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The Toronto skyline, seen in silhouette in 2015. The same skyline was used in an image posted by an account reportedly linked with the Saudi Arabian government, which featured an airliner headed toward the needle-shaped CN Tower.

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Threats Fly And Flights Are Grounded Amid Dust-up Between Canada and Saudi Arabia

6:50pm August 06, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

And one tactless tweet was deleted. Saudi officials removed the post, which seemed to allude to Sept. 11, but that didn't ease a dispute that erupted after Canada criticized the kingdom last week.

The Garzweiler coal mine and power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. Plans to expand an open-pit brown coal mine in the eastern German village of Pödelwitz have prompted protests.

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Germany Bulldozes Old Villages For Coal Despite Lower Emissions Goals

5:23pm August 06, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

Angela Merkel was dubbed Germany's "climate chancellor" for ditching nuclear power. But centuries-old villages are being bulldozed to make way for open-pit brown coal mines.

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An Iranian woman walks past a wall mural last month in downtown Tehran, Iran.

U.S. On Verge Of Restoring Some Iran Sanctions After Leaving 'Horrible' Deal

3:51pm August 06, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Trump administration says penalties will snap back into place overnight against several sectors of the Iranian economy, embarking on a multistep return to U.S. policy before the 2015 nuclear deal.

Members of the media circulate outside an apartment complex where an allegedly armed drone crashed Saturday in Caracas, interrupting President Nicolas Maduro's speech.

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Venezuela Detains 6 People Following Apparent Attempt On Maduro's Life

11:54am August 06, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

President Nicolas Maduro emerged unscathed after blasts interrupted his televised address. But now, the focus is turning to who was responsible — and how hard the authoritarian regime will retaliate.

French chef Joël Robuchon has died at age 73, after an acclaimed career that saw him win more than 30 Michelin stars.

Joël Robuchon, A Giant In French Cooking, Dies

10:24am August 06, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Robuchon won more Michelin stars than any other chef. He embraced his role as a steward of France's cultural treasures and rejected pretentiousness. After all, his signature dish was potato puree.

In this July 17 photo provided by Aziz Abdul, a man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The question of what will become of the hundreds of asylum-seekers banished by Australia to sweltering

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An Asylum-Seeker Wrote A Book By Phone Texts From Manus Island Detention

8:27am August 06, 2018

Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

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Critics Say Israel's Nation State Law Discriminates Against Religious Minorities

8:06am August 06, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

Israel passed a law last month that is still causing controversy. The Nation State law defines Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. The Druze religious minority held a weekend protest.

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Dozens Dead After Earthquake Hits Indonesia's Lombok Island

8:06am August 06, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

At least 91 people are dead after an earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, jolting nearby Bali. The quake comes a week after another earthquake hit both tourist destinations.

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Venezuela's Maduro Survives Assassination Attempt, Officials Say

7:25am August 06, 2018

by John Otis

President Nicolás Maduro survived a reported attack over the weekend — the latest of several recent plots against his government which is unpopular because of hyperinflation and food shortages.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a news conference on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Singapore, on Saturday.

Pompeo: Iran Needs 'Enormous Change' To Reverse Reimposed U.S. Sanctions

2:10am August 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Sanctions are set to start coming back on line after President Trump's decision in May to withdraw from the 2015 multi-nation nuclear deal.