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Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home

PERTH, Australia, Dec 21, 2019 (AP) — Australia’s most populous state was paralyzed by “catastrophic” fire conditions Saturday amid soaring temperatures, while one person died as wildfires ravaged the country’s southeast, officials said. “Catastrophic fire conditions are as bad as it gets,” New South Wales Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane

Amid citizenship law outcry, Indian authorities ban protests

NEW DELHI, Dec 20, 2019 (AP) — Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities

Trump faults Pelosi for uncertainty over impeachment trial

WASHINGTON, Dec 19, 2019 (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she threw

House starts historic session to impeach Trump; GOP stalls

WASHINGTON, Dec 18, 2019 (AP) — The U.S. House gaveled in for a historic session Wednesday to impeach President Donald

China says trade deal with US must be ‘mutually beneficial’

BEIJING (AP) — Expectations for a U.S.-Chinese trade truce rose Friday, though Beijing accused Washington of unfairly attacking its economy

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UK’s Johnson heads for big win in ‘Brexit election’

LONDON, Dec 13, 2019 (AFP) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that voters had given his government a “powerful

Chile military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight

Johnson, Corbyn clash in final debate before UK election

LONDON, Dec 07, 2019 (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed Friday

58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat

629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were