International News
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No end to crisis in sight as Lebanon’s garbage mountains grow
Arpi Kruzian has lived on the coastline east of Beirut for three decades. But now her balcony has a different…
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Cape Town’s water crisis hitting tourism: officials
A chronic drought that could leave South Africa's Cape Town without water within weeks is hurting visitor numbers and knocking…
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Perfect storm: China’s blizzard exposes flaws in rail, coal policies
Heavy snow storms snarled the world's largest rail network this week, closing highways, freezing ports and cutting off critical supplies…
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Australia spy agency takes possession of secret files left at second-hand shop
The documents, which revealed top-secret details of five previous governments that under Australian law should remain secured for at least…
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International air search for survivors from missing Kiribati ferry suspended
An international air search for more than 80 passengers that were onboard a missing ferry off Kiribati has been suspended,…
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Thailand bans smoking, littering at popular tourist beaches
The Southeast Asian country has been a tourist magnet for decades, from its backpacker heyday in the early 1990s to…
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Fire at Japanese senior welfare residence kills 11
Eleven people were killed in a fire at a low-rent residence in northern Japan that mainly housed elderly people on…
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In the Hollywood Hills, eyes on the moon, not the stars
A thousand people crowded onto a hilltop outside Los Angeles before dawn on Wednesday for one of the most picturesque…
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‘Glee’ actor Mark Salling, 35, dies before child pornography sentencing
Mark Salling, an actor who played a supporting role in the TV show "Glee," has died at age 35, his…
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‘Doomsday Clock’ closest to midnight since Cold War over nuclear threat
Image: The updated time designation is visible underneath the ‘Doomsday Clock’ during a news conference.” in Washington, U.S. January 25,…
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