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January 18, 2023 10:04 AM

The world's oldest person, Sister André of France, dies at age 118

Born Lucile Randon in 1904, Sister André spent most of her life in religious service as a Roman Catholic nun. The oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

by Kaitlyn Radde

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January 18, 2023 5:15 AM

A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb kills 18, including top Ukrainian officials

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy and the state secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were among those killed, according to the chief of Ukraine's National Police.

by The Associated Press

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January 17, 2023 5:08 PM

Greta Thunberg was detained by German police while protesting a coal mine expansion

Thunberg had traveled to Germany to join protests in the tiny village of Lützerath, which for years has been slated for demolition to make way for the expansion of a nearby open-pit coal mine.

by Becky Sullivan

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January 17, 2023 5:52 AM

Norway archaeologists find 'world's oldest runestone'

Archaeologists in Norway say the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing.

by The Associated Press

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January 17, 2023 12:33 AM

China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop

China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world's most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges.

by The Associated Press

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January 16, 2023 11:18 AM

Italy: No 1 wanted Mafia boss held after 30 years on the run

Italian paramilitary police say they have arrested convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in a private clinic in Palermo. Messina Denaro was Italy's No. 1 fugitive and he was arrested after 30 years on the run.

by The Associated Press

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January 16, 2023 10:13 AM

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

Officials say search teams have retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas.

by The Associated Press

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January 16, 2023 3:30 AM

Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian building up to at least 35

The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to at least 35, an official said Monday, as rescuers continue searching for more victims.

by The Associated Press

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January 15, 2023 3:08 PM

Excavators say they've found a previously unknown Egyptian royal tomb in Luxor

Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the tomb may date back to the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, which occurred between 1550 B.C. and 1292 BC.

by Joe Hernandez