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United Arab Emirates names 1st Arab female astronaut

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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BY: HATEM MAHER, ABC NEWS

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St. Vincent covered in ash as volcano activity continues

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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BY: ANSELM GIBBS, ABC NEWS

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Volcanic eruption in Caribbean forces thousands of evacuations

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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BY: MINA KAJI, HALEY YAMADA AND ROGER LEE, ABC NEWS

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Britain's Prince Philip dies at age 99

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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3,000-year-old 'Lost Golden City' unearthed in Egypt's Luxor

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By HATEM MAHER, ABC News

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Sustainable crop, timber production can reduce extinction of species by 40%: Study

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Julia Jacobo, ABC News

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Putin foe Navalny tests negative for COVID-19 but has 2 hernias, lawyers say

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News

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Interpol issues 'red notice' for MIT graduate accused of murdering Yale student

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Morgan Winsor, ABC News

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Gunmen free nearly 2,000 inmates in attack on Nigerian prison

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Morgan Winsor, ABC News

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US, Iran hold first indirect talks in bid to save nuclear deal

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Conor Finnegan, ABC News

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New Zealand to open quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Morgan Winsor, ABC News

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Europe's vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow': WHO

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Updated Jan 18, 2022
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By Erin Schumaker, ABC News

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World leaders react to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration day

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Updated Jan 20, 2021
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By GUY DAVIES, ABC News

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

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Updated Mar 2, 2020
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(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
Updated Mar 1, 2020
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(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
Updated Nov 29, 2019
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(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

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Updated Nov 7, 2019
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(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

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Updated Oct 29, 2019
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(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

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Updated Oct 29, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 5, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 5, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 5, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 5, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 4, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 4, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 4, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 4, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 4, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 3, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 3, 2019
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(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

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Updated Feb 3, 2019
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(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
Updated Feb 1, 2019
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(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.