U.S. jobless claims rise to 211,000 last week

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WASHINGTON–The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose last week, according to a report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday. The number...

Libyan sentenced to 19 years in US for Benghazi attack

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WASHINGTON–A 47-year-old Libyan man who was captured by US special forces in Libya and brought to the United States for trial was sentenced to prison on Thursday for his role...

Three US firefighters killed in Australia water bomber crash

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SYDNEY–A large water-bombing plane crashed while fighting fires southwest of Sydney on Thursday, killing all three US crew on board, Australian officials said. New South Wales Rural Fire Service...

China reports 571 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia

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BEIJING–Chinese health authorities announced Thursday that 571 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 25 provincial-level regions in the country by the end...

Parliament to elect Greece's first woman president

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ATHENS–A trailblazing judge with particular expertise in environmental law and the constitution will become Greece's first female president on Wednesday. The candidacy of Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou has already w ...

China reports 440 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia

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BEIJING– Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday that 440 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 13 provincial-level regions in the country by the end...

0ver 30,000 homes without power after wild thunderstorms lash Australia's east coast

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SYDNEY–A mammoth clean-up has been underway since Tuesday after freak thunderstorms lashed Australia's east overnight, leaving around 30,000 homes without power. Rolling through Canberra in the afternoon, the m...

Sri Lanka president acknowledges thousands of war missing are dead

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COLOMBO– Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has acknowledged for the first time that more than 23,500 people missing for a decade since the end of the country's protracted Tamil war...

11 U.S. troops injured in Iranian missile attack on U.S. base in Iraq

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WASHINGTON–Eleven U.S. troops were treated for concussion symptoms as a result of last week's Iranian missile attack on U.S. military base in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday in a...

Ukraine PM offers resignation after leaked recording

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KIEV–Ukraine's prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volodomyr Zelensky's understanding of the economy. "To remove any doubts a ...

Xi leaves for state visit to Myanmar

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BEIJING0hinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Friday for a state visit to Myanmar. Xi is paying the visit at the invitation of Myanmar's President U Win Myint. Xi's entourage...

U.S. Chief Justice, senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

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WASHINGTON–U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in on Thursday afternoon on the Senate floor for the soon-to-begin impeachment trial, making Donald Trump only the third president in U.S. history...

Irish PM calls general election for Feb. 8

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DUBLIN– Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced on Tuesday that the country will hold general elections on Feb. 8. In a statement issued by the Irish Government Press Office,...

Jihadists kill three teachers in attack on Kenya school

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NAIROBI–Suspected Al-Shabaab Islamists killed three teachers and kidnapped another at a primary school in eastern Kenya on Monday, police said, the latest in a spate of attacks in the region. ...

S. Korea's Moon says optimistic about relations with DPRK

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SEOUL–South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday expressed his optimistic view over the relations between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) although the deadlocked talks between...