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898175baeae8b06990fa19f565280ee4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/05/ukraine-claims-victory-in-rebel-stronghold/12241987/ | Ukraine raises flag over rebel stronghold | Ukraine raises flag over rebel stronghold
Pro-Russian rebels abandoned Sloviansk as government troops retook the eastern Ukraine city after a night of fierce fighting and barrages of mortar fire, the country's president and a spokesman for the rebels said Saturday.
President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement that go... |
89961a56ee192e39402f0f6f5bb251ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/06/israel-gaza-teens-palestinian/12263679/ | Jewish suspects held in murder of Arab teen | Jewish suspects held in murder of Arab teen
JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities arrested six Jewish suspects Sunday in connection with the murder of an Arab teen whose death last week inflamed already heated conflicts in the region.
The Israel Security Agency said its agents and Israeli police made the arrests and that the... |
fbcd372f640ee4c01d3aa23918d544d9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/07/merkel-china-visit/12279987/ | Merkel brings German business leaders to China | Merkel brings German business leaders to China
BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the Chinese premier Monday and hailed ties between the two sides as she led a large business delegation on a visit to promote trade with the Asian economic giant.
Merkel met Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the Peop... |
1ac1931f146b2ceff6b18b5a78a82292 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/08/afghanistan-election/12372647/ | Afghan candidate rejects election results | Afghan candidate rejects election results
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah defiantly told thousands of supporters Tuesday that he will declare victory in the country's election, claiming massive fraud was responsible for preliminary results that put his rival in the lead. The Un... |
33fa2704c09094829afece511cb06069 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/09/israel-hamas-gaza/12413027/ | Hamas boosts rocket range, reaching deeper into Israel | Hamas boosts rocket range, reaching deeper into Israel
The dramatically improved range of Hamas' rocket arsenal is allowing the militant group to reach deeper into Israel and expose a wider swath of the country to risk, Israeli officials and analysts say.
After its last major conflict with Israel in 2012, Hamas saw the... |
3d11ec4774ce6f9d829d7c1103fb5715 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/11/israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians/12511497/ | Israel vows to continue airstrikes despite growing pressure | Israel vows to continue airstrikes despite growing pressure
GAZA CITY — As the Palestinian death toll rose, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday to continue to target members of Hamas with air strikes in Gaza until rockets the militant group has been firing into Israel from the southern border halt.
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52c138d5c785e72c5ae0c5d6f85e8c5b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/11/northern-ireland-catholics-protestants-parade/12496615/ | Catholic-Protestant feud flares anew in Northern Ireland | Catholic-Protestant feud flares anew in Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The Troubles here ended in the late 1990s, when Catholic nationalists seeking independence from Britain buried the hatchet with Protestant unionists loyal to the crown after 30 years of bloodshed.
But lingering animosity between the tw... |
5f4946258836301d652612babfc35bd9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/19/israel-hamas-gaza-tunnels/12876963/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomworld-topstories | Gaza death toll rises as Israel troops battle Hamas | Gaza death toll rises as Israel troops battle Hamas
GAZA CITY — The Israeli military continued to pound Gaza militants in the second day of its ground operation Saturday, demolishing more than a dozen tunnels as the death toll in the 12-day-old conflict climbed to 342.
While the Israeli military has been able to greatl... |
fb41b5a142a703adf0c8fa80cdb3ce16 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/20/kerry-heads-to-cairo-sharpens-criticism-of-hamas/12919741/ | Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire | Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a ceasefire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel.
The State Department said Kerry would lea... |
dec9f7ec5e6858f98048856b82c13a11 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/20/mh17-malaysia-ukraine-russia-putin/12906189/ | MH17 crash scene 'severely compromised' | MH17 crash scene 'severely compromised'
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version misidentified the Malaysian Minister of Transport, Liow Tiong Lai
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Just days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was apparently shot down here by a missile, the prospect of a thorough crash-scene investigation faded... |
2025496859b48e4be71ddbc263eab564 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/21/korea-ferry-disaster-owner-dead/12968665/ | Body believed fugitive owner of sunken ferry | Body believed fugitive owner of sunken ferry
South Korean police Tuesday said a body found in June is believed to be the fugitive billionaire owner of a ferry that sank two months earlier, killing more than 300 people.
DNA evidence indicates the man found in a field about 185 miles south of Seoul is 73-year-old Yoo Byu... |
037936fe2b038dbc6761a0f374f20e5b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/21/malaysia-russia-ukraine-putin-united-nations/12930557/ | Rebels turn over MH17 black boxes | Rebels turn over MH17 black boxes
TOREZ, Ukraine — Under mounting world pressure, pro-Russian rebels handed over data-filled "black boxes" from the Boeing 777 downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian officials as victims' bodies began a grim journey back to Amsterdam.
A senior separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, gav... |
00c171e102c271d27849240bde28e088 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/25/pope-francis-united-states/13154635/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=206567 | Report: Pope Francis to visit USA next year | Report: Pope Francis to visit USA next year
Pope Francis will visit the USA for the first time next year, Catholic News Service reported Friday.
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said the pontiff accepted his invitation to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on Sept. 22-27, 2015.
