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WWII bomb defused at Volkswagen site in German city

BERLIN (AP) -- A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. ...

Jul 8, 2018
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[Breaking] First two Thai schoolboys rescued from flooded cave

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - The first two schoolboys have emerged from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to rescue the children and their soccer coach, who...

Jul 8, 2018
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Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin

MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) - Elite divers on Sunday began the extremely dangerous operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thaila...

Jul 8, 2018
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Thai officials aim to rescue kids from cave before rain hits

MAE SAI, Thailand -- Worried that heavy monsoon rain could soon make the job even more difficult, Thai officials said Saturday that they may need to quickly rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from...

Jul 8, 2018
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Strong quake hits near Tokyo; no injuries or damage reported

A strong earthquake struck south of Tokyo on Saturday, causing some buildings to shake and the main airport serving the city to shut briefly, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage...

Jul 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists

The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God...

Jul 7, 2018
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Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy

A search has resumed for some 23 missing tourists on a boat that sank during a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket. The death toll from Thursday's tragedy hit 33, all of them Chinese nati...

Jul 7, 2018
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Hurricane Beryl forms in Atlantic, heads for east Caribbean

The Atlantic season's first hurricane, Beryl, formed Friday and headed for a weekend push into the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still struggling to recover from last year's storms. A hurri...

Jul 7, 2018
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[Graphic News] Over 1 billion small arms worldwide

A new study of small arms estimates there are over 1 billion legal and illicit firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands - with American men and women being the dominant o...

Jul 5, 2018
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Hawaii bans sunscreens harmful to marine life

Sunscreens containing chemical substances harmful to coral reefs will be banned in the US state of Hawaii from 2021, US local media reported Wednesday. Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed the legislation o...

Jul 5, 2018
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Two people fall critically ill near UK nerve poisoning town

AMESBURY, United Kingdom, July 4, 2018 (AFP) - Two people are in hospital in critical condition after exposure to an “unknown substance” in the same British town where a former Russian spy and his da...

Jul 4, 2018
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Passengers rescued from stricken Indonesia ferry; 31 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Passengers trapped for a night on a stricken ferry off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were rescued early Wednesday, officials said, as the death toll rose to 31 with three pe...

Jul 4, 2018
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Thai rescuers find missing boys and coach alive in cave

Rescuers found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late Monday, more than a week after they disappeared and touched off a desperate sear...

Jul 3, 2018
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[Graphic News] Asylum applications in Germany drop 70%

The number of people claiming asylum in Germany fell to 222,560 last year, according to European Union figures. The data could provide some relief for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she fights to save ...

Jul 2, 2018
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Gunman kills 5 in attack targeting Maryland newspaper

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland -- A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked a newspaper in Maryland’s capital Thursday, killing four journalists and a staffer before police quickly stormed the buil...

Jun 29, 2018
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