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Trump, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discuss global security issues

World News // 4 days ago

Trump, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discuss global security issues

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday to discuss global security issues.

Israeli airstrike kills 16 in central Beirut; Hezbollah denies being target

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Israeli airstrike kills 16 in central Beirut; Hezbollah denies being target

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A powerful Israeli airstrike flattened a residential building in central Beirut early Saturday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 63 others

Stuck 20 hours, kayaking tourist's leg amputated during rescue in Australia

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Stuck 20 hours, kayaking tourist's leg amputated during rescue in Australia

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- In a scene mirroring a Hollywood movie, a kayaker was rescued after a 20-hour ordeal on a river in Southern Australia that saw the man's leg amputated, police confirmed afterwards.

Shortest and tallest living women declared 'icons' in London

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Shortest and tallest living women declared 'icons' in London

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records Day featured an afternoon tea social in London between the world's shortest and tallest women alive and officially are icons.

Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday if she is killed, she has contracted an assassin to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife and House of Representatives speaker.

Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries

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Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in climate funding. Developing countries want more money.

Israel hits Lebanon with widespread bombing and shelling, killing at least 47

World News // 5 days ago

Israel hits Lebanon with widespread bombing and shelling, killing at least 47

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Israel Friday continued widespread bombing attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon in a series of air strikes near Beirut and Tyre, killing at least 47 and wounding 22 in the Baalbek district northeast of Beirut.

Hungary's Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won't enforce ICC arrest warrant

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Hungary's Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won't enforce ICC arrest warrant

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday invited Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and confirmed he will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

London Gatwick reopens after 'security incident' evacuates terminal

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London Gatwick reopens after 'security incident' evacuates terminal

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Train service is resuming and people are returning to the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport after a security alert forced the evacuation of part of the city's secondary international hub Friday.

Police destroy suspicious 'hoax device' outside U.S. London embassy

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Police destroy suspicious 'hoax device' outside U.S. London embassy

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A suspicious package found outside the U.S. Embassy in London Friday was destroyed in a controlled explosion as London police closed Ponton Road near the embassy.

Apple, Google face potential investigation over mobile browser dominance

World News // 5 days ago

Apple, Google face potential investigation over mobile browser dominance

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- An independent inquiry group on Friday recommended to the British Competition and Markets Authority to investigate Apple and Google over their dominance of mobile web browsers and apps in the country.

Spain fines five budget airlines $186 million for 'abusive practices'

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Spain fines five budget airlines $186 million for 'abusive practices'

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Spain's government said Friday five low-cost airlines have been fined $186.32 million for what Minister of Social Rights Pablo Bustinduy said were abusive practices like charging more for hand luggage or reserving seats.

Japan passes economic package to address inflation

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Japan passes economic package to address inflation

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- In hopes of tackling continuing issues of inflation, the Japanese government okayed a wide-ranging economic package worth $250 billion to address racing energy costs and benefit a lot of low-income families.

Iran orders new advanced nuclear centrifuges to be brought on stream after IAEA censure

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Iran orders new advanced nuclear centrifuges to be brought on stream after IAEA censure

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Iran said Friday it had begun commissioning new advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges after it was censured by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Sixth death confirmed in suspected Laos mass methanol poisoning incident

World News // 5 days ago

Sixth death confirmed in suspected Laos mass methanol poisoning incident

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The death toll from a suspected adulterated alcohol mass poisoning in Laos rose to six Friday after an Australian teen backpacker died in a hospital in Thailand where she had been transferred for treatment.

Gunmen ambush vehicle convoy in Pakistan, killing dozens

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Gunmen ambush vehicle convoy in Pakistan, killing dozens

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Gunmen ambushed a convoy of passenger vehicles traveling in remote northern Pakistan, killing dozens of people, authorities said.

Britain blacklists daughter of Angola's former president as it clamps down on corruption

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Britain blacklists daughter of Angola's former president as it clamps down on corruption

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Britain on Thursday sanctioned Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola's former president, and two others London called "kleptocrats" as part of a new effort to clamp down on corruption and dirty money.

Putin says Russia launched experimental hypersonic missile against Ukraine

World News // 6 days ago

Putin says Russia launched experimental hypersonic missile against Ukraine

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia hit a Ukrainian aerospace plant with an experimental hypersonic missile in the first use of the nuclear-capable missile against Ukraine.

Delhi's 'alarming' air quality crisis persisting as city is named India's dirtiest

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Delhi's 'alarming' air quality crisis persisting as city is named India's dirtiest

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Delhi was listed as India's most polluted city Thursday as a weeks-long air quality crisis gripping northern India has shown few signs of letting up.

Wednesday night eruption is Iceland volcano's 7th this year

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Wednesday night eruption is Iceland volcano's 7th this year

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupted for the seventh time since December in the southwest area of the island nation.

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