Speaking at the Tekakwit... |
23e6c63935809edfff401068f5735013 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/29/mosul-iraq-christians/13238013/ | Christians flee Mosul amid threats to convert or die | Christians flee Mosul amid threats to convert or die
MOUNT ALFAF, Iraq — A little more than a decade ago, Mosul was home to 60,000 Christians who practiced their religion in the midst of their Muslim neighbors in Iraq's second-largest city.
No more. Earlier this month, Muslim extremists who had captured the city ordere... |
579d77c99e57dc7172ca8578d9e708d6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/07/israel-says-cease-fire-broken/13755799/ | Israel says 2 Gaza rockets violate truce | Israel says 2 Gaza rockets violate truce
Israel's military said Thursday that militants fired two rockets from Gaza, violating the recent cease-fire there several hours before it was set to expire.
In a short statement on Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces, using the name @IDFSpokesperson, said the rockets struck south... |
7cef1b701072b018801d962324f04479 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/07/russia-bombers-arctic/13746681/ | Russian bombers increase flights near U.S. airspace | Russian bombers increase flights near U.S. airspace
For the second time since June, Russian nuclear bombers escorted by fighter jets have flown near U.S. and Canadian airspace around Alaska in recent days, prompting precautionary intercepts by American warplanes.
The encounters come amid Russian war games along the bor... |
35999df262a55f5dbb53e5f28cfe7bd9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/08/couple-trial-china/13762175/ | British-U.S.couple on trial in China | British-U.S.couple on trial in China
SHANGHAI (AP) — A British man on trial with his American wife for illegally obtaining and selling private information about Chinese nationals says he buys such information from other consulting companies.
Peter William Humphrey made the comments Friday after his trial opened in Shan... |
b2c6530b4b41c4ad8249dd3a48628e98 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/08/israel-hamas-gaza-egypt-talks/13762577/ | As Gaza war resumes, Egypt urges new cease-fire | As Gaza war resumes, Egypt urges new cease-fire
As Israel and Hamas resumed fighting Friday after a 72-hour cease-fire expired, Egypt called on all sides to return to the negotiating table, saying only "very limited sticking points" remain in reaching agreement on a formal cessation of hostilities.
Hopes that the limit... |
e7eff01b58ccbfc75374f0502fa52ec6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/09/egypt-antiquities/13397909/ | Egypt makes slow gains against antiquities thefts | Egypt makes slow gains against antiquities thefts
CAIRO — Tucked in a corner of the Egyptian Museum, a gilded statue of King Tutankhamen is badly broken, its arm detached and a mound of gold flakes chipped off its torso.
At least the statue — one of thousands of objects looted from museums and archaeological sites duri... |
7fc37fd9277daaa4f16b490f0f8b6fcf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/10/ebola-context-african-diseases/13860881/ | Ebola outbreak should be viewed in larger context | Ebola outbreak should be viewed in larger context
WASHINGTON — The United States' top disease detective calls Ebola a "painful, dreadful, merciless virus."
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak in West Africa an international emergency, killing more than 900 people and spreading.
That's scary and seri... |
83997b86d851dcaac7b0b49dd6bb7770 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/12/priest-ebola-dies/13939545/ | U.N. endorses use of untested Ebola medicines | U.N. endorses use of untested Ebola medicines
The use of unproven drugs to combat the deadly Ebola virus won support Tuesday from the World Health Organization, which cited deep concerns over "the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history."
The endorsement from the U.N.'s health c... |
8434421b491bd4eccdf68be0489242a4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/13/iraq-maliki-kurds/13990519/ | Iraq evacuation may not require U.S. troops on Mount Sinjar | Iraq evacuation may not require U.S. troops on Mount Sinjar
WASHINGTON — A review by U.S. special operations troops of conditions on Iraq's Mount Sinjar on Wednesday has determined that the conditions of a religious minority seeking refuge there are better than believed and may not require a U.S.-led evacuation, the Pe... |
975e9a6dab651e27835f9d8dd4582d1c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/17/vietnam-war-dempsey-visit-counter-china/14185033/ | Former enemy Vietnam seeks U.S. help to counter China | Former enemy Vietnam seeks U.S. help to counter China
HO CHI MINH CITY — Army Gen. Martin Dempsey has served 40 years in the Army, fought in Iraq, traveled the world many times over.
None of that fully prepared him for his first visit to Vietnam — the first by a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since Adm. Thomas M... |
34ed4a8c16c817d41450f099c8a3362f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/19/hiroshima-landslide/14322453/ | 36 dead, 7 missing in Hiroshima landslide | 36 dead, 7 missing in Hiroshima landslide
TOKYO (AP) — Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris Wednesday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 36 people and leaving seven missing, police said.
Public broadcaster NHK showed rescue workers suspended by ropes from police helicopters pull... |
b135edc41d4862b04a92a4751498f39b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/19/morgue-honduras-shooting/14313753/ | Gunmen kill 9 in attack inside morgue in Honduras | Gunmen kill 9 in attack inside morgue in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran official says gunmen attacked a family retrieving a body from a state morgue in the city of San Pedro Sula, killing seven of the dead man's relatives and two bystanders.
San Pedro Sula Forensic Medicine director Hector Hernandez s... |
67920885d54c285639d57f11baa6a3cc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/20/111-year-old-from-japan-recognized-as-oldest-man/14326807/ | 111-year-old from Japan recognized as oldest man | 111-year-old from Japan recognized as oldest man
TOKYO (AP) — A 111-year-old retired Japanese educator who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world's oldest living man.
