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Greenland's leader says his people don't want to be Americans as Trump covets...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald...

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Trump's words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but officials...

PARIS (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada...

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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La...

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Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes,...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday,...

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Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China

BANGKOK (AP) — A group of Uyghur men who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists and family members who say...

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Turkey's Kurdish leaders meet jailed politician as the two sides inch toward...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A delegation from one of Turkey's biggest pro-Kurdish political parties met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison Saturday, the latest step in a tentative process to end...

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Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, the first...

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One of four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands dies

LONDON (AP) — One of four lynx thought to have been released illegally in the Scottish Highlands has died within hours after it was captured, wildlife authorities said Saturday. The medium-sized...

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Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a...

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and its allies have taken back a strategic city from the rebel Rapid Support Forces, officials said Saturday, dealing a major blow to the notorious paramilitary group...

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Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab,...

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Trams collide in Strasbourg, France injuring dozens, though none critically,...

PARIS (AP) — Two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France on Saturday, causing dozens of injuries, though none critical, authorities said. The accident took place during the afternoon in a...

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Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in nearly...

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Fire in a restaurant in northern Czech Republic kills 6 people

PRAGUE (AP) — A fire broke out in a restaurant in northern Czech Republic, killing six people and leaving six others with serious injuries, officials said Sunday. Firefighters said the U Kojota...

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Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital on Sunday against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate...

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A 6.2 earthquake jolts southwestern Mexico, causing no damage or casualties

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck a region in southwestern Mexico early Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey, causing no serious damage or casualties. It said...

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An avalanche hits a group of skiers in Italy's Piedmont Alps, killing 3

ROME (AP) — An avalanche hit a group of five skiers in Italy’s northern Piedmont region on Sunday, killing three of them, rescuers said. Two survived and were transported to the hospital by...

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Biden, Netanyahu discuss latest in effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke Sunday about efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas...

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No pants? No problem. London subway riders bare their legs to brighten a gray...

LONDON (AP) — Mind the pants. Hundreds of Londoners headed down to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, stripped down to their underwear and travelled around a bit, trying to look as though nothing...

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Croatia's President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a...

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Canada's Trudeau urges US consumers to consider the harm of Trump's tariff...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday suggested that President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about Canada becoming America's “51st state” has...

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