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Khalil Al-Sawadi holds a one-year-old Afraa al-Sudani at his home in Jinderis, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Afraa was pulled alive from the rubble of her family's house in the town of Jinderis in northern Syria, still attached by an umbilical cord to her dead mother on February 6, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. Afraa is the only surviving member of her immediate family. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

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A year after Syria's deadly earthquake, orphaned children adjust to the loss bit by bit
By ABBY SEWELL AND GHAITH ALSAYED - Associated Press
Sun,02/04/24-11:09PM , 35 Reads
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Aya al-Sudani, a bubbly toddler with a toothy smile, will mark her first birthday on Tuesday, but there will be no celebration with cake and presents. The day also marks a dark memory.
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This undated, file photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. Australia says it is appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun. (Chongyi Feng via AP, File)

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China gives suspended death sentence to Chinese Australian democracy blogger Yang Hengjun
By KEN MORITSUGU AND KEIRAN SMITH - Associated Press
Sun,02/04/24-9:33PM , 35 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, said it was appalled.
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Rubble sits on burnt-out house after forest fires reached Vina del Mar, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristobal Basaure)

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Forest fires rage on in central Chile, killing at least 112 people over 3 days
By PATRICIA LUNA AND MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press
Sun,02/04/24-10:42AM , 62 Reads
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people had been killed.
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At least 17 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight in Gaza's southernmost town. AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports.

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Far-right Israel minister suggests that Trump would give more US support to offensive in Gaza
By MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Sun,02/04/24-7:43AM , 266 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right minister in Israel’s government has criticized President Joe Biden and said that having Donald Trump in power would allow more freedom to fight Hamas.
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