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Improper storage, use of explosives killed 10 Chinese miners
Improper storage and use of explosives caused a massive blast at a gold mine in eastern China that killed 10 people last month, state media reported Tuesday.
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Relative of British queen jailed for sex assault at castle in Scotland
A relative of Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral castle in Scotland.
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Lam backs Hong Kong electoral changes excluding opponents
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave her clear support Tuesday to electoral reforms that would likely further exclude opposition voices and cement Beijing's control over the semi-autonomous Chinese city's politics.
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Ex-US priest on trial in East Timor on sex abuse charges
A defrocked American priest went on trial Tuesday to face charges he sexually abused young girls at his shelter for orphans and children from impoverished families, in the first clergy sex case to emerge in East Timor — the most Catholic place in the world outside the Vatican.
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Dutch arrest suspect in 3 armed robberies in Germany
A German man suspected in three heists against money transporters, including one at Cologne-Bonn airport, was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday, German investigators said.
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9 women accused of suspected Abu Sayyaf suicide bomb plots
Philippine forces have arrested nine women who were related to Abu Sayyaf commanders and militants in the south and could have been "potential suicide bombers," the military said Tuesday.
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Afghan peace talks resume, but path is anything but certain
With violence spiking, Afghanistan's warring sides have returned to the negotiation table, ending more than a month of delays amid hopes that the two sides can agree on a reduction of violence - and eventually, an outright ceasefire.
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Jews split over storied charity's support for settlements
Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that acquires land, plants trees and carries out development projects in the Holy Land.
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UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 15% last year
The number of civilians killed and wounded in violence across war-weary Afghanistan fell by 15% last year compared to 2019, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
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Asian shares mostly higher amid coronavirus vaccine optimism
Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday despite a sell-off of shares in technology companies on Wall Street.
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Japan emperor shows concern to those suffering in pandemic
Japan's Emperor Naruhito expressed concern about the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on people's health and livelihoods, noting that he has used online meetings to connect with people he could not console in person.
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New Zealand volunteers refloat 28 whales in rescue effort
Volunteers in New Zealand were optimistic they could save the 28 whales that remain from a mass-stranding after refloating them Tuesday for the second time in two days.
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Protests swell after Myanmar junta raises specter of force
Protesters gathered in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta's threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike against the military's takeover three weeks ago.
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Haiti's president: despite coup attempts he backs democracy
Haiti's president blamed powerful oligarchs on Monday for seven attempts in his four-year term to overthrow Haiti's democratic system, most recently an attempted coup on Feb. 7, but said he remains committed to democracy.
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Huawei unveils flagship foldable smartphone for China market
Struggling under U.S. sanctions, Huawei unveiled a folding smartphone with an 8-inch (20-centimeter) -wide screen Monday to show off its tech prowess but said it will be sold only in China.
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Canada's Trudeau, Cabinet abstain from China genocide vote
Canada's House of Commons voted Monday to declare that China is committing genocide against more than 1 million Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from the vote.
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Guatemalans outraged by fake COVID-19 tests
Lawmakers and rights official in Guatemala called Monday for an investigation into 30,000 fake COVID-19 tests that were bought by public health officials.
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Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy
The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian Carabinieri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday when gunmen attacked a U.N. convoy traveling to a school in eastern Congo, the Italian Foreign Ministry and residents said.
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Angry youths rattle Spain in support of jailed rap artist
The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music and tweets praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in the southern European country.
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Mexican president defends costly pet building projects
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out Monday at audits of some of his pet infrastructure projects by the country's equivalent of the congressional office of management and budget.
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