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Finnish Zoo Returning Pandas to China Because of Cost
Finland’s Ähtäri Zoo agreed in September 2024 to return giant pandas Lumi and Pyry to China more than eight years…
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Why Curbing Hezbollah’s Power in Lebanon Just Became Harder
Calls to curb Hezbollah’s independent military power in Lebanon became harder to translate into policy as war with Israel escalated…
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First It Was Lynch Mobs. Now Police Kill Pakistanis Accused of Blasphemy.
Two men accused of blasphemy were killed by police in Pakistan within one week in September 2024, escalating alarm over…
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Israel’s Displaced Want to Go Home. But Will Attacks on Hezbollah Offer That Path?
About 60,000 residents of northern Israel remained displaced in September 2024 after months of Hezbollah rocket, missile and drone fire.…
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Live Updates: U.S. Pushes Cease-Fire in Lebanon as Netanyahu Says Israel Will Fight On
The United States and France led a call on September 25, 2024 for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon…
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Online Scammers Posed as Brad Pitt to Get Cash, Spanish Police Say
Spain’s Guardia Civil arrested five people and investigated ten others in 2024 over a romance-fraud network accused of impersonating actor…
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A Litmus Test in Japan: Should Spouses Be Able to Have Different Surnames?
Japan’s debate over allowing married couples to keep different surnames became a prominent issue in the Liberal Democratic Party’s 2024…
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Taiwan and U.S. Work to Counter China’s Drone Dominance
Taiwan and the United States deepened industrial cooperation in 2024 to build drone supply chains less dependent on China. The…
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China Launched a Rocket With a Dummy Warhead Into the Pacific
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launched an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific on September…
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Justin Trudeau’s Party Faces Confidence Vote as Canada Turns on Its Leader
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government survived a Conservative confidence motion on September 25, 2024 by 211 votes to 120.…
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