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News Articles: World

Shen Yun dance troupe on a billboard advertising an upcoming performance in Leavenworth, Kansas.

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  • Art & Design

Two former Shen Yun dancers allege forced child labor, brutal conditions in lawsuit

Two former dancers allege that they lived under a culture of fear and routinely performed despite injuries. Shen Yun has vehemently denied the claims.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
This combination of pictures created on Monday shows a photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik showing Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with RIA Novosti news agency at the Kremlin on March 12, 2024, and a picture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a summit in Singapore on June 2, 2024.

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  • Europe

As Russia and Ukraine prepare for possible direct talks, cue President Trump

There are lots of unknowns ahead of potential direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • Joanna Kakissis
Former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica on Oct. 27, 2024.

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  • Obituaries

Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica, nicknamed 'world's poorest president,' dies at 89

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • John Otis
Champagne barrels line the deep, cool cellars of Charles Fourny's estate in Vertus, France. Fourny says President Trump's impending tariffs has taken away his trust in the U.S. market.

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  • Europe

Champagne-makers mull if it's time to move on from the U.S. market

Amid uncertainty around President Trump's tariffs, some Champagne-makers say they're losing trust in the U.S. market.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives on March 24, 2025, in Paris to face trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021.

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  • Europe

Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault in landmark French trial

A French court on Tuesday found Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set, sentencing the French film icon to an 18-month suspended prison term.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London.

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  • Europe

London police arrest suspect for fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's old home

Police say they're investigating a 21-year-old suspect in connection with three fires over the past week, at properties linked to the British prime minister.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A visitor takes a photo at the Museum of Survivors, located in a factory where Oskar Schindler saved some 1200 Jews during WWII, in Brnenec, Czech Republic, on May 10.

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  • Europe

Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors.

May 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Documents unearthed from wooden crates in the basement of Argentina's top court included Nazi notebooks, photographs and postcards.

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  • World

A trove of forgotten Nazi documents is found in Argentina's Supreme Court basement

Inside boxes found in the basement were documents "intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina," the court said. Supreme Court president Horacio Rosatti has ordered a review.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
French actor Gérard Depardieu leaves for a break during his trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021.

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  • Europe

Gérard Depardieu faces verdict in sexual assault trial seen as #MeToo test

Women's rights advocates say the case is about whether France's justice system is truly ready to reckon with sexual violence.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Newly arrived South Africans listen to representatives from Homeland Security and the State Department deliver welcome statements in a hangar at Atlantic Aviation Dulles near Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2025 in Dulles, Va.

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  • USPS

First Afrikaners arrive in U.S. under radically redrawn refugee program

The refugees were admitted to the U.S. after an executive order from President Trump, and under an expedited and unconventional process for the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A vendor pushes his cart across a road in Srinagar on Monday. The frontier between India and Pakistan had the "first calm night in recent days," the Indian army said on May 12, after a weekend ceasefire.

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  • World

India-Pakistan ceasefire holds for a 2nd day

The ceasefire has halted what some analysts say was the most serious fighting between the two countries since a 1971 war. But India's recent suspension of a key water-sharing treaty remains in place.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Bilal Kuchay
A woman walks past Chinese and United States' national flags on display at a merchandise store in Beijing.

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  • Asia

The U.S. and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war

U.S. levies on Chinese goods will drop from at least 145% to 30% for an initial period of 90 days, while Chinese levies are set to fall from at least 125% to 10% on American goods.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Emily Feng
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference, ahead of the publication of the government's immigration policy paper, in London, Monday.

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  • Europe

With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders'

Taking a page from President Trump's playbook, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced visa restrictions, using language his critics said was dangerous.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
President Trump walks off Air Force One on April 29 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Qatar has offered to replace Air Force One with a luxury Boeing 747 jet.

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  • Politics

Ethics experts worry about the implications of Trump accepting Qatar's luxury plane

Experts tell NPR the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause and raises questions about what Qatar might expect from Trump in return. It's not clear whether critics in Congress can stop it from happening.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A woman holds a poster bearing a portrait of an Israeli hostage held by Hamas in Gaza since October 2023 next to several portaits, including two (center) of Israeli-U.S. captive Edan Alexander, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv as people wait for his release on May 12.

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  • Middle East

Hamas has released Israeli American hostage Edan Alexander, held in Gaza since 2023

Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier raised in New Jersey, is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Four other Americans' bodies are still held in Gaza.

May 12, 2025
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
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