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Customers look at a window display congratulating Canadian author Alice Munro at bookstore Munro's Books after she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013.
Customers look at a window display congratulating Canadian author Alice Munro at bookstore Munro's Books after she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013.`
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Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92

Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories and was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

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Michelle Yeoh awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom

Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win a best actress Oscar, “has shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings,” said US President Joe Biden.

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King Charles watches Ukraine troops training in UK

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Britain returns trove of Angkor crown jewels to Cambodia

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Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland

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What I’ve Learned: Jessica Washington, journalist

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Andrew Tate arrest casts light on Romania's sexcam boom

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Victim's family sues Alec Baldwin over 'Rust' shooting

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Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land

Displaced by decades of war as well as commercial and cultural intrusions, the Siekopai eke out a living doing odd jobs in rural towns bordered by oil fields, palm plantations and a network of busy roads.

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Merkel receives UNESCO peace prize for welcoming refugees

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office.

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Wish You Were (not) Here: Pink Floyd's Waters slammed for UN speech on Ukraine

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was denounced by Ukraine after he told the United Nations Security Council that Russia's invasion of its neighbor was "not unprovoked."

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Rushdie says 'very difficult' to write after stabbing

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In West Bank, last vinyl repairman preserves musical heritage

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Housebound Jordanian football fan a social media star

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As dancers leap, ballet members hope hearts flutter for Ukraine

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1 year ago
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Mexico tourist deaths add to calls for vacation rental regulation

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Iranian film director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison - rights group

Panahi was detained in July and told he would serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic.

1 year ago
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Obituary: Shinta Ratri, founder of 'waria' Islamic boarding school

 Al-Fatah Waria Islamic Boarding School founder Shinta Ratri passes away following heart attack 

1 year ago
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Iranian who interviewed Amini's father says sentenced without hearing

An Iranian journalist who was arrested after interviewing the father of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked protests, said she had been sentenced without a court hearing.

1 year ago
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How an ojek driver became entangled in Thailand ‘pig butchering’ scam Pt. 2

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Morocco extradites French cybercrime suspect to US: police source

Morocco on Wednesday extradited to the United States a French national wanted for a string of alleged cybercrimes.

1 year ago
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Iranian chess player who competed without hijab meets with Spanish PM

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How an ojek driver became entangled in a Thai ‘pig butchering’ scam, Pt. 1

Pig-butchering is a crypto scam that often depends on human trafficking.

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What I’ve Learned: Prasetya Dwicahya, the ministry’s math-minded museum reformer

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Teater Koma cofounder N. Riantiarno dies

The actor, playwright and fixture of Indonesian theater has passed away at 73.

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David Crosby, rock legend and master of harmony, dead at age 81

Crosby was a founding member of two revered rock bands: the country and folk-influenced Byrds, for whom he cowrote the hit "Eight Miles High," and Crosby, Stills & Nash, later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, who defined the smooth side of the Woodstock generation's music.

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Saudi camel-whisperers use 'special language' to train herd

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What I've Learned: Dr. Ranti Hannah, breastfeeding activist and lactation consultant

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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies: minister

Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, one of the last icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died aged 95.

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Free tattoos give hope for Dutch breast cancer survivors

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