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Draft climate accord expresses 'alarm and concern'
The head of Greenpeace expressed disappointment the text contained no "numbers of the table" for funding for developing countries to adapt to climate change.
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A Vietnamese Communist leader was served gold-flecked steak. The video of it has vanished.
Video of Vietnamese general at posh London restaurant disappears.
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3M fails to overturn regulators' shutdown of PFAS production in Belgium
3M had argued for an "urgent" suspension of the ban put in place two weeks ago.
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For Afghan immigrant in Minnesota, friendship forms with English tutor
Afghan family, volunteer tutor forge friendship through English lessons.
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Protesters march in Glasgow as climate talks continue
Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Glasgow for a second day on Saturday to demand leaders move faster to cut fossil fuels.
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Former security aide to Macron sentenced to 1 year in prison
A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered controversy by assaulting a protester at a 2018 May Day march was convicted Friday of illegal violence and other offenses and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
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Minnesotans join push for change at U.N. climate summit
Panels broadcast from Glasgow highlight Minnesota climate efforts.
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Berlin police chief sorry for Holocaust memorial push-ups
Berlin's police chief apologized on Monday for an incident in which officers were pictured practicing push-ups on a part of the German capital's memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust.
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Kuwait, UAE join Saudi Arabia with measures against Lebanon
Lebanese politicians scrambled to resolve a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations on Saturday, after comments by a Cabinet minister about the war in Yemen stoked their ire.
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Ex-al-Qaida soldier tells of CIA torture
He is first terror prisoner to openly describe black sites.
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Chinese astronaut breaks glass ceilings in space but faces sexism on Earth
Mao may have said "women hold up half the sky," but sexism is alive and well in China.
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Climate change threatens national security, U.S. agencies warn
U.S. intelligence and defense agencies warned that the warming planet will increase strife between countries and spur migration.
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Spanish court rules to extradite Venezuela spy chief to US
A Spanish court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to a terror organization.
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Diver discovers 900-year-old sword dating to the Crusades
900-year-old blade from the Third Crusade recovered off Israeli coast.
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Retired U.N. official ID'd as Twin Cities man who died after being run over by driver in Alexandria
Mauno Silpala worked for the United Nations until his retirement in 2005.
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House fire in eastern Pakistan kills 7 family members
Police were investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members, a rescue official said Sunday.
American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, officials say
As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the U.S. and their family members, including children, were kidnapped Saturday by a gang in Port-au-Prince as they were leaving an orphanage, according to Haitian security officials.
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Minnesota Guard commander details mission to evacuate Afghan refugees
Twelve days at the Kabul airport were a sleepless time of never knowing if, or when, their security mission could turn deadly.
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U.S. will open borders to vaccinated foreign travelers on Nov. 8
The date also applies to the opening along land borders with Canada and Mexico.
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Minnesota border communities celebrate impending return of Canadian visitors
With nonessential travel closed off since March 2020, it will be the end of a 20-month separation.
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