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  ABC News : international
19  august     10h42
ICC slams US decision to sanction court’s president, prosecution lawyer
   The International Criminal Court has criticized new U.S. sanctions on its senior staff as a flagrant attack on its independence
    06h35
Businesses reopen after eastern Indonesia earthquake displaced thousands
   Grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses have reopened across Indonesia’s Flores island
    05h49
Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers’ efforts to contain Ebola
   Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family
    05h53
Fractured opposition battles Nigeria’s Tinubu as presidential campaigns begin
   The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season
    06h36
Hotel blaze in India’s West Bengal kills 9 and injures 6
   A fire in a hotel has killed at least nine people and injured six others in Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state
    07h12
Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions over death cap mushroom lunch
   Triple-murderer Erin Patterson is appealing her convictions for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms
    01h18
After deadly floods in India, experts call for better warnings and long-term planning
   More than 100 people have died in floods in India’s northeastern Assam state which government officials say is the worst the climate vulnerable...
    02h34
South Korea says South Korean and US militaries have agreed to shorten their drills
   South Korea says the South Korean and U.S. militaries have agreed to shorten their drills at the U.S.’s request
18  august     21h23
Archaeologists unveil skeletal remains believed to be ritual offering in Lima
   Archaeologists in Peru have unveiled skeletal remains near Huaca Pucllana, an ancient pyramid in Lima
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Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners
   An artisanal gold mining site has collapsed in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners
    20h07
Japan and OAS award Haiti 3M to help troubled country prepare for long-awaited elections
   Japan and the Organization of American States have signed a deal to award Haiti a 3 million grant to help it register voters as the troubled country...
    19h39
Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the US
   Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States
    19h39
Wildfire in British Columbia harmed 150 structures and forced 20,000 to evacuate
   Officials say last week’s fast-moving wildfire in western Canada destroyed or damaged about 150 structures, forcing over 20,000 people to evacuate
    16h03
Fighting in southwestern Somalia kills dozens of people, including 4 civilians
   Fierce fighting between government troops and militias in Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa has killed dozens, including at least four civilians
    14h35
Drills cut by Trump are central to the US-South Korea alliance
   The United States and South Korea have regularly conducted military drills to prepare for potential conflicts with North Korea
    14h08
Quebec separatist leader says no independence referendum until Trump leaves office
   The leader of Quebec’s separatist party says he would delay any independence referendum until Donald Trump is no longer U.S. president
    12h52
An 81-year-old admits to 1994 killing of American tourist as trial opens in Germany
   An 81-year-old man has admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago
    12h43
Russia summons Japanese envoy following Putin’s visit to disputed islands
   Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Kuril Islands, the...
    12h42
Pakistan’s top court orders imprisoned former PM Imran Khan taken to hospital, allows family visits
   Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered authorities to take imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in the capital for a...
    11h38
Ukraine aims a drone blitz at Moscow while Russian missiles kill 10 in a Ukraine
   Ukrainian forces have launched one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since the invasion began, firing almost 800 drones
19  august     02h38
Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East
   U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran but insists the Strait of Hormuz remains open
18  august     12h49
King Harald of Norway is hospitalized for treatment in connection with a blood disease
   King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital for treatment related to a blood disease, according to the royal palace
    12h50
South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises
   South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security
    11h22
Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in Indonesia leaves thousands displaced
   Thousands of people are still displaced on Indonesia’s Flores island, three days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 70 people, injured...
    06h11
This school teaches Senegal’s brightest girls to push back against patriarchal norms
   Senegal’s first elite boarding school for girls shows how the largely Muslim West African nation has made progress in girls’ education, but...
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