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A man stands inside a store without power during a blackout, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Argentina and Uruguay were working frantically to return power on Sunday, after a massive power failure left large swaths of the South American countries in the dark. Photo: Tomas F. Cuesta / AP

Massive Blackout Hits Tens of Millions in South America

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BUENOS AIRES — A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the...
Protesters who camped out overnight take a rest along a main road near the Legislative Council after continuing protest against the unpopular extradition bill in Hong Kong, Monday, June 17, 2019. Hong Kong police and protesters faced off Monday as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who remained near the city government headquarters after massive demonstrations that stretched deep into the night before. Photo: Vincent Yu / AP

Hong Kong Police Begin to Clear Streets of Protesters

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong police and protesters faced off Monday as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who...
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a press conference on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Hong Kong. Lam said she will suspend a proposed extradition bill indefinitely in response to widespread public unhappiness over the measure, which would enable authorities to send some suspects to stand trial in mainland courts. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP

Hong Kong Leader Suspends Extradition Bill, Says Sorry

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Saturday she has suspended indefinitely a proposed extradition bill that sparked the city's biggest...
Riot police check the bags of protesters outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 13, 2019. After days of silence, Chinese state media is characterizing the largely peaceful demonstrations in Hong Kong as a "riot" and accusing protesters of "violent acts." Photo: Kin Cheung

Hong Kong Quiet Now, but Prospect of New Protest Looms Large

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HONG KONG — Calm appeared to have returned to Hong Kong after days of protests by students and human rights activists opposed to a...
The media interview a mosque shooting victim outside the Christchurch District Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, June 14, 2019. Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019, pleaded not guilty to all the charges filed against him Friday. Photo: Mark Baker / AP

Man Accused in New Zealand Mosque Killings Pleads Not Guilty

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CHRISTCHURCH — The man accused of the New Zealand mosque attacks smirked as his lawyer entered not guilty pleas to terrorism, murder and attempted...
An oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. Photo: ISNA / AP

US Says Iran Removed Unexploded Mine From Oil Tanker

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DUBAI — The U.S. military on Friday released a video it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of...
Tourists taking an elephant ride near Angkor Wat in April 2019. Photo: Moving Animals / Courtesy

Angkor Wat to End Elephant Rides

Tappanai Boonbandit, Staff Reporter -
SIEM REAP — Tourists will now have to walk on foot to Angkor Wat because elephant rides will be banned by next year. The Angkor...
Workers move a 25,000-pound Sphinx of Ramses II at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The 3,000-year-old sphinx is being relocated from the Egypt Gallery where it's resided since 1926 to a featured location in the museum's new entrance hall. Photo: Matt Rourke / AP

Huge Sphinx Makes Crawling Journey to New Spot in Museum

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PHILADELPHIA — The largest ancient sphinx in the Western Hemisphere was on the prowl Wednesday for the first time in nearly 100 years. Philadelphia's Penn Museum relocated...
Jules Woodson, center, of Colorado Springs, Colo., is comforted by her boyfriend Ben Smith, left, and Christa Brown while demonstrating outside the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. First-time attendee Woodson spoke through tears as she described being abused sexually by a Southern Baptist minister. Photo: Julie Bennett / AP

Southern Baptist Leader Bemoans Abuse Crisis, Vows Action

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Sharing a stage with tearful survivors of sex abuse, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention apologized Wednesday for the abuse...
A riot police walks outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Traffic has been restored in the heart of Hong Kong a day after clashes between police and protesters who oppose legislation that would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP

Chinese Media Calls Hong Kong Protests a ‘Riot’

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HONG KONG — Latest on the protests in Hong Kong over proposed extradition legislation (all times local): 11 a.m. After days of silence, Chinese state media...
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