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Flooding, Landslides In Indonesia And E. Timor Kill More Than 110 People

Monday, April 05, 2021

Category 2 Cyclone Seroja raked the area as the storm tracked on a course for Western Australia, dumping heavy rain on the islands and triggering mudslides that buried homes and people.

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More Than 50 Dead, Dozens Injured As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel

Friday, April 02, 2021

The express passenger train partially derailed inside a mountain tunnel on Friday after reportedly hitting a truck that had slid from a hillside onto the track.

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U.N. Official Warns Of 'Bloodbath' In Myanmar If Coup Isn't Reversed

Thursday, April 01, 2021

The remarks by Myanmar special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener during a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council come as new fighting rages between the army and ethnic insurgents.

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Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai, 6 Others, Found Guilty For Roles In Pro-Democracy Protests

Thursday, April 01, 2021

The convictions come amid a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong and just days after Chinese officials approved a major overhaul of the territory's electoral system that tightens Beijing's control.

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Key Part Of Voice Recorder Found From January's Crash Of Indonesian Airliner

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

The memory unit from the cockpit voice recorder belonging to the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea has been recovered, investigators say. All 62 people aboard were killed.

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Fewer Than Half Of U.S. Adults Belong To A Religious Congregation, New Poll Shows

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

For the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1937, fewer than half of U.S. adults interviewed said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. That figure is down from 70% in 2000.

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Many World Leaders Call For Treaty On Future Pandemics

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Given a lack of international coordination that has beset the current coronavirus pandemic, whether such a treaty could be reached or adhered to is an open question.

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Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique

Monday, March 29, 2021

Days of fighting in the northern port city of Palma have left dozens of civilians dead as security forces battled to turn back an assault by a suspected ISIS-linked insurgent group.

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'She's Free': Giant Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal Underway After Days

Monday, March 29, 2021

The Ever Given had been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway.

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Here's How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Roil The Global Economy

Friday, March 26, 2021

With one of the world's largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day, NPR takes a look at the worldwide implications.

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It 'Might Take Weeks' To Free Ship Stuck In Suez Canal, Salvage Company Says

Thursday, March 25, 2021

The CEO of the Dutch company Boskalis, which is working to dislodge the 1,300-foot-long ship, compared the vessel to "an enormous beached whale."

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40,000 Evacuated, At Least 2 Dead In Massive Australian Floods

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Torrential rain has inundated parts of Australia, forcing evacuations and sending waterfalls down the side of the country's majestic — and normally arid — Uluru rocks.

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Massive Container Ship Runs Aground In Suez Canal, Halting Traffic

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Traffic through one of the world's busiest waterways was stalled after the Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal.

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Hundreds Missing In Aftermath Of Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Nearly a dozen bodies have been recovered from the massive blaze in southern Bangladesh that also left tens of thousands of people homeless, officials said.

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CBP Defends Conditions At Border Detention Centers Amid Upsurge In Migrants

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released photos and video of Texas immigrant processing centers that have faced fresh criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions.

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'Basically In A New Pandemic,' Says Merkel, As Germany Extends Lockdown

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

The German chancellor announces an intensified coronavirus lockdown going into Easter, warning that new mutations raise the specter of a potentially deadly "third wave" of COVID-19.

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Fire Sweeps Through Rohingya Refugee Camp In Southern Bangladesh

Monday, March 22, 2021

The fire at a camp in Cox's Bazar spread rapidly, engulfing tents and poorly constructed homes and buildings, according to witnesses.

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Philippines Calls On China To Remove Massive Fishing Fleet At Disputed Reef

Monday, March 22, 2021

Manila says 220 fishing vessels believed to be manned by China's maritime militia were observed anchored side by side at the disputed Whitsun Reef earlier this month.

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Biden Urges Unity Against Hate, Racism After Meeting With Asian American Leaders

Friday, March 19, 2021

The previously scheduled visit was to have included a celebration of the recently passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, but Tuesday's deadly shootings at area spas caused a change in plans.

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Biden To Nominate Former Sen. Bill Nelson Of Florida As NASA Head

Friday, March 19, 2021

Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

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