Sakari Momoi received a certificate from Guinness World Records on Wednesday. He succeeds Alexander Imich of New York, who died in June at the ag... |
7b0058da84038fcd204b1ac08f8747f6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/20/israel-gaza-hamas-militants/14325307/ | Hamas leader's wife, son killed in Gaza airstrikes | Hamas leader's wife, son killed in Gaza airstrikes
Amid a new round of fighting in the Middle East on Wednesday, Hamas said an Israeli airstrike killed the wife and young son of its military commander, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu declared that his military's assault in Gaza has dealt the U.S.-designat... |
e71964b7e9ed2291e7660e8d1130bd7c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/20/james-foley-islamic-state-kidnapping/14350483/ | Kidnapping Westerners is big business | Kidnapping Westerners is big business
The kidnapping of Western journalists, tourists and aid workers has become a multimillion-dollar business in which hostages such as James Foley become pawns for bandits, tribesmen and militant groups looking to make a buck or score ideological points.
Hostages "are a commodity," sa... |
fb9bcde613028af07d643532e41d0d6b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/23/chile-earthquake/14508883/ | 6.6 earthquake in Chile, U.S. Geological Survey says | 6.6 earthquake in Chile, U.S. Geological Survey says
SANTIAGO, Chile — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the region around Valparaiso, Chile on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
No injuries or serious damage from the strong quake that occurred at 7:23 p.m. ET were reported, but electricity and telephone se... |
f859150c6339b33768dc3d7d28080fb7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/23/ebola-spreads-in-nigeria-liberia-has-1000-cases/14489251/ | 'Underestimated' Ebola outbreak spreads | 'Underestimated' Ebola outbreak spreads
Ebola continues to spread in West Africa as Sierra Leone voted to pass a new amendment imposing jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient.
With 142 new cases recorded, the total number is now 2,615 with 1,427 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday. The group ... |
5390bdddd5379520638dfed0b7778b48 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/24/minister-two-people-died-ebola-congo/14531545/ | Health minister: 2 people have died of Ebola in Congo | Health minister: 2 people have died of Ebola in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country's health minister said Sunday, though local officials believe the cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people.
Eight samples were ... |
c94c159b6b4f3b5bdefcd2a772c2f916 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/26/officials-egypt-uae-behind-airstrikes-in-libya/14621449/ | U.S. officials: Egypt, UAE behind airstrikes in Libya | U.S. officials: Egypt, UAE behind airstrikes in Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt and the United Arab Emirates secretly carried out airstrikes against Islamist militias inside Libya, U.S. officials said Tuesday, decrying the intervention as an escalation of the North African country's already debilitating turmoil. They sai... |
b20664042e221e8bbda754a128c68049 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/31/libya-compound-us-embassy-militia/14898925/ | Militia says it has 'secured' U.S. compound in Libya | Militia says it has 'secured' U.S. compound in Libya
An Islamist militia has reportedly seized a U.S. Embassy residence in Tripoli, although U.S. officials cautioned that they have been unable to confirm the takeover.
The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones, acknowledged on Twitter Sunday that an online video of a ... |
577e22cc060f379f59f25fa8a59bc186 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/05/ukraine-russia-cease-fire/15117039/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomworld-topstories | Obama skeptical as Ukraine cease-fire takes hold | Obama skeptical as Ukraine cease-fire takes hold
NEWPORT, Wales — At the close of a two-day NATO summit Friday, President Obama expressed doubts that new cease-fire in Ukraine would hold and promised a new round of sanctions to keep pressure on Russia to respect its neighbor's borders.
"We are hopeful, but based on pas... |
e9b15d8c240de4efae61e3a8ac884f7d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/07/newser-germany-chernobyl-radioactive-boars/15240799/ | Germany grapples with Chernobyl's radioactive boars | Germany grapples with Chernobyl's radioactive boars
The effects of Chernobyl are still being felt 700 miles and nearly three decades away — in the form of radioactive boars.
Wild boars' meat is considered a delicacy, the Telegraph notes, but a third of those animals wandering Saxony, eastern Germany, exhibit radioactiv... |
929bf40fe89a3922fa70624058437eff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/10/catalonia-independence-day-vote-scotland/15381099/ | Scottish independence resonates in Spain's Catalonia | Scottish independence resonates in Spain's Catalonia
The Spanish region of Catalonia could briefly steal the referendum limelight from Scotland on Thursday during demonstrations in Barcelona aimed at sparking momentum for those opposed to Spanish rule.
About 55% of Catalans support independence from Spain, according to... |
7bf1bd89725327226086baf5d29c9b9f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/13/pope-urges-world-to-shed-apathy-toward-new-threats/15575343/ | Pope Francis: Global conflicts have become WWIII | Pope Francis: Global conflicts have become WWIII
Pope Francis warned of a third world war while visiting the Austro-Hungarian Cemetery of Fogliano di Redipuglia in northeastern Italy on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of WWI.
"Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a ... |
cf8ecdf8ce3164a838fcc00cbbd78c50 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/14/iraqi-pm-renounces-british-citizenship-by-law/15622283/ | Iraqi PM renounces British citizenship | Iraqi PM renounces British citizenship
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has renounced his British citizenship since assuming office last week, three government officials close to the premier said Sunday.
