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Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, tries to calm Sara the lion cub in Beirut before the animal is transferred out of the country, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Animal rescuers evacuate a lion cub from war-torn Lebanon to South Africa

The group Animals Lebanon says it rescued Sara the lion cub from abuse by a Lebanese social media influencer, kept it safe in Beirut and sent it to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.

November 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
A kite maker in Amritsar, India, displays a kite with an image of Donald Trump on Nov. 6.

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  • World

Trump claims he can bring peace to the world. In India, many believe him

The world's most populous country has consistently favorable views of U.S. President-elect Trump. In a Pew Research Center poll, 42% of Indians, including 51% of men, said they had confidence in him.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Anupama Chandrasekaran
A technician at a Chinese pharmaceutical company works on breeding the plant sweet wormwood, used in creating artemisinin, the go-to medicine for killing the malaria parasite.

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  • Global Health

What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria?

The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin is highly effective. It's critical for kids, who are especially vulnerable. A new study comes to an alarming conclusion.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
Mahawat Zakaria Jouma is happy when he gets a chance to play soccer, but mostly he is busy taking care of his siblings, trying to earn money makeing bricks, and going to school.

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  • Global Health

He's 14. He loves soccer. He's the sole caregiver for his little twin brothers

Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis and
  • Photos by Claire Harbage
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a farewell ceremony upon Putin's departure at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on June 19.

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  • World

The treaty between Russia and North Korea signals a new era on 2 continents

The recently signed mutual defense treaty could be used to justify thewidening of the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. says North Korean and Russian troops are already battling Ukrainian forces.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
People's Liberation Army soldiers stand guard in Tiananmen Square at the end of the flag-raising ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, on Oct. 1.

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  • Perspective

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China

There's a police check to exit the subway, another to get in line, a third while standing in line, and metal detectors and X-ray machines before you finally reach the Beijing landmark.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Rescue workers, left, remove a body from a reformed mineshaft where illegal miners are inside in Stilfontein, South Africa on Thursday.

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  • World

South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport supplies.

November 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday.

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  • World

Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti's capital as gangs ratchet up violence

Violence has exploded in Port-au-Prince since Sunday when the Haiti's interim prime minister was fired amid political infighting.

November 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A  worker from Thailand rests after he was evacuated from Metula following a rocket strike from Lebanon that killed four laborers from Thailand and one Israeli citizen on Oct. 31 in Kfar Yuval, Israel.

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  • World

In northern Israel, migrant workers are farming while under fire from Hezbollah

Foreign laborers, many from Thailand, are tending fields and livestock in an area Israel has declared off-limits to its own civilians amid ongoing military operations against Hezbollah.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Daniel Estrin
A teenage girl uses her phone to access social media in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.

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  • World

Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.

November 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden Chinese President Xi Jinping last met on Nov. 15, 2023 in Woodside, Calif.

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  • Politics

Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden's term

President Biden plans to tell China's Xi Jinping that communication channels between the two governments need to remain open — no matter who is in the White House.

November 13, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
The USS Edsall is pictured in San Diego Harbor, Calif., 1920s. The ship was lost during World War II but was located by Australia's navy last year.

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  • History

The USS Edsall, sunk by Japanese forces in World War II, has been found

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • James Doubek
Tarek Khoury, 40, is one of the Ashrafieh neighborhood watch guards in Beirut, who has an eye out not just for theft and attempted break-ins, but also for anyone suspicious who may be among the displaced.

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  • Middle East

In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war

A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani
Journalists take cover from the exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday.

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  • World

U.S. prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti after planes were shot by gangs

The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted as the country plagued by gang violence swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous process.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and other rescuers search for victims at a house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Baalchmay village east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people in the country on Tuesday.

November 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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