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Thai students rally for educational and political reforms
Secondary school students in Thailand's capital rallied Saturday for educational and political reforms, defying government threats to crack down with legal action against the country's high-profile protest movement.
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India says Pakistani shelling kills soldier in Kashmir
One Indian soldier was killed and another was wounded Saturday by Pakistani shelling along the highly militarized frontier dividing Kashmir between the two rivals, the Indian army said.
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The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic
No one performing onstage in Spain's Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic.
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Turkish, Saudi leaders speak by phone ahead of G20 summit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Saudi Arabia's King Salman by phone ahead of the G-20 virtual summit hosted by the kingdom, the president's office said Saturday.
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US, Taiwan step up economic cooperation in new dialogue
The U.S. and Taiwan are stepping up cooperation in a newly created economic dialogue, in another move from the outgoing Trump administration to increase official exchanges with the self-ruled island.
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Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, 4th country to do so
A day after Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, becoming only the fourth country to do so, its president and the mayor of its capital struck dramatically different tones.
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Japanese woman killed in Brazil died from blow to the head
The Japanese woman whose body was found next to a waterfall in Brazil's Goiás state died as a result of a blow to the head, probably from a blunt rock, according to the detective leading the investigation.
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Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal
As their ethnic leaders gathered around a table outside Dayton, Ohio, to initial a U.S.-brokered peace deal a quarter-century ago, Edisa Sehic and Janko Samoukovic still were enemies in a war in Bosnia that killed over 100,000 people.
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Europe, US 'climate guardian' satellite to monitor oceans
A "climate guardian" satellite set for launching this weekend will greatly help scientists keep track of the rise in sea levels, one of the most daunting effects of global warming, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Friday.
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Egypt crackdown on leading rights group sparks condemnations
A crackdown by Egyptian authorities on the most prominent human rights group still operating in the country sparked sharp criticism Friday by the U.N. the U.S. and other Western countries.
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Brazil has surge of virus cases, downplayed by politicians
Cases of COVID-19 are rising again in the country with the world's second-highest confirmed death toll, prompting Brazilian experts to express concern and politicians to downplay its severity in the midst of an election season.
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UN prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing for up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary.
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Vatican investigates papal "like" of barely-clad Brazilian
The Vatican is investigating how Pope Francis' official Instagram account "liked" a photo of a scantily-clad Brazilian model.
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BTS says new album 'BE' is a 'letter of hope'
K-pop band BTS on Friday released their highly anticipated new album, which they described as a "letter of hope."
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UK's Johnson stands by minister found to have bullied staff
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to fire or censure his interior minister on Friday despite an investigator's conclusion that she bullied members of her staff.
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Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands
The Spanish government is ratcheting up its response to the steady build-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from Africa, including a fresh diplomatic offensive.
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German-speaking Italian province conducts mass rapid test
Citizens in Italy's small Germany-speaking province of South Tyrol lined up Friday at schools, gymnasiums and pharmacies for rapid coronavirus tests, the largest testing initiative in the country to date and one that officials hope will speed the lifting of a partial locally imposed lockdown.
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Thousands mourn death of Belarus protester seized by police
Thousands of Belarusians streamed to a church in the capital of Minsk on Friday for the funeral of a protester who was allegedly beaten to death after being arrested by police.
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Amnesty 'horrified' at force used against Polish protesters
Amnesty International said Friday that it was "horrified" that Polish authorities used "excessive" force, including the use of tear gas, against protesters this week.
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