According to the officials, who declined to be named because they are not authorized to disc... |
4f559eb8a5c0e3e4a8930f42007367a1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/16/ukraine-european-union/15706351/ | Ukraine parliament OKs pivotal EU pact | Ukraine parliament OKs pivotal EU pact
Ukraine's parliament moved Tuesday to resolve months of crisis by ratifying an agreement strengthening ties with the European Union while loosening some controls over its rebellious eastern regions.
Parliament's actions will lower trade tariffs between Europe and Ukraine, require ... |
601322de7b3609094d311f8d5a548636 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/17/australia-terrorism-raids/15811021/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Australian police thwart ISIL beheading plot | Australian police thwart ISIL beheading plot
More than 800 Australian officers raided dozens of properties in the suburbs of Sydney on Thursday, in an operation to thwart an apparent Islamic State terror plot to carry out random attacks on the public, police said.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed to reporters that ... |
4a352fd5f9a0eeebb39b49ae2acdcfd3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/17/scotland-independence-teen-vote/15768549/?csp=fbfanpage | 16-, 17-year-olds get to vote on Scottish independence | 16-, 17-year-olds get to vote on Scottish independence
LONDON — To misquote a famous British rock group, they are talking and voting about their generation.
Scotland's independence vote Thursday represents the first time voters in the United Kingdom as young as 16 will help decide a significant matter of state: Should ... |
6c1c5ae73a13a5971017218fbc414353 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/20/sierra-leone-begins-3-day-ebola-lockdown/15948489/ | Sierra Leone on rare lockdown amid Ebola fight | Sierra Leone on rare lockdown amid Ebola fight
Sierra Leone's 6 million residents hunkered down in their homes and avoided public places as a rare three-day lockdown in the Ebola-ravaged country continued Saturday.
Only security officials and people with government passes are allowed out during the weekend.
Some 30,000... |
ae15c701813ebb67c01d9ab76b614ef5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/21/ebola-supplies-airlift/16008215/ | 100 tons of supplies to fight Ebola sent to West Africa | 100 tons of supplies to fight Ebola sent to West Africa
Humanitarian groups have sent nearly $6 million in medical supplies to West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola.
The airlift left Saturday from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on a chartered Boeing 747 airplane bound for communities in Libe... |
c4fc2feb250c59782bc27522d3ca0acc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/30/hong-kong-protests/16473507/ | Key social moments of Hong Kong protests | Key social moments of Hong Kong protests
The protesters aren't backing down, China isn't giving in, and the world isn't looking away.
Pro-democracy demonstrations continued in Hong Kong's streets for a sixth day on Wednesday over anger at China's refusal to allow the open selection of candidates for Hong Kong's leader ... |
ab4829a03ef4c2c13b0761ee0e019192 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/06/uae-cupcakes-dubai-excess/16153103/ | Only in Dubai: a $1,000 gold cupcake | Only in Dubai: a $1,000 gold cupcake
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In a city where excess is the norm, no one should be surprised to find an unassuming bakery and cafe tucked inside a mall here that sells the world's most expensive cupcake.
"It's a gold-infused cupcake — apart from having the flour, the butter, the cho... |
54111b5ce45e0d86baf4b2e2e471255e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/08/ukraine-conflict-divides-families-in-donetsk/16806243/ | Ukraine conflict causes bitter family feuds | Ukraine conflict causes bitter family feuds
DONETSK, Ukraine — Anna and Wladislaw Rychenko's marriage ended because of irreconcilable differences: She is a Ukraine nationalist; he favors a separate Russian-aligned state for this eastern region.
The couple met in 2005 and fell in love despite conflicting political views... |
2ec70ae83309cdc28fa6d1827b54ac42 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/12/china-magic-shows/17029117/ | China conjures magical future better than Vegas | China conjures magical future better than Vegas
CHANGPING, China — And for its next trick, China's ruling Communist Party plans to save the magic industry worldwide and silence dissent among magicians everywhere.
A massive venue will arise next year near Beijing for magic shows starting in 2018 that officials say will ... |
10d7dbeb24809bb3fb4396a96538434b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/13/bishops-say-gays-have-gifts-to-offer-church/17196339/ | Catholic bishops show new tolerance toward gays | Catholic bishops show new tolerance toward gays
ROME — Catholic bishops expressed unprecedented tolerance toward homosexuality and divorce in a document released Monday, a remarkable shift led by Pope Francis that could end the church's rigid stance on those issues.
The new openness to gay unions, though not gay marria... |
bdec6c1b4ae1ac82cf38ecd170932c48 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/14/who-ebola-cases-could-rise-ten-times-in-a-few-weeks/17241049/ | Ebola cases could dramatically increase | Ebola cases could dramatically increase
New cases of Ebola could reach 10,000 per week by December as the virus outbreak races out of control in West Africa, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday.
WHO Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward also said the death rate, which had been estimated at about half of... |
9b9a300e916989c442cef7e3e29f8438 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/17/is-iraq-syria-air-war/17429941/ | Kobani may fall to militants, top U.S. officer says | Kobani may fall to militants, top U.S. officer says
WASHINGTON — It is "highly possible" that the besieged Syrian city of Kobani could fall to Islamic State militants, the commander of U.S. military forces in the Middle East said Friday.
Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, who leads Central Command, said Islamic State fighters hav... |
bb5d0951c0128838b096a825c41712aa | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/18/donetsk-airport-rebels-fight-on/17447829/ | Ground zero in the battle for Ukraine: Donetsk airport | Ground zero in the battle for Ukraine: Donetsk airport
DONETSK, Ukraine — The airport here in this battle-scarred region of eastern Ukraine seems oblivious to the cease-fire brokered six weeks ago.
The battles between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces rage on at a place that has taken on greater significance i... |
1825483b27bf67bef798762c3e5a6069 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/18/isil-kobani-airstrikes/17507239/ | Airstrikes target Islamic State oil facilities in Syria | Airstrikes target Islamic State oil facilities in Syria
WASHINGTON — Airstrikes in Syria shifted from the besieged city of Kobani toward the oil facilities that fund Islamic State fighters who have seized portions of Syria and neighboring Iraq, the military announced Saturday.
Two airstrikes were conducted near Kobani ... |
a8f2ecf694abe3169658af0780b214cc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/19/goliath-birdeater-spider-newser/17571805/ | Scientist stumbles upon spider as big as a puppy | Scientist stumbles upon spider as big as a puppy
(NEWSER) – Strolling through a Guyana rainforest one night, a scientist heard some rustling and thought he'd encountered a furry mammal.
Well, he was right about the furry part.
The creature was actually a Goliath birdeater spider, LiveScience reports — the world's bigge... |
078909dc63a4e3f3adfad59fb7198029 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/21/rwanda-united-statees-ebola-screening/17653947/ | Rwanda to screen U.S. visitors for Ebola | Rwanda to screen U.S. visitors for Ebola
The East African nation of Rwanda is requiring all visitors from the United States and Spain to self-monitor, fill out an extensive questionnaire and report their medical condition for the first 21 days of their visits because of the Ebola cases that have surfaced in the two Wes... |
8e9259de9206ef8e93a041c2985fe346 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/22/ebola-sierra-leone/17658375/ | Rural Africa can't stem spread of Ebola | Rural Africa can't stem spread of Ebola
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — As infectious Ebola patients in this country's remote northern region were being transferred for treatment, the ambulance moving them overturned on a narrow, dirt road, injuring the driver and patients and exposing the area to the deadly virus.
The eight ... |
8f7576bfc3ffe62cbcfb68539fb79a63 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/26/ebola-transport-military-patients-aircraft-phoenix-air/17669025/ | Pentagon builds units to transport Ebola patients | Pentagon builds units to transport Ebola patients
As more U.S. troops head to West Africa, the Pentagon is developing portable isolation units that can carry up to 12 Ebola patients for transport on military planes.
The Pentagon says it does not expect it will need the units for 3,000 U.S. troops heading to the region ... |
7486989635945920142f3b2c25ea7ac2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/04/russia-boycotts-nuclear-summit-planning-meeting/18450721/ | Russia boycotts nuclear summit planning meeting | Russia boycotts nuclear summit planning meeting
VIENNA (AP) — Russia has failed to show up at a meeting planning the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, U.S and European officials said Monday, in a potentially serious blow to efforts by President Barack Obama to cement his legacy as leaving the world safer from nuclear terro... |
23b43f8b8143fb14035e0a1cf43708e0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/06/obama-secret-letter-iran/18597317/ | Report: Obama wrote secret letter to Iran on Islamic State | Report: Obama wrote secret letter to Iran on Islamic State
President Obama secretly wrote a letter last month to Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei that sought to link cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to a nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
"Mr. Obama stressed t... |
ace3d80e101942de89d5559f0049d845 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/07/globalpost-richest-poorest/18640031/ | 85 richest now have as much money as poorest 3.5B | 85 richest now have as much money as poorest 3.5B
"There's been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won."
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett made that remark more than three years ago and it still holds true today — only the gap between the richest and the poorest has gotten even wider.
Here... |
530683d9a5cf45201485d12066b4965e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/10/cnn-russia-broadcasting-stopped-cable-satellite/18808587/ | CNN to end broadcasts on Russian cable and satellite TV | CNN to end broadcasts on Russian cable and satellite TV
CNN will not be seen on channels in Russia beginning next year, Turner Broadcasting said Monday.
"Turner International is assessing its distribution options for CNN in Russia in light of recent changes in Russian media legislation," the company said in a written s... |
2305d1266b56519c3780859658dce4ca | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/13/mexico-protests-acapulco-tourism/18960781/ | Mexico: Violent protests hit Acapulco's tourism | Mexico: Violent protests hit Acapulco's tourism
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president has tried to keep the issue of violence issue separate from his focus on the economy, but the two are converging as violent protests over 43 disappeared students squelch tourism in Acapulco just before a major holiday weekend.
As Mexi... |
7d7e5ef74e35b91b82a59a17816668e6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/14/globalpost-al-shabaab-africa-ivory/19020563/ | Illegal ivory may not be funding African terror group | Illegal ivory may not be funding African terror group
NAIROBI, Kenya — Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow has made a 3-minute animated short called Last Days, telling the story of ivory poaching and the threat it poses to elephants. The film begins in the markets of Beijing and New York, then rewinds to Africa, where e... |
b69359f80ce5e903fed2bcce113a40d7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/14/obama-reforms-burma/19012941/ | Obama meets Suu Kyi, prods Burma on elections | Obama meets Suu Kyi, prods Burma on elections
RANGOON, Burma — President Obama and Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi called Friday for further moves toward democracy ahead of the country's presidential elections next year.
