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Up to 20 reported injured in New Zealand volcano eruption

White Island should be considered dangerous after Whakaari erupted Monday afternoon, the government said.

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Fears of Russian interference hit U.K. election after leak of U.S. trade talks

Reddit launched an investigation after opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn brandished the leaked documents at a press conference last month.

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Hundreds of thousands march as Hong Kong protests near half-year mark

Marchers said they hoped the huge turnout might help win concessions from the government of Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

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After years of war, will Ukraine's Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin give peace a chance?

A breakthrough in talks would lead to an end of the war in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed more than 13,000 lives since it began six years ago.

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Devastating market fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

The fire started at a factory space near Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi's largest wholesale market for household goods.

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North Korea conducts 'important test' at once-dismantled site

The announcement comes amid dimming prospects for a resumption of denuclearization negotiations with the U.S.

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Woman in Netherlands says she leaked secret Chinese documents on Uighur 're-education' camps

The documents were the foundation of stories last month by NBC News and journalists around the world on the inner workings of the Uighur camps in China.

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Heavyweight title fight draws accusations of Saudi 'sportswashing'

Ahead of Saturday's world heavyweight boxing title fight, human rights groups accused Riyadh of using sports to rehabilitate its image on he world stage.

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American student freed in prisoner swap after three years in Iran jail

Wang was released after more than three years in a Tehran jail in exchange for Iranian Massoud Soleimani, who was held by the U.S. for violating sanctions.

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U.S. says Iran may have killed up to 1,000 protesters

Some Iranian experts inside the U.S. government have expressed caution about reporting on the death toll in the demonstrations.

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French transit strikes close tourist sites, creates traffic chaos for second day

Public sector workers continued their strike amid fears President Emmanuel Macron's reforms will leave them with less retirement pay.

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Global measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinations

The disease killed an estimated 141,000 people last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to the World Health Organization.

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Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape and murder, drawing cheers

A large crowd had gathered at the site of the shooting and threw flower petals at police vans in support of the action.

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Britain's Labour Party risks losing its 'Red Wall' industrial heartlands

Voters in Hartlepool feel they have missed out on the economic growth of the last few decades — and they're taking it out on politicians.

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Pipe dream: The African cannabis empire that never was

A London firm planned a giant cannabis farm in the African jungle. Four years later there's little to show for it but dirt roads and a few angry investors.

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Russian agents planned hit from assassins' lairs in French Alps, say intel officials

Western intelligence agencies tracked up to 15 members of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, including 2 who poisoned a defector in London.

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France braces for severe disruption in mass strike over pensions

Bracing for violence, the city's police chief instructed all businesses, restaurants and cafes to close along the major march routes.

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New Zealand PM aims to limit spread of hate at mosque shooting trial

New Zealand's prime minister will do all she can to stop a man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers from spreading his message of hate at his trial.

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South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu in hospital

The 88-year-old used the pulpit to preach against the injustices of white minority rule Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

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Specter of U.S. interference looms over health care debate in U.K.

The future of the National Health Service after Brexit has become a major talking point for Labour in its effort to oust the Conservatives in the election.