Power returns to most of Spain, Portugal after massive blackout
Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.
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'I have hope': Vietnam Babylift survivor's search for birth mother
Airlifted from Saigon as an 11-month-old baby, Odile Dussart is now back to living in the land of her birth hoping to find her biological mother.
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US climate assessment thrown into doubt as Trump dismisses authors
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday disbanded the authors of the United States' premier climate report, a move scientists said threatens to derail a critical assessment mandated by Congress and vital to the nation's preparedness against global warming.
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Venezuelan president slams US over little girl's 'abduction'
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro accused Washington Monday of committing a crime in the case of a two-year-old girl separated from her migrant parents, who were deported from the United States without her.
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Hard-right upstarts eye big gains in local UK polls
Britain's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove its credentials as a credible political force at local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Skulls, smoke and spirits: Thai ceremony for the unclaimed dead
Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as spiritually significant as it is gruesome.
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Canada's Carney: political newcomer who says he's best in a crisis
Mark Carney, whose Liberal Party won Canada's election on Monday, has a history of taking on roles at challenging moments.
Read moreCarney's Liberals win Canada election defined by Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney won Canada's election Monday, local media projected, leading his Liberal Party to a new term in power after convincing voters that his experience managing economic crises prepared him to confront US President Donald Trump.
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Cavaliers scorch Heat to seal series sweep
The Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Miami Heat 138-83 to complete a 4-0 series sweep and cruise into the NBA Eastern Conference playoff semi-finals on Monday.
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Dead salmon create election stink on Australian island
On a tree-lined beach in Australia's rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand.
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