The two leaders criticized the army-dictated constitution that bars Suu Kyi, the leader of ... |
eede2b0538209e5104158b02c8190266 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/15/islamic-state-dempsey-irag/19082239/ | Top U.S. general makes surprise trip to Iraq | Top U.S. general makes surprise trip to Iraq
The top U.S. military leader made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday to assess American and Iraqi efforts to roll back the Islamic State, officials said.
The trip by Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, comes as the U.S. plans to double the... |
aa5c95fe4ca6800af2d995b7869763e0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/15/woman-wakes-up-in-morgue/19085621/ | Woman wakes up in morgue after 11 hours | Woman wakes up in morgue after 11 hours
Another in the grand tradition of people waking up from the not-so-dead: A 91-year-old woman in Poland startled morgue workers by moving around after what the BBC reports was 11 hours in "cold storage."
A doctor had declared Janina Kolkiewicz dead after the woman's niece noticed ... |
6b13675307d030e41c65288200332283 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/19/miss-honduras-bodies-found/19263231/ | Miss Honduras killed in 'act of passion,' police say | Miss Honduras killed in 'act of passion,' police say
Miss Honduras and her sister were shot to death in an "act of passion" by a jealous boyfriend at a birthday party and buried in a river bank in the mountains, police said Wednesday.
Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, who won her title in April, and her sister, Sofia Trinidad H... |
46c9940c25f550c838ed3d1000316829 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/27/hong-kong-protests/19567797/ | Hong Kong police arrest 7 officers for beating protester | Hong Kong police arrest 7 officers for beating protester
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested 11 more people in a second night of scuffles with demonstrators angry at having their 2-month-old pro-democracy protest camp in a volatile neighborhood shut down, officials said Thursday.
Police also said they arrested s... |
c3215aaa0236f0f4bebf0f3a17a57415 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/11/30/ex-president-wins-uruguay-election-pot-plan-safe/19718183/ | Ex-president wins Uruguay election, pot plan safe | Ex-president wins Uruguay election, pot plan safe
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Ruling party candidate Tabare Vazquez easily won Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday, returning to power a left-leaning coalition that has legalized gay marriage and moved to create the world's first state-run marijuana marketplace.
The runof... |
69a4df1e3d270193a29f321731ed2ea3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/03/male-birth-control-pill-indonesia/19825387/ | Indonesia delivers effective birth control pill for men | Indonesia delivers effective birth control pill for men
BANGKOK — At first glance, it's a dinky little shrub. Its leaves, however, are endowed with properties that could transform human sexuality.
Called gendarussa, the plant provides the crucial ingredient in a long-awaited drug: birth control pills for men.
Tribesmen... |
391365b1a6c187135c26158ab224c912 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/10/globalpost-lima-peru-climate-talks/20188549/ | Lima climate talks aren't focusing on keeping temps down | Lima climate talks aren't focusing on keeping temps down
LIMA, Peru — This week another monster typhoon devastated the Philippines, killing at least 27 people.
On the other side of the Pacific, in Lima, delegates from nearly 200 governments were knuckling down to the second and final week of the latest round of United ... |
0b4ff071ca2432f67b1753bca51fb4a8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/14/turkish-police-media-raid/20391991/ | Turkish police target media offices in raid | Turkish police target media offices in raid
ISTANBUL — Turkish police arrested at least 24 people with close ties to a movement led by a U.S.-based moderate Islamic cleric in raids across the country Sunday, the country's state-run news agency reported.
The offices of Today's Zaman newspaper and STV television news wer... |
4b7f498ceb6ca2bbab9c91ed559a7997 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/15/portugal-wine-world/20427269/ | Portugal is shaking up the wine world | Portugal is shaking up the wine world
LISBON, Portugal — The world's greatest wine region? If you're thinking Bordeaux, Burgundy or Napa Valley, it may be time to think again.
Wines from Portugal's Douro Valley claimed three of the top four places in Wine Spectator's 2014 top 100 ranking — including the No. 1 spot awar... |
74841cf8f49e893f9f92b653ffb3a7a8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/15/sydney-hostage-standoff/20422553/ | Aussie gunman, 2 hostages killed | Aussie gunman, 2 hostages killed
SYDNEY -- A tense, 16-hour Australian hostage standoff ended with gunfire when heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney's financial center. Two hostages and the gunman were killed, authorities said.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the dead gunman, a self-styled Islamic... |
1a05c81eefbbf6710b0b0c6d75abefc9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/15/sydney-hostage-uber-pricing/20422427/ | Uber draws criticism for Sydney siege pricing | Uber draws criticism for Sydney siege pricing
Fresh controversy struck Uber on Monday after the car service raised prices in Sydney's central business district (CBD) amid an ongoing hostage situation at a cafe there.
The firm made the announcement on Twitter while up to 40 people were being held by a gunman and hundred... |
fa7da408b002f32222df5486ea504f02 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/16/oil-prices-countries-winners-and-losers/20422895/ | Eight countries that win and lose big from oil plunge | Eight countries that win and lose big from oil plunge
Oil prices traded near a five-year low Tuesday, as global supply continued to outstrip demand. Since the start of the year, prices have plummeted close to 50%.
That decline has produced windfalls — or disasters — for a number of countries.
