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• New U.S. sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war

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  The United States on Thursday is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and people from Russia to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Georgia to try...

• Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer has been pulled free at high tide in Greenland

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  The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was "successfully" pulled free in Greenland on Thursday, three days after running aground with 206 people...

• UAE police say they have seized $1 billion worth of Captagon amphetamines hidden in doors

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  Police in Dubai seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as Captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels,...

• France sends the army to ensure water to drought-stricken Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

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  France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, which is facing an unprecedented water...

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• Germany retests its emergency warning system, but Berlin's sirens don't sound

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  Warning messages sounded on cellphones and alarms blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system Thursday, but in...

• Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism

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  A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Venice's Grand Canal scolds passengers to sit still and frets over being...

• Displaced by earthquake from their mountain homes, Moroccan families brace for shelterless nights

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  Rachid Alachoun, a 40-year-old plumber, washes clothes on the roof of his home. Half of it remains standing while the other half can be found in...

• American explorer says he thought he would die during an 11-day ordeal in a Turkish cave

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  An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday that he thought he would die there before a...

• China says EU probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports, subsidies is protectionist

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  China's Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports of Chinese electric vehicles, saying Thursday that...

• Libyan city buries thousands in mass graves after flood, while mayor says death toll could triple

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  The city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves, Libyan officials said Thursday, as search teams scoured ruins left by devastating...

• Serbia and Kosovo leaders hold long-awaited face-to-face talks as the EU seeks to dial down tensions

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  The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo held a long-awaited face-to-face meeting on Thursday in talks aimed aimed at improving their strained relations as...

• No sign of Kim Jong-un as his Russia visit continues and Seoul expresses concern over Putin meetings

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was to tour a Russian aircraft plant that builds fighter jets and then visit the country's Pacific Fleet, but his...