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'Out of the lion's mouth': How American Gaylen Grandstaff finally got out of Russia after years falsely jailed

ABC Audio
Updated 3 hrs ago

By: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Meet the COVID-19 doctors on the front lines for a 2nd time

ABC Audio
Updated 4 hrs ago

By: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News

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'Apartheid and Jim Crow are really no different': Why George Floyd's death reverberated in Africa

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Updated 4 hrs ago

By: MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News

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Attack at church in South Africa leaves 5 dead

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 11, 2020

By WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC NEWS

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Melania Trump statue in Slovenia torched, artist wants to speak with arsonists

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 10, 2020

By DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC News

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US sanctions Chinese officials over Uighur abuses

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 9, 2020

(WASHINGTON) -- BY: CONOR FINNEGAN

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ICU in Bergamo, Italy, finally COVID-free after 'nightmare'

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 9, 2020

(BERGAMO, Italy) -- BY: PHOEBE NATANSON

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Seoul mayor found dead after being reported missing

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 9, 2020

By JOOHEE CHO and ELLA TORRES, ABC News

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Russia accuses former defense reporter of treason in growing crackdown on journalists

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 8, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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One dead after 65-foot crane collapses onto house in London, search and rescue underway

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 8, 2020

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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US general confident Iraqis will ask American troops remain in Iraq

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 8, 2020

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News

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Hunger-striking American citizen released from Egyptian prison

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 7, 2020

(NEW YORK) -- BY: HATEM MAHER

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong speaks out on national security law

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 6, 2020

By BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News

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Election monitors allege Putin referendum saw unprecedented ballot fraud

ABC Audio
Jul 5, 2020

By: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Here's what it means for Russia if Putin rules until 2036

ABC Audio
Updated 3 hrs ago

By: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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After 13 tons of human hair products seized, US warns about importing from Xinjiang, China

ABC Audio
Updated 4 hrs ago

By Victor Ordonez and Conor Finnegan, ABC News

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Santiago Manuin, tireless defender of the Amazon rainforest, succumbs to COVID-19

ABC Audio
Updated 4 hrs ago

By NEIL GIARDINO, ABC NEWS

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Navy videos spark renewed interest in UFOs from enthusiasts, Congress

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 11, 2020

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News

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Putin granted right to extend rule till 2036 in overwhelming referendum result

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 10, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS

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FCC designates Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE as 'posing a national security threat'

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 9, 2020

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS

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Ghosts laid to rest as Cairo's 109-year-old Baron Empain Palace opens for visitors

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 9, 2020

By Hatem Maher, ABC News

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Counterfeiters sold 'cheap wines' with expensive labels: Europol

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 8, 2020

By Kelly McCarthy, ABC News

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China's mass sterilization on Muslim minorities could amount to genocide: Report

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 8, 2020

By CONOR FINNEGAN and VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News

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Indigenous peoples of South America face coronavirus 'genocide'

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 7, 2020

By GUY DAVIES and AICHA EL HAMMAR CASTANO, ABC News

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Six injured, including a police officer, during stabbing incident in Glasgow, Scotland

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 7, 2020

By GUY DAVIES and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News

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World's second-deadliest Ebola outbreak is over

ABC Audio
Updated Jul 6, 2020

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News

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Iran implements law allowing women to pass their nationality to their children

ABC Audio
Jun 25, 2020

By SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC NEWS

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Voting starts on referendum to let Putin remain in power until 2036

ABC Audio
Jun 25, 2020

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Prince Harry, Meghan sign with same speaking agency as Barack and Michelle Obama

ABC Audio
Jun 25, 2020

By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News

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Coronavirus live updates: WHO says containment of novel coronavirus 'is feasible' and 'top priority'

JTP
Mar 2, 2020

(NEW YORK) -- A viral outbreak that began in China has since spread to every continent across the globe except Antarctica, infecting nearly 90,000 people.

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Global coronavirus death toll reaches nearly 3,000; RI announces first presumptive positive

Leighton Schneider
Mar 1, 2020

(NEW YORK) -- The global death toll of coronavirus has reached nearly 3,000 people as countries around the world continue to report their findings to the World Health Organization.

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3 hurt in stabbing at The Hague in the Netherlands

Leighton Schneider
Nov 29, 2019

(NEW YORK) -- Three people were wounded in a stabbing in the Netherlands on Friday, police said.

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Ceiling collapses at London Theater during show, injuring five

JTP
Nov 7, 2019

(LONDON) -- At least five people were injured after the ceiling of a theater in the heart of London’s entertainment district collapsed during a performance.

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Prince Harry unveils UK team for Invictus Games

CJC
Oct 29, 2019

(LONDON) -- Prince Harry joked and laughed at an event Tuesday revealing the members of the U.K. team for the fifth annual Invictus Games, which will be held next year in the Netherlands.

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Man dies after becoming stuck on top of 290-foot tall smokestack

CJC
Oct 28, 2019

(CUMBRIA, England) -- A man who was dangling from the top of a 290 foot smoke stack for more than six hours, apparently suspended only by his pants, before he was rescued by emergency responders, has since died as a result of the incident, officials said.

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Paris apartment fire kills 10, injures more than 30; arson suspected

JTP
Feb 5, 2019

(PARIS) -- At least 10 people were killed and 37 others injured when flames engulfed an apartment building in an affluent western Paris neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

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China begins celebrating Lunar New Year

JTP
Feb 5, 2019

(SHANGHAI) -- The biggest holiday of the year has begun in China.

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Crocodile warning issued as Australian city faces 'unprecedented' levels of flooding

JTP
Feb 5, 2019

(LONDON) -- The Australian government is warning citizens to be on the look out for crocodiles and snakes in the streets amid severe rainfall and flooding in north Queensland over the past few days.

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Top US commander: Political talks with Taliban 'absolutely' key part of any endgame in Afghanistan war

KT
Feb 4, 2019

(KABUL) -- Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has taken over at a pivotal moment in America's longest war.

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Pentagon report warns about the future of ISIS in Syria, as Trump says US troops can return 'very quickly'

KT
Feb 4, 2019

(WASHINGTON) -- A Pentagon report released on Monday indicated that the Islamic State remains an active insurgent group in Iraq and Syria and that, without sustained pressure, the group could reconstitute in Syria within six to 12 months.

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Egypt unearths more than 40 mummies in 'maze of tombs'

KT
Feb 4, 2019

(CAIRO) -- Dozens of mummies have been unearthed at an ancient burial site in Upper Egypt, officials said.

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Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman federal jury begins deliberations

Leighton Schneider
Feb 4, 2019

(NEW YORK) -- An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury began deliberations Monday afternoon in the sweeping drug conspiracy trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

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Israel begins building fence surrounding entire Gaza Strip

JTP
Feb 4, 2019

(JERUSALEM) -- Israel has started to build a controversial fence around the Gaza Strip, saying it's vital for keeping out terrorists after three wars with Hamas in 10 years.

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At least 28 Haitians killed when migrant boat sinks near Bahamas

JTP
Feb 4, 2019

(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- A boat smuggling a large group of Haitian migrants sank over the weekend, killing at least 28 people, officials said.

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Norway hopes world's first floating tunnel will be 'like a new Eiffel Tower'

SL
Feb 3, 2019

(OSLO, Norway) -- Highway E39 in Norway is one of the most beautiful drives in the world, hugging the country's rugged west coast from Kristiansand to Trondheim.

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Putin orders Russia to develop new missiles after US leaves treaty

SL
Feb 2, 2019

(MOSCOW) -- President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to begin developing new medium-range missiles in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is leaving a key Cold War nuclear arms treaty.

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American college student still detained in Tokyo nearly 9 months after his arrest

SL
Feb 2, 2019

(TOKYO) -- The Tokyo Detention House where American citizen Julian Adame has been held in a single cell for nearly nine months is a far cry from home.

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Pope making historic visit to United Arab Emirates on mission to forge interfaith dialogue

Anthony Ali
Feb 1, 2019

(LONDON) -- Less than a week after returning from his last foreign trip, Pope Francis sets off Sunday on a trip to the United Arab Emirates where he will celebrate the largest public open-air mass ever to be held in the region.