House Democrats plunge into Trump impeachment inquiry

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plunge into a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically change the 2020 presidential race.

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Second parent gets four-month sentence in U.S. college scandal: media

A California businessman was sentenced to four months in prison for paying bribes to get his son into a prestigious university, media reported on Tuesday, the second parent jailed in a U.S. college admissions cheating scandal.

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House Democrats plunge into Trump impeachment inquiry

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plunged into a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically change the 2020 presidential race.

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Bomb blast hits police bus in southern Turkey, five wounded: governor

A bomb explosion ripped into a bus carrying Turkish police in the southern city of Adana on Wednesday morning and five people were slightly wounded including one police officer, the local governor's office said.

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Bomb attack hits police bus in southern Turkey, some wounded: sources

A bomb attack hit a bus carrying police in the southern Turkish province of Adana on Wednesday morning and some people were wounded, security sources said.

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New Zealand funds manuka honey trademark bid, leaving Australia with sour taste

The New Zealand government is supporting a bid by the country's honey producers to trademark the name "manuka" in China, angering Australian rivals who fear losing out in their joint biggest market for the lucrative product.

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Bomb attack launched on police bus in southern Turkey: Ihlas news agency

A bomb attack was launched on a bus carrying police in the southern Turkish province of Adana, Ihlas news agency reported on Wednesday, but there was no immediate information on casualties.

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Iran's Rouhani to call for 'coalition of hope' in Gulf as tension spikes

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will give a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that will likely determine whether Tehran will re-engage with the United States to ease the heightened tension between the longtime enemies.

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Canada's Singh may revive party with deft response to Trudeau blackface scandal

Canada's Jagmeet Singh, facing a rout of his left-wing New Democrats in next month's election, may have revived his party's fortunes with his emotional response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's blackface picture.

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Regulators knew before crashes that 737 MAX trim control was confusing in some conditions: document

(This March 29 story corrects paragraph two to refer to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, not the European Aviation and Space Agency)

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Photographer tells how he captured Haiti shooting

Andres Martinez Casares describes how he reacted as a senator started shooting outside parliament.

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Teenage climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump's Twitter taunt

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back on Tuesday at U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump's taunting remark.

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Wider Image: The Indian children who need to take a train to get to water

As their classmates set off to play after school each day, nine-year-old Sakshi Garud and her neighbor Siddharth Dhage, 10, are among a small group of children who take a 14-km (9-mile) return train journey from their village in India to fetch water.

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Death toll mounts in Pakistan earthquake but panic subsides

At least 24 people were killed and 450 injured in an earthquake that hit Pakistani Kashmir, local officials said on Wednesday, but they added that rescue work was in full swing and panic was subsiding.

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