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Ukraine's Media Initiative for Human Rights is raising awareness about civilians abducted by Russian forces. The group says public awareness is the hostages' best chance for release....

Italy's Transport Ministry has announced that drivers caught speeding will only be sent fine notices to their homes. There had been reports of speed camera photos breaking up relationships and marriages....

Content warning: mentions of rape and physical assault....

The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. As relatives of passengers marked 10 years since the plane vanished, Malaysia said it was time for a new search....

Police said they searched the homes of four young suspects who allegedly sent each other messages about a terror plot. No weapons or explosives were recovered during the searches....

A weakening economy and increasing political repression are forcing ever more Chinese people to emigrate. Spurred by TikTok, many are seeking more sustainable conditions in the United States.

The closing remarks of the video are scary....

The fake money produced by the gang was good enough to pass through ATMs and other machines undetected, Spanish police said. The banknotes were distributed in several countries....

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Progress seems to be stalled. Like people at a party's last-minute guzzling?

Pharmacy chains CVS Health and Walgreens will soon begin selling a commonly used abortion pill —mifepristone — expanding availability of the drug that is at the center of legal challenges surrounding abortion rights....

Officials are set to ask Russia's Federation Council and the State Duma "to implement measures to protect Transnistria in the face of increased pressure from Moldova," local media reported the resolution as saying....

New Delhi has confirmed that some of India's citizens have signed up for "support jobs" with the Russian army. The Indian government says it is working with Moscow to secure their discharge....

Germans will be able to possess and cultivate marijuana starting April 1. German lawmakers have approved the partial legalization of cannabis in the country. 407 parliamentarians voted in favor of the legislation put forward by the ruling coalition, comprising Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD),...

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Although Germany does not consider Palestine a country, a majority of the world's states — 139 out of a total of 193 — at the United Nations do. What's significant this time, though, is that recognition is apparently being reconsidered by the US, a country that has previously vetoed almost every attempt to make Palestine a...

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After choking on polluted air for many years, the Polish spa town of Ladek-Zdroj turned to renewables to clean up its act and improve its air quality. It managed to slash electricity costs in the process.

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