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Europe set for record travel season, looks to China to help fill void of more Americans saying no
More Americans are staying away from Europe due to high airfares, a weak dollar, and the World Cup. But Europe is still expecting another record year.
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Senior Haitian government official abducted by armed assailants: report
Haiti's capital remains heavily affected by gang activity. The Viv Ansanm alliance is estimated to control about 70% of Port-au-Prince.
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Gunmen kill at least 17 farmers, injure more than 13 in Nigeria
AP reported that no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Canadian leader now courts Trump but once sought to punish Americans for ‘sedition’ over protests
Mark Carney to meet with Trump as energy-rich Alberta province ramps up talk of secession
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Before Carney-Trump meeting, Alberta premier vows to honor secession movement if it meets threshold
Smith said she does not personally advocate for secession but that her administration would honor a ballot initiative to separate from Canada if citizens meet the threshold.
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Israel Cabinet approves plan to capture all of Gaza, as government calls up reservists
The new plans are intended to help Israel defeat Hamas and free the hostages held in Gaza.
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Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio
The concert drew about 2 million to Copacabana Beach.
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Mexico president says she rejected Trump's offer to send U.S. troops into Mexico
“We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours,” Sheinbaum said.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese projected to win re-election
Albanese's Labor Party is projected to have won the majority in the federal elections
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German domestic intelligence agency designates AfD party as right-wing extremist
"The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," the agency said.
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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party increases in support with local election victories
Reform UK is a populist party that was created in 2018 and was originally called the Brexit Party.
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Israeli police arrest 18 arson suspects after wildfires spread near Jerusalem
"We’re doing everything we can to thwart the fire and rehabilitate what was destroyed,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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Trump administration helping to broker peace deal ... in Africa
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with officials from Rwanda and the Congo in Washington D.C. late last week to help finalize and oversee the talks, and the two countries agreed to sign a peace deal by May 2.