MH17 trial moves to crucial merits phase, examining evidence

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SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — Nearly seven years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, the trial in a Dutch court of...

Bosch opens $1.2B semiconductor factory in eastern Germany

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BERLIN — German technology company Bosch on Monday opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) chip factory in the eastern city of Dresden to...

Pope voices sorrow over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologize

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sorrow over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run boarding...

Greek man allegedly kills couple, self, over rent dispute

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ATHENS, Greece — Police on the Greek island of Corfu said Sunday that a Greek man facing eviction killed his landlady and her husband...

France tackles virus variants as it readies for tourists

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French health authorities are racing to contain scattered cases of the more contagious delta virus variant, as France prepares to reopen its borders to...

Italian nun slain by 3 teen girls beatified as martyr

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ROME — An Italian nun who was stabbed 19 times more than two decades ago by three teenage girls apparently fascinated by Satan was...

David Dushman, who helped liberate Auschwitz, dies at 98

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BERLIN — David Dushman, the last surviving Allied soldier involved in the liberation of Auschwitz, has died. He was 98. ...

Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine

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MOSCOW — A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation said Sunday...

Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart

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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp...

German state vote offers last test before national election

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BERLIN — Voters in Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls Sunday to elect a new state assembly in what is seen as the last big...