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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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Christopher Luxon sworn in as New Zealand prime minister, says priority is to improve economy

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Christopher Luxon was sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister on Monday and said his top priority was to improve the economy. The 53-year-old former businessman leads a conservative coalition after his National Party struck a deal Friday with two smaller parties following a general

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Jordan’s top diplomat wants to align Europeans behind a call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Sunday he hopes a meeting of Mediterranean officials will help bridge a gap between Arab and European countries in calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to become a permanent cease-fire. The fragile pause in hostilities between Israel and the

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Greek police arrest 6 alleged migrant traffickers and are looking for 7 others from the same gang

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police have arrested six individuals who they say are members of a large human trafficking gang that violently extorted money from migrants to assist them in crossing into neighboring Albania and travel to European Union countries to the north. Police said Sunday that a Syrian, a Palestinian and four Iraqis

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