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Rare Einstein manuscript on theory of relativity auctioned for over $15M in Paris

(LONDON) -- A rare manuscript by Albert Einstein that changed the course of modern science was just sold for over 13.3 million euros (over $15 million), including fees, beating all predictions. The 54-page, handwritten document outlines calculations that led to his theory of relativity. One ...
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Bus crash in Bulgaria kills dozens, including children: Officials

(MOSCOW) -- At least 45 people, including a dozen children, were killed after a tourist bus from North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in Bulgaria early Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred on the Struma highway near the village of Bosnek in western Bulgaria at ...
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Billie Eilish accepts 8-year-old boy’s invite to help him save Australia’s coral reef

An eight-year-old boy's quest to save Australia's threatened Great Barrier Reef received a welcome boost from one of his heroes -- Billie Eilish.  The young activist contacted Billie in hopes that he could use her song, "Ocean Eyes," for an upcoming social media campaign...and she said yes. Elijah Richardson has ...
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At the Poland-Belarus border, efforts to ease suffering among migrants

(BIALYSTOK, Poland) -- In a dark, cold Polish wood, Ahmad Al Hasan's coffin was lowered into a freshly dug grave. It was early evening but already pitch black in the cemetery outside the village of Bohoniki, a few miles from Poland's eastern border. The 19-year-old ...
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Two missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released, ministry says

(NEW YORK) -- Two of the Christian missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti last month have been released, according to the ministry. Nineteen people -- including 17 missionaries, five of them children -- were kidnapped by a Haitian gang on Oct. 16 during an airport ...
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Wife of al-Qaida hostage says U.S. effort to free him has failed, pleads with captors

(WASHINGTON) -- The wife of an American held hostage by Islamist militants in Africa broke years of silence on Wednesday to criticize U.S. government efforts and to make a plea to the leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated group to release her husband. Els Woodke's husband, Jeffery ...
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Lukashenko and Merkel discuss Belarus-Poland border crisis in hopes it can be stopped

(BIALYSTOK, Poland) -- Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel talked with Belarus' authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, on Wednesday, as part of a burst of European diplomatic efforts to end the migration crisis on the Belarusian border with Poland that Lukashenko is accused of orchestrating. Lukashenko's office claimed ...
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Greek prime minister asks Boris Johnson to return Parthenon marbles

(LONDON) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson commented in a meeting Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the decision to return the famous Parthenon marbles to Greece would be left to the British Museum, rather than the coming from Downing Street. This is a ...
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Devastating flooding forces 184 people to evacuate overnight in Canada

(BELLINGHAM, Wash.) -- Devastating flooding in western Canada forced 184 people to evacuate overnight in Abbotsford in British Columbia, Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said. Bill Blair, a Member of Parliament, tweeted, "In response to extreme flooding across Southern BC, we have approved the deployment of ...
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait painting sells for record-breaking $34.9 million at auction

(NEW YORK) -- A self-portrait by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was sold for almost $35 million, including fees, at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Tuesday. This portrait, titled 'Diego y yo' (Diego and me), had been part of a private collection for ...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken making 1st trip to Africa amid growing crises in Ethiopia, Sudan

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is running headfirst into a number of fires as he makes his first trip to Africa as America's top diplomat. Nearly 10 months into his tenure, Blinken will bring U.S. President Joe Biden's "America's back" mantra to ...
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US condemns Russian anti-satellite test it says created ‘dangerous’ debris field

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States on Monday condemned a Russian anti-satellite test against one of its own satellites that the U.S. said created a field of more than 1,500 pieces of debris that could remain in orbit for decades and pose a threat to ...
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