Titanic sub suffered 'catastrophic loss' -US Coast Guard
The five people aboard a missing submersible died in a "catastrophic" event, a Coast Guard official said on Thursday (June 22), bringing a grim end to the massive search for the vessel that was lost during a voyage to the Titanic.
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Four missing children found alive in Colombian jungle
Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country's south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said. Ryan Chang reports.
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US police officers acquitted in killing of Black man
Three Tacoma, Washington, policemen were acquitted of homicide charges on Thursday in the 2020 killing of Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose dying pleas for breath during a struggle with officers bore grim parallels to the murder of George Floyd weeks later.
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Niger junta supporters overwhelm call for volunteers
Supporters of Niger's junta were forced on Saturday to halt a census of people willing to volunteer for non-military roles, saying they had been overwhelmed by the numbers who turned up. They met on the same day a delegation from ECOWAS arrived in the country and met with junta leader General Abdourahmane Tiani and deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Trevor Koroll reports.
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Police detain Greta Thunberg in Hague protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, on Saturday (April 6).
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Czech government announces national day of mourning
The Czech Republic has declared a day of mourning for December 23 to remember the victims of Thursday's mass shooting in Prague. Prime Minister Petr Fiala made the announcement following a special cabinet meeting with President Petr Pavel.
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US allies reluctant on Red Sea force amid Gaza fury
U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force. But a week after its launch, many don't to be associated with it publicly or at all, partly because of widespread public anger over Israel's war on Gaza. Olivia Chan reports.
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Chinese warship's close encounter with US destroyer
A Chinese warship came within 150 yards (137 meters) of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in "an unsafe manner," U.S. military officials said, as China blamed the United States for "deliberately provoking risk" in the region.
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Fighting tears, Israeli mother pleads for daughter's return
Ayelet Levy Shachar, the mother of 19-year-old Naama Levy, said she talks to her daughter continuously in her mind, imaging her situation. Naama was seized by Hamas in its attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 and a video of her being shoved into a jeep in Gaza was shared widely online. Levy Shachar said she just wants to "have Naama back home. That’s it."
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Burning Man revelers surrounded by mud in Nevada desert
Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been asked to shelter in place and conserve food and water on Saturday (September 2) after a rainstorm turned the site into mud.
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US releases video of Chinese ship's 'unsafe maneuver'
U.S. Navy released a new video showing a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of its destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, in what the U.S. military officials called "an unsafe manner," U.S. military officials said.
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Heavy rain causes flooding in California
Heavy rain and flooding led to temporary road closures and some evacuations in southern California on Thursday (December 21). Areas affected included Santa Barbara, Oxnard and Ventura County.
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Family of former British PM apologizes for links to slavery
Charles Gladstone, descendant of four-time British PM William Gladstone, attended an event at the University of Guyana in Georgetown, where he apologized for his family's involvement in slavery in Demerara, now Guyana.
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Dutch police use water cannon, detain 2,400 activists
Police deployed a water cannon to disperse climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands on Saturday (September 9) to demand an end to government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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Israeli feeds abandoned animals in evacuated north
Lilly Perry says she feels it is her duty to care for stray cats and dogs in northern Israel after residents in some areas were asked to evacuate areas bordering Lebanon.
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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft smashes into the moon
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space program. Lauren Anthony reports.
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Search for wildfire victims continues in Maui
Search and identification efforts were underway Saturday as teams worked tirelessly to find victims of the wildfires that scorched Maui on August 8, killing at least 111 people. This report produced by Chris Dignam.
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Thousands protest in Belgrade over Serbian election result
Several thousand people gathered in front of the central election commission building in Belgrade on Monday to protest over an election earlier this month that international monitors said was unfair. Emma Jehle reports.
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Shared intel informed Trudeau's India claim -CTV
U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen said "shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners" had informed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the possible involvement of Indian agents in the murder of a Canadian citizen in June, CTV News reported. Chris Dignam has more.
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Dashcam video shows motor home rolling over on I-84
Dashcam video captured when a motor home overturned after veering into a semi-truck on Friday (May 5) on
Interstate 84 in the outskirts of Pendleton, Oregon.
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Migrants grapple with barbed wire, cold on last push to US
Migrants crossing through Mexico faced the final obstacles in their path to the United States on Thursday (December 21) – the Rio Bravo, razor wire, and the cold. "I thank God for this, because this is what we longed for. Let’s hope what’s left is less, that U.S. migration gives us an opportunity to be in that country because we are looking for a better life for our children,” a migrant from Honduras named Irma told Reuters.
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Pakistani's hold anti-Sweden protest over Koran burning
Around 3,000 activists belonging to the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) party took to the streets of Pakistan's port city Karachi on Sunday (July 23) to protest the burning of a copy of the Koran by a right-wing politician in Sweden.
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Britain records hottest day of 2023 so far
People sought shade and went swimming in London as Britain recorded its hottest day of the year on Saturday (September 9). Provisional data showed a high of 91.8 degrees Fahrenheit (33.2 degrees Celsius) at London's Kew Gardens.
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Greta Thunberg interrupted on-stage at protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg's speech in Amsterdam's Museum Square on Sunday (November 12) was briefly interrupted by a protester who grabbed the microphone from her accusing her of turning the march into a political event.
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Netanyahu vows no let-up in Gaza as deaths mount
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants on Monday while Palestinians mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials said were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes. Zachary Goelman produced this report.
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