Here's a look at four of t... |
ab530ec6170892fd4938f7ae3832fe37 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/17/canada-ducklings-highway-fatal-court/20513845/ | Driver who stopped for ducks gets jail, 10-year driving ban | Driver who stopped for ducks gets jail, 10-year driving ban
The woman who stopped her car in the left lane of a Montreal area highway to herd ducklings to safety, which led to the death of a motorcyclist and his teen daughter, will not spend the rest of her life in prison, Canadian media outlets report.
Emma Czornobaj,... |
c43f96532da11a7bd076112fa4f6f088 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/27/wanted-islamic-extremist-leader-surrenders-in-somalia/20936989/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Wanted Islamic extremist leader surrenders in Somalia | Wanted Islamic extremist leader surrenders in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali intelligence official says a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia.
The intelligence officer, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak ... |
76f53254250bca42b38ce92b33dfe670 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/06/farmer-destroys-nazi-cows/21325527/ | Murderous Nazi super cows turned into sausages | Murderous Nazi super cows turned into sausages
Hitler's drive to produce the perfect Aryan race was not confined to people – it also extended to a specially bred herd of Nazi-engineered cows, which have turned out to be so aggressive that a U.K. farmer was forced to turn half of them into sausages.
Derek Gow imported m... |
761e8c10ab154ad1aa5281c8e5739b92 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/08/air-asia-tail-black-boxes/21432291/ | AirAsia jet's black boxes could be raised Friday | AirAsia jet's black boxes could be raised Friday
Divers battled swift currents and murky waters Thursday as the hunt for AirAsia Flight 8501's elusive black boxes continued at the bottom of Indonesia's Java Sea.
The tail section of the Airbus 320 was found this week, a key discovery since it should contain the voice re... |
6579b9b4980325b635b0a4dccc0492ff | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/11/parrs-rally-against-terror/21588151/ | 'Charlie' draws historic crowd, world leaders to Paris | 'Charlie' draws historic crowd, world leaders to Paris
PARIS — A historic crowd of more than a million people including more than 40 world leaders jammed the streets Sunday, proclaiming "Je suis Charlie," expressing solidarity against terrorism and paying homage to victims of last week's deadly attacks.
French Presiden... |
1447935ef23fd76a0d2f90d4b388b94b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/19/newser-miss-universe-selfie/21990735/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Miss Universe selfie causes international uproar | Miss Universe selfie causes international uproar
(NEWSER) – Politics haven't been left behind at this year's Miss Universe pageant, where a selfie taken by Miss Israel is becoming an international incident.
After Doron Matalon posted the photo of herself with Miss Lebanon, Miss Slovenia, and Miss Japan on Instagram, Le... |
cbd65cc75e3e15925c508298148aa3ac | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/24/greece-election-advance/22162903/ | Greece election Sunday to test austerity measures | Greece election Sunday to test austerity measures
ATHENS — Every day for the past two years, Konstantinos Polychronopoulos has set his pop-up soup kitchen in the street to offer free food to passersby.
"Our food is for everyone," says the former marketing executive who lost his job when the Greek financial crisis struc... |
040c23406609a658667a47728c9bc510 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/27/auschwitz-holocaust-ceremony/22399261/ | Auschwitz survivors gather where 'civilization collapsed' | Auschwitz survivors gather where 'civilization collapsed'
OSWIECIM, Poland — Seventy years later, they stood again in the bitter cold, this time not prisoners but defiant survivors.
About 300 people liberated from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp returned Tuesday to retell haunting memories of the place where ... |
ce1dfbf14fc567eb96fa310f0ef3f5aa | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/28/nkorea-nuke-plant/22507743/ | Report: N. Korea may be restarting nuke plant | Report: N. Korea may be restarting nuke plant
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea may be attempting to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after a five-month shutdown, a U.S. research institute said Thursday.
If true, the finding, which is based on recent commercial satellite imagery, will be an added worry fo... |
2efd1fa539d265c02c5e21d6dadd6475 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/29/airasia-crash-investigation/22511899/ | Investigator: Co-pilot was flying AirAsia Flight 8501 | Investigator: Co-pilot was flying AirAsia Flight 8501
The co-pilot was at the helm of AirAsia Flight 8501 before it crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people aboard, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday.
The captain was closely monitoring his less experienced first officer when the plane w... |
fa6f2841601372d652d10bae92476d8f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/29/isil-hostages-japan-jordan/22512607/ | ISIL deadline passes; fate of captive pilot unknown | ISIL deadline passes; fate of captive pilot unknown
An Islamic State deadline for the release of a terrorist in a swap for a Jordanian pilot passed at sunset Thursday with no word on the state of the negotiations or a proposed exchange on the Turkish border.
Even as the deadline loomed, Jordan was demanding proof that ... |
2e4a5e829e16fc0861468e455910ec05 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/29/malaysia-flight-mh370-declared-accoide/22513121/ | Malaysia declares Flight 370 disappearance an 'accident' | Malaysia declares Flight 370 disappearance an 'accident'
More than 10 months — precisely 328 days — after it went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board, Malaysian investigators Thursday declared the disappearance of Flight 370 an accident, clearing the way for families to pursue compensation claims.
Investigato... |
013d5a5296bf6becfb4abfb88fd6d06a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/09/boko-haram-nigeria-africa-union/23139643/ | Boko Haram terror attacks spread to Nigeria's neighbors | Boko Haram terror attacks spread to Nigeria's neighbors
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram extended its terror attacks into neighboring countries Monday, setting off a car bomb in Niger and kidnapping about 20 people from a bus in Cameroon.
