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The weekend stadium tragedy underscores the danger of watching soccer in Indonesia

Sunday, October 02, 2022

The death of at least 125 people at a soccer match on Saturday is a tragic reminder that Indonesia is one of the most dangerous countries in which to attend a game.

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The old junta leader makes way for the new in Burkina Faso's second coup of the year

Sunday, October 02, 2022

The power grab deepens fears that the political chaos could divert attention from an Islamic insurgency whose violence has killed thousands and forced 2 million to flee their homes.

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Stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia is the latest deadly incident with crowds

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Panic and a rush for the exit left at least 125 dead, most of whom were trampled, after the game. Here's a look at some of the major crowd disasters in recent decades.

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The pope makes his strongest plea yet for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Pope Francis asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop this spiral of violence and death" and called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "be open" to serious peace proposals.

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Over 25 deaths as packed tractor wagon overturns in India

Sunday, October 02, 2022

A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in northern India, killing 26 people, most of them women and children, officials said Sunday.

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Brazilians go to the polls, with Lula tipped to beat Bolsonaro

Sunday, October 02, 2022

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy.

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A stampede at a soccer match has killed at least 125 people in Indonesia

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Brawls between supporters of two rival soccer teams prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic. The country is due to host the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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The consultant who helped clear Tua Tagovailoa in the Bills game has been fired

Saturday, October 01, 2022

The Dolphins quarterback took a hit last weekend and was allowed to return to the field. He was sacked four days later against the Bengals and was taken to a hospital.

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Venezuela frees seven Americans as part of the largest prisoner swap under Biden

Saturday, October 01, 2022

The release of the Americans, including five oil executives, is in exchange for the freedom of two nephews of the Venezuelan president's wife.

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Russia withdraws its troops from a key city encircled by Ukrainian forces

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Russia pulled troops out Saturday from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, which it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

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Gunfire erupts in Burkina Faso a day after the second coup in nine months

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Gunshots rang out in Burkina Faso's capital amid signs of lingering tensions a day after a group of military officers overthrew the man who had seized power in a coup in January.

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Russia accused of 'kidnapping' head of Ukraine nuclear plant

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Russian forces seized the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Friday, Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said.

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An Arizona judge won't suspend her ruling that halted abortions in the state

Saturday, October 01, 2022

An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold.

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North Korea conducts 4th round of missile tests in 1 week

Saturday, October 01, 2022

North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbors said, prompting quick, strong condemnation from its rivals.

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Dozens are dead from Ian, one of the strongest and costliest U.S. storms

Saturday, October 01, 2022

The powerful storm terrorized millions for most of the week, hitting western Cuba before raking across Florida and then South Carolina.

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A sailor has been acquitted of setting a fire that destroyed a massive ship

Friday, September 30, 2022

A military judge on Friday acquitted a sailor of arson in a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, a blow to the Navy as it faces allegations of improper training and maintenance of the ship.

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The U.S. women's basketball team will face China in the World Cup gold-medal game

Friday, September 30, 2022

Breanna Stewart and the United States used a dominant defensive effort to beat Canada and reach the gold-medal game of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive tournament.

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People in Cuba protest over the island-wide blackout caused by Hurricane Ian

Friday, September 30, 2022

The power outage caused by the storm prompted protests in the streets of Havana as several hundred people demanded restoration of electricity more than two days after a blackout hit the entire island.

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A piglet left behind by its herd finds a new family with some cattle

Friday, September 30, 2022

Wild boars have a reputation for destruction, but farmer Friedrich Stapel told a news agency that he can't bear to chase away the piglet, which he's named Frieda. It'll winter with his mother cows.

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Live spiders and cockroaches: Ex-eBay executives get prison time in harassment plot

Friday, September 30, 2022

Former eBay Inc. executives were sentenced Thursday to prison for a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath.

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