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Nobel Peace Prize under cloud of war
The Nobel Peace Prize will be unveiled Friday (Saturday in Manila), with experts speculating it could go to critics of...
Japan sex bomb: Bag full of ‘adult goods’
Tokyo—A team of police explosives experts in Japan rushed to the scene of a suspicious package in a parking lot...
Death toll in Indian Himalayas avalanche rises to 19: rescue official
At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, authorities said Friday, with...
Ukraine, climate? Nobel Peace Prize unveiled under cloud of war
The Nobel Peace Prize will be unveiled Friday, with experts speculating it could go to critics of Vladimir Putin, climate...
Thai king to visit nursery shooting survivors
The Thai king will on Friday visit survivors of a gun and knife attack on a nursery that left at...
Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ threat back for first time since Cold War: Biden
US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world risks nuclear "Armageddon" for the first time since the Cold War and that...
US flies Russian cosmonaut to ISS as Ukraine conflict rages
A SpaceX capsule carrying a Russian crew member docked Thursday with the International Space Station on a NASA mission that...
Inflation puts squeeze on Spain’s legendary lunch menu
Madrid, Spain—Dreamt up in the 1960s to attract tourists, Spain’s three-course “menu del dia”, or set lunch menu, has long...
Nokor fires 2 ballistic missiles, blames US drills for ‘escalation’
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against...
16 dead in Greece migrant boat sinkings
At least 16 people died and another 30 are still missing as high winds sank two migrant vessels in Greece,...
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