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A Canadian woman recently found a message in a bottle from 1989

5:51am June 16, 2023

The woman from Quebec posted photos of her discovery to Facebook. A man who saw the post said the note was written by his dad. The bottle had been thrown into the water off Newfoundland.

Britain's Boris Johnson, pictured in 2021, resigned as prime minister last year, but his policies are still felt. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons last week after receiving a draft of a report excoriating his behavior as prime minister.

As the U.S. and democracies worldwide face threats, Britain shows how to fight back

5:00am June 16, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

With democracy under siege around the world, the U.K. offers a glimmer of hope. Despite attacks from former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain's institutions resisted.

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People watch the Neuschwanstein castle, in Schwangau, Germany, Thursday, June 15, 2023.

An American is arrested over the death of a U.S. tourist at a German castle

2:55am June 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S. tourist and an assault on another near Neuschwanstein castle after he allegedly pushed the two women down a steep slope, authorities said.

This photo shows the scene of a major collision that has closed a section of the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba on Thursday June 15, 2023.

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15 die after a bus full of seniors heading to a casino in Canada collides with truck

1:37am June 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

A spokesperson for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene.

Khamis Abdalla Abakar, Governor of West Darfur in at press conference in Eritrea in 2007.

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Brutal murder of West Darfur governor as the violence in Sudan enters third month

7:44pm June 15, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

As the conflict in Sudan enters its third month, the UN condemns the brutal murder of the governor of West Darfur and calls for a halt to the "spiraling violence" that seems no closer to ending.

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Kirstie Ennis is very at home on the mountains.

She was 200 meters from the peak of Mount Everest, then turned back. Here's why

6:05pm June 15, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Kirstie Ennis has scaled plenty of incredible mountains before. But Mount Everest continues to elude her.

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NATO has gone into high gear as the war in Ukraine continues

4:55pm June 15, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

As the war in Ukraine intensifies, NATO is stepping up training to increase readiness among its members, including maneuvers this month on NATO's eastern flank in Romania.

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The unemployment for young people in China hits a record high in May

4:28pm June 15, 2023

by John Ruwitch

The latest figures in China show that the unemployment rate for young people ages 16 to 24 hit a record high at 20.8%. That is more then one in five without a job. What's behind it?

Afghans arrive at the south border of the U.S. to find immigration system challenges

4:28pm June 15, 2023

by Paul Flahive

Two years after an American exit and Taliban takeover, Afghans are making the arduous journey across central and south America to reach the U.S. — only to find uncertainty in the immigration system.

In this 2020 photo, survivors walk below a gate with the inscription "Work sets you free" after a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial site of the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz during ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland.

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Germany will pay more than $1.4 billion next year to survivors of Nazi atrocities

1:51pm June 15, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Nearly $890 million will go toward home care services — an increasingly vital aspect of the reparation effort, as Holocaust victims advance in age.