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Month: November 2023

China calls for a cease-fire in Myanmar fighting but will continue its own border drills

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is calling for a cease-fire in Myanmar after a coalition of ethnic fighters seized several crossings along Myanmar’s border with China in the past month. China’s military also says it will continue live-firing drills on its side of the frontier to test its “border control abilities and firepower capabilities” so the

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Australia commits another $168 million to monitoring migrants freed from indefinite detention

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has committed an additional $168 million in funding for police and other law enforcement officials to monitor 141 people freed after a court ruled indefinite detention of unwanted migrants was unconstitutional. The funding reflects an increase in the workload of law enforcement officials

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Beijing court begins hearings for Chinese relatives of people on Malaysia Airlines plane

BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court is holding compensation hearings for Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing. Security was tight around the Chinese capital’s main Chaoyang District Intermediary Court on Monday morning and no detailed information was immediately available. Various theories

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3 men of Palestinian descent attending a holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Three young men of Palestinian descent who were in Burlington for a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured, one seriously, near the University of Vermont, police said Sunday. The attack may have been a hate crime, authorities said. Police were searching for the suspect after the attack around 6:25

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Portland teachers’ union and school district sign tentative deal after weeks-long strike

KPTV By Melissa Alonso and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Portland students will return to classrooms Monday after the Portland Association of Teachers signed a tentative agreement with Portland Public Schools on Sunday, ending a weeks-long strike that shut classrooms down, according to statements from both. “This contract is a watershed moment for Portland students, families,

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