The attacks came as the Islamic extremists face a stronger response from go... |
042667b63bec92b8448ff8ef68a05913 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/13/canada-mall-valentines-plot/23397537/ | Police foil Valentine's Day plot to kill people at mall | Police foil Valentine's Day plot to kill people at mall
Canadian police foiled a plot by a group to shoot as many people as possible in a Valentine's Day mass killing at a public venue, according to several reports.
An official told the Associated Press that the suspects planned to carry out the plan at a mall and comm... |
346dac474471a9d02dd8654975c69e81 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/14/pope-francis-new-cardinals/23406903/ | Pope to new cardinals: Put aside pride, jealousy, anger | Pope to new cardinals: Put aside pride, jealousy, anger
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough-love message to them, telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy and self-interests and instead... |
f2f955c3596447d1e194e7ba4c97663d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/14/ukraine-fighting-cease-fire/23406849/ | Cease-fire begins in Ukraine as do fears it may not last | Cease-fire begins in Ukraine as do fears it may not last
Prospects for a lasting truce were shaky as a cease-fire went into effect Sunday in Ukraine, where fighting grew fiercer ahead of the deadline and hopes for a halt to the violence dimmed.
Ukraine government troops and Russian-backed separatists were battling as b... |
c2a42422c831314a4cdcddcc3b3310ad | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/14/us-coast-guard-tows-fishing-boat-stuck-in-antarctic-ice/23407057/ | U.S. Coast Guard tows fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice | U.S. Coast Guard tows fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker was towing a fishing boat out of heavy ice in Antarctica on Saturday after the vessel was stuck there for three days with 26 people aboard.
New Zealand authorities, who were helping coordinate the resc... |
97240ae1cbbf78801adef356c30cdb3f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/18/copenhagen-gunman-three-guns/23605013/ | Copenhagen gunman used 3 guns in attacks | Copenhagen gunman used 3 guns in attacks
The gunman behind shootings at a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen used an assault rifle and two handguns in the attacks, Danish police said Wednesday.
The suspect, named by police late Tuesday as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, 22, was killed in firefight early Sunda... |
970037d17768250b5110ac9890442a9e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/22/family-suspected-recruiter/23836329/ | Family brands suspected ISIL recruiter 'a disgrace' | Family brands suspected ISIL recruiter 'a disgrace'
LONDON — The family of a Scottish woman suspected of encouraging three girls to join the Islamic State group have spoken of their "horror and anger" that she may have played a role in recruiting them, British media reported Sunday.
The three girls — Shamima Begum, 15,... |
22c1aa75141fa3d8123bfee5d87b09b9 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/24/jewish-heirs-sue-germany/23923671/ | Jewish heirs sue Germany in U.S. over medieval art | Jewish heirs sue Germany in U.S. over medieval art
BERLIN (AP) — The heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers say they have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. suing Germany and a German museum for the return of a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated $226 million.
The suit, which attorneys said was filed late Monday in the U... |
42b8e3b4306046fa2e717755b83b94f4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/02/28/kenya-stolen-baby-trafficking/23927517/ | Baby trafficking is a lucrative business in Kenya | Baby trafficking is a lucrative business in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — In this country of widespread poverty, one of the most lucrative businesses is also one of the most heartbreaking: baby trafficking.
It is common in Kayole, a slum in the capital here, for gangs to steal or buy infants from mothers who are told their ch... |
4ab51bfe3d6a1f08f12f345eedee5ac6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/04/china-one-child-policy-births-beijing/24069319/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated | China eases 'one child' policy to boost births | China eases 'one child' policy to boost births
BEIJING — China's "one child" policy is still technically in force, yet Zhang Xue and her husband are expecting in March— and might even get a government bonus for the second child.
That's because the world's most populous nation, with 1.35 billion people, is moving to enc... |
026147fd6827269790e424d033ed0598 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/04/us-ambassador-south-korea-attacked/24398911/ | U.S. ambassador slashed in South Korea | U.S. ambassador slashed in South Korea
Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this article did not make clear the ambassador's military experience. He was an intelligence officer with the U.S. Navy SEALs' Naval Special Warfare Development Group, but was not a SEAL himself.
TOKYO — The U.S. ambassador to So... |
43ea9c0ab1c2384146ead057c1a397cc | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/14/cyclone-pam-vanuatu/70321476/ | 'Like a bomb's gone off': Cyclone hits Vanuatu dead-on | 'Like a bomb's gone off': Cyclone hits Vanuatu dead-on
Cyclone Pam, possibly the worst cyclone in the Pacific's history, slammed directly into the tiny South Pacific archipelago Vanuatu early Saturday, killing at least eight people and leaving thousands homeless, according to reports from aid organizations.
At one poin... |
f8cf801abd69b5a7bbfbc81fa547fcf4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/16/israel-election-netanyahu-herzog-likud-zionist-union/24845583/ | Netanyahu appeals to backers to avert defeat Tuesday | Netanyahu appeals to backers to avert defeat Tuesday
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu made a last-ditch appeal to supporters of his right-wing Likud Party to turn out for Israel's election Tuesday and avert defeat for the long-serving prime minister.
"This is a fateful struggle, a close struggle," Netanyahu, who is seeki... |
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