacks coal country

Many Ukrainians continue to leave their coal mining towns, with the front line of the war with Russia nearby.

December 07, 2024
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  • Michael Robinson Chávez
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is to shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives at the Elysee Palace, on Saturday.

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  • World

Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's first term.

December 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters attend a rally demanding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

South Korean President Yoon's impeachment vote fails after ruling party boycotts it

A South Korean legislative push to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law fell through on Saturday.

December 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold placards reading "Step down Yoon Suk Yeol who led the insurrection!" during a rally calling for Yoon's impeachment in front of the ruling People Power Party headquarters in Seoul, Dec. 6.

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  • World

After trying to impose martial law, South Korea's president faces an impeachment vote

After President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law, South Korea's parliament will vote Saturday on his impeachment. Yoon's own party chief has called for his powers to be suspended.

December 06, 2024
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Former Sen. David Perdue speaks during a gubernatorial Republican primary debate on May 1, 2022, in Atlanta. 

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  • Politics

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

With his nomination, Trump is leaning on a former business executive-turned politician to serve as the administration's envoy to America's most potent economic and military adversary.

December 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Smoke from fighting billows in the edges of the town of Hama, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.

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  • News

Concerns over Trump's crypto promises. And, gift ideas for 5 personality types

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to make the U.S. the planet's "crypto capital." Here's why critics are concerned. And, gift ideas this holiday season for five personality types.

December 06, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki, centre, is seen in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, on Aug. 17, 2020.

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  • World

3 climbers from the U.S. and Canada are believed to have died in New Zealand

Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall, the authorities said Friday.

December 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
French lawmakers debate in the National Assembly in Paris Wednesday. A majority of legislators voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier, forcing him to resign.

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  • Europe

France's toppled government adds to the European Union's bigger political problems

The political instability in France — and simultaneously in Germany, where the governing coalition collapsed a month ago — could have wide-ranging consequences.

December 05, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
An unidentified illness has been reported in Kwango Province, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  • Global Health

How worried should we be about Disease X?

An unidentified illness has claimed nearly 80 lives in DRC. Investigators are on the scenes to determine what it is — and how much of a threat it poses locally and globally.

December 05, 2024
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
Pope Francis (right) looks on as he's presented a new fully electric popemobile at the Vatican on Wednesday.

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  • Arts & Life

Pope Francis goes electric in new eco-friendly popemobile

Pope Francis, who heads the Catholic Church, has doubled down on his commitment to the environment with a new electric popemobile presented by Mercedes-Benz.

December 05, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Smoke from fighting billows in the edges of the town of Hama, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Syrian opposition forces enter the key city of Hama, in a new blow to Assad's regime

Syrian rebels have entered another major city, in a further blow to President Bashar Assad after they took over Aleppo days earlier.

December 05, 2024
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  • James Hider
Palestinians line up for a meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 16.

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  • Middle East

Amnesty International accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, which Israel strongly denies

Amnesty International says Israel has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians in its war with Hamas, by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing aid deliveries.

December 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Amal Abu Khatleh, a nurse at a Gaza hospital that admitted an unidentified infant last November, took the baby in and gave her the name Malak, meaning angel. Abu Khatleh holds Malak on her first birthday in October, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip.

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  • World

An unknown infant was rushed to a Gaza hospital. A nurse gave her a name, and a home

The newborn, found by rescuers after an Israeli attack, was rushed to a hospital. Nurse Amal Abu Khatleh gave her the name Malak, meaning angel. She is raising the baby until relatives can be found.

December 05, 2024
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  • Abu Bakr Bashir
Government soldiers erect a roadblock on a street leading to downtown Gwangju, South Korea, with citizens looking on, on May 26, 1980.

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  • World

Long before this week, South Korea had a painful history with martial law

In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju created lasting scars that continue to shape South Korea to this day.

December 05, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
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