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Albanese orders Australian flags at half-mast after Bondi Beach massacre
SYDNEY, Dec 14 — Australia will lower flags to half-mast in a national gesture of mourning for the 15 people killed in a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday. “Flags will fly at half-mast across
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Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack
SYDNEY, Dec 15 — Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost
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Migrant children caught in US’s deportation drive
MIAMI, Dec 15 — One recent day at Miami’s international airport, Andy, age 6, was getting ready to fly to Guatemala. He was anxious, this was no year-end vacation to visit his relatives. Andy was moving to his ancestral country
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Fiery engine blast forces United Flight 803 back to Washington minutes after takeoff for Tokyo
NEW YORK, Dec 14 — A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said. No
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German police arrest five men over suspected Islamist plot to attack Christmas market in Bavaria
BERLIN, Dec 14 — German authorities said Saturday they had arrested five men on suspicion of involvement in an Islamist plot to plough a vehicle into people at a Christmas market. Officials have been on high alert during the festive
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Brown University campus on lockdown after gunman kills two and critically injures eight
NEW YORK, Dec 14 — A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others on Saturday afternoon at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.
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Proposed Israeli media laws spark outrage over threat to press freedom
JERUSALEM, Dec 14 — A raft of proposed measures from Israel’s ruling coalition targeting the media has sparked outrage, with critics warning the planned reforms would deliver a blow to press freedom. Suggested changes to public broadcasting, coupled with a bid
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Where is Narges Mohammadi? Human rights groups ask Iran after Nobel laureate goes missing amid beating reports
TEHRAN, Dec 13 — International human rights groups on Saturday condemned the reported re-arrest of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi in Iran, with the Nobel committee calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately clarify her whereabouts. Mohammadi’s French lawyer
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US lifts sanctions on Brazil Supreme Court justice who oversaw Bolsonaro trial
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 —The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions yesterday on Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw a trial of his country’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions were part of a series of punitive actions taken
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Accused killer of Charlie Kirk makes first court appearance in high‑profile US trial
LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 — The man accused of killing right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk appeared in person in a US court for the first time on Thursday. Tyler Robinson looked on calmly as lawyers discussed procedural issues surrounding what
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