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Major rescue efforts underway in Turkey after earthquake kills at least 22

"We don't have a safe place to stay right now," Emre Gocer told the state-run Anadolu news agency.

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Two missing after U.S. Navy helicopter goes down in the Philippine Sea

The MH-60 craft assigned to the USS Blue Ridge "went down while conducting routine operations," the statement said.

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'Never again': Anti-Semitism surges as memories of Holocaust fade

"Young people are the ones that have to carry the memory of our loved ones forever," said Auschwitz survivor Sonia Klein, 94.

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Shooting death of young woman activist returns spotlight to 'femicides' in Mexico

"We will continue raising our voice for Isabel and all the women victims of femicide in Ciudad Juárez," a women's rights group says.

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History Made for Australia

Australian Katharina Haecker took her first Grand Prix Gold at the Tel Aviv Grand Prix beating Canada's Beauchemin-Pinard, making Haecker the Woman of the Day.

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Four dead after 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey

Tremblor struck near the town of Sivrice in eastern Elazig province, Turkey's emergency management agency said.

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Trump invites Netanyahu to White House, says Middle East peace plan imminent

The president has touted his plans as the "deal of the century" but it has already been rejected by the Palestinians and others.

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Several wounded after shooting in southern Germany

A large police operation was underway in the small town of Rot am See in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Aalen police said in a tweet.

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Philippine leader threatens to end U.S. military pact in expletive-laced speech

"If you won't do the correction on this, I will terminate the ... Visiting Forces Agreement. I'll end that son of a bitch," the president said.

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Germany bans Combat 18 neo-Nazi group

The German chapter "enjoys great respect within the far-right extremist scene," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.

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Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim's brain to glass

Archaeologists rarely recover human brain tissue, and when they do it is normally smooth and soapy in consistency.

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Coronavirus outbreak shuts 3 Chinese cities down, disrupts busy travel season

Chinese health officials said Wednesday the new coronavirus can spread via respiratory transmission, heightening fears of a growing epidemic.

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World leaders gather in Jerusalem to commemorate the Holocaust

The gathering marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' most notorious death camp, Auschwitz.

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Court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya

A unanimous ruling by a panel of 17 judges, the court said Myanmar must now take all steps within its power to prevent serious harm to Rohingya.

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Plane fighting Australia's wildfires goes missing

The water tanker plane might have crashed in the Snowy Monaro region of New South Wales state.

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'Multiple victims' in central Seattle shooting

The shooting occurred near the Pike Place Market, an area with heavy foot traffic and multiple tourist attractions.

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Greece elects its first female president

Katerina Sakellaropoulou said she would aim for the "broadest possible consensus" in the course of carrying out her duties.

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Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77

Jones' wife and three children said they had lost "a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man."

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Facing economic crisis, Lebanon's new government meets for first time

Formed by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah and its allies, new government faces one of the biggest financial crises in the country's history.

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Russia-Poland feud over World War II history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps.