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via IFTTT Despite growing threats, many European countries are still resisting strong measures to strengthen NATO as a critical summit meeting nears.

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via IFTTT The Patum, a spectacular centuries-old event in Berga, has come to symbolize Spain’s contemporary political and social struggles.

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via IFTTT Analysts cautioned it was too early to say whether the episode in Georgia’s capital was a revolt against veganism or part of a nationalist attack against Western liberal values.

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via IFTTT Ri Su-yong, who was recently promoted to the Politburo in North Korea, is said to want to discuss the recent congress of the Workers’ Party.

These tips will help you remain calm and focused during the LSAT.

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via IFTTT The move is the latest twist in the case involving the filmmaker, who is wanted in California over a 1977 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Follow these steps to better position yourself for a successful college application season.

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Applying early to medical school is applying on time.

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At these schools, at least 42 percent of accepted students enrolled in fall 2015, U.S. News data show.

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Some credit cards allow consumers to use rewards points toward student loans, but borrowers should make on-time payments.

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via IFTTT A stroll through just about any Chinese city will reveal the joys of eating in a country with language significantly far from English.

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via IFTTT Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking may have a good grasp of the workings of the universe, but he says he can't understand Donald Trump's popularity.

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via IFTTT After heated exchanges during the recent mayoral campaign, the prime minister and Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party are working together on European Union vote.

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via IFTTT At least 25 policemen were killed over two days, officials said Monday, in the first major assaults in the province since the Taliban named a new leader.

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via IFTTT On the congested roads of China’s capital, a conflict is playing out between increasing numbers of both car drivers and couriers on electric vehicles.

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via IFTTT Elite Iraqi special forces began their push Monday into Fallujah, expecting to encounter the stiffest resistance yet in the campaign to free territory from the Islamic State group.

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via IFTTT Finland is an active front in an online “information war” between Russia and the West. When a journalist there confronted pro-Putin agitators, she became a target.

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via IFTTT While some government ministers and a loud segment of the public are pushing for tougher action after months of Palestinian attacks, others want the military to remain a moderating force.

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via IFTTT Current bleaching along the Australian reef is the most extreme ever recorded, although researchers say damage in the south appears to be less severe.

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via IFTTT Mr. Habré, who led the African country from 1982 to 1990, was sentenced to life in prison for overseeing the suffering and death of his political enemies.

Prestige may be a factor for some vets, but finding a school that meets career goals is also important.

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Class format and enrollment status can affect veterans' housing stipends, experts say.

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via IFTTT Action has been taken around the world in response to the disclosures, but the lucrative corporate registration business is likely to resist major change.

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via IFTTT The decision followed accusations that Saudi Arabia, which hosts the main pilgrimage site of Islam, had started a cyberwar against Iran.

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via IFTTT Current bleaching along the Australian reef is the most extreme ever recorded, although researchers say damage in the south appears to be less severe.

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via IFTTT The Latest on the ceremonies commemorating the Battle of Verdun in World War I (all times local):

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via IFTTT The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s premier rice growing region, is suffering its worst drought since at least 1926, and saline water has swept farther up the delta than ever.

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via IFTTT A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday.

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via IFTTT Europe was again confronted with the horrors of its refugee crisis during a deadly three-day stretch on the sea, which is becoming a more popular migrant route.

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via IFTTT A 16-year-old girl told the authorities that she had been attacked by more than 30 men, prompting outrage as the government vowed to combat crimes against women.

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via IFTTT When small, off-the-shelf models pose security or other threats, birds have the advantage of grounding them without a potentially dangerous crash.

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via IFTTT The country developed a talent for producing wine in bulk, but overproduction is sinking both prices and the reputation of Spanish vintners.

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via IFTTT Islamic State militants entered a major Syrian opposition stronghold in the country's north on Saturday, clashing with rebels on the edges of the town as the extremist group builds on its most significant advance near the Turkish border in two years — even as it loses ground elsewhere in the country and in neighboring Iraq.

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via IFTTT An operation to oust the Islamic State from a stronghold in Iraq raises concerns that it could feed the same sectarian tensions that have let militants flourish there.

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via IFTTT Mr. Trump’s campaign has engendered impassioned discussion about the nature of his appeal and warnings from critics on the left and the right.

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via IFTTT The country is adjusting to a new normal of closed government and business offices, food shortages and cuts in water, electricity and phone service.

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via IFTTT The Latest on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima, Japan (all times local):

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via IFTTT A French ship has joined the search to recover the downed aircraft’s voice and data recorders, which are likely to fall silent by the middle of June.

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via IFTTT Flags behind Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s new president, and an American official as they met appeared as grainy blobs in footage on Tencent Video, a Chinese website.

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via IFTTT The three men were given four-year prison terms with three years suspended, meaning they will serve one year, for the brazen attack on two lawmakers.

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via IFTTT Five days into an Iraqi military operation to push Islamic State fighters out of Fallujah, residents still inside the city are preparing for a long battle, with some saying they fear being trapped between two forces they don't fully trust.

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via IFTTT The cash price of a new iPhone may be roughly the same everywhere, but the amount of work you’d have to put in to afford one can be all over the place.

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via IFTTT Shigeaki Mori, who was 8 when the United States dropped the bomb, spent decades researching the fates of American P.O.W.s killed in Hiroshima.

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via IFTTT In the commercial for the Qiaobi brand, a black man is turned into a pale Asian man in a washing machine.

Business schools look for applicants with global experiences and perspectives.

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via IFTTT A transcript of President Obama’s speech in Hiroshima, Japan.

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via IFTTT The punishments, which were believed to be part of a wider crackdown by a judiciary dominated by hard-liners, were meted out in Qazvin and carried out in record time.

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via IFTTT More than 120,000 people who lived through the atomic bombings in 1945 are still alive. Several survivors shared their stories