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Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

10/13/2024 Newsmaker
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Kyiv — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war...

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Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger in Russia

Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger in Russia

10/13/2024 Newsmaker
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moscow — Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow’s ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is adamant: People must not...

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Online hate against South Asian Americans rises steadily, report says

Online hate against South Asian Americans rises steadily, report says

10/13/2024 Newsmaker
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WASHINGTON — Online hate against Americans of South Asian ancestry has risen steadily in 2023 and 2024 with the rise of...

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Lithuanians elect new parliament amid cost of living, security worries

Lithuanians elect new parliament amid cost of living, security worries

10/13/2024 Newsmaker
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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanians elect a new parliament Sunday in a vote dominated by concerns over the cost of living and...

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Afghan man imprisoned in France, accused of planning ‘violent action’

Afghan man imprisoned in France, accused of planning ‘violent action’

10/13/2024 Newsmaker
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paris — A 22-year-old Afghan was indicted and imprisoned in France on Saturday, accused of supporting the ideology of the Islamic...

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North Kosovo ethnic tensions at risk for violence, NATO official says

North Kosovo ethnic tensions at risk for violence, NATO official says

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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PRISTINA, KOSOVO — Persistent ethnic tension in north Kosovo could trigger a repeat of violence seen in the area last year...

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Iran sends satellites to Russia for rocket launch, Tasnim reports

Iran sends satellites to Russia for rocket launch, Tasnim reports

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran has sent two locally made satellites to Russia to be put into orbit by a...

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Explosion, fire at service station in Russia’s Chechnya kills 4

Explosion, fire at service station in Russia’s Chechnya kills 4

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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MOSCOW — An explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern region of Chechnya killed at least four people, officials said...

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Poland to suspend asylum rights amid pressure on Belarusian border

Poland to suspend asylum rights amid pressure on Belarusian border

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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WARSAW, POLAND — Poland’s leader said Saturday that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a...

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Ukraine, Russia each say they foiled dozens of drone attacks

Ukraine, Russia each say they foiled dozens of drone attacks

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia said on Saturday it had downed 47 Ukrainian drones while Kyiv reported neutralized 24 drones fired by...

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Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later

Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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NEW ORLEANS — On the eve of World War II, Nazis in Austria seized a pastel by renowned impressionist artist Claude...

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Alexey Navalny wrote he knew he would die in prison in new memoir

Alexey Navalny wrote he knew he would die in prison in new memoir

10/12/2024 Newsmaker
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new york — Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin’s top political opponent before his death in February, believed...

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Meta removes fake accounts in Moldova ahead of presidential election

Meta removes fake accounts in Moldova ahead of presidential election

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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STOCKHOLM — Meta Platforms said on Friday that it had removed a network of group accounts targeting Russian speakers in Moldova...

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Gunmen kill police officer, 2 others in Russia’s North Caucasus

Gunmen kill police officer, 2 others in Russia’s North Caucasus

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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UK government is urged to raise pro-democracy tycoon’s case with China 

UK government is urged to raise pro-democracy tycoon’s case with China 

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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london — The U.K. government was urged Friday to raise the case of jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai with China,...

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Russian state media uses AI-generated images of Florida’s Disney World flooded by Milton

Russian state media uses AI-generated images of Florida’s Disney World flooded by Milton

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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The photographs are AI-generated fakes. While Milton flooded and destroyed hundreds of buildings, taking lives and devastating Florida, Disney World...

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US lawmakers seek answers from telecoms on Chinese hacking report

US lawmakers seek answers from telecoms on Chinese hacking report

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Lumen Technologies on Friday to answer questions after...

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FIFA urged to put more human rights scrutiny into 2034 World Cup deal with Saudi Arabia

FIFA urged to put more human rights scrutiny into 2034 World Cup deal with Saudi Arabia

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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zurich — Two months before FIFA is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as the 2034 World Cup host, the soccer body...

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Smithsonian and NASA present exhibit that explores ever-changing Earth 

Smithsonian and NASA present exhibit that explores ever-changing Earth 

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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This month, [October 8] the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History opened “NASA’s Earth Information Center” an exhibition that gives...

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Who are Japan’s Nobel Peace Prize winners Nihon Hidankyo? 

Who are Japan’s Nobel Peace Prize winners Nihon Hidankyo? 

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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STOCKHOLM — Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who are also known...

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Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa region kill 4, governor says

Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa region kill 4, governor says

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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kyiv, Ukraine — A Russian missile slammed into a commercial building in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region overnight, killing four people including...

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Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors wins Nobel Peace Prize

Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors wins Nobel Peace Prize

10/11/2024 Newsmaker
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