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Lithuania-Latvia gas pipeline hit by explosion, no sign of attack-
By AFP VILNIUS: An explosion damaged a gas pipeline in northern Lithuania on Friday with no injuries reported, the operator ...

Greta Thunberg joins rally against coal mine extension to save German village-
By AFP LUTZERATH: Climate activist Greta Thunberg will join a large-scale protest in Germany Saturday to stop the demolition of ...

War game suggests U.S. needs to bolster Taiwan’s defenses now to avoid heavy casualties
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would bring heavy casualties not only to China and Taiwan, but also the U.S. and ...

Debate in Spain over regional abortion rights restrictions
A regional government’s move to restrict abortion rights in a large part of central Spain reignited debate Friday on the ...

Indian army general says situation on border with China is ‘unpredictable’
India and China, the world’s two most populous nations, which both have nuclear warheads, are at tense loggerheads over a ...

Mass. student dead after fall from Cancun Airbnb balcony; boyfriend arrested, cleared of wrongdoing: reports
A Massachusetts woman is being mourned after she died in a fall from a Mexican Airbnb balcony. Authorities arrested her ...

Belarusian investigators use photo of politician shaking hands with Hillary Clinton against him
Belarusian investigators are using a photo of an opposition politician shaking hands with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...

Supreme Court in Sri Lanka orders former president to pay victims of 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that inaction by the country’s former president and four others led to Easter Sunday ...

Myanmar air strike destroys 2 villages inhabited by ethnic rebel forces, kills 5
Air strikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen killed five civilians, including a mother and ...

Sweden looking to abolish permits needed for dancing
Sweden’s center-right coalition government wants to cut red tape when it comes to dancing by abolishing a decade-old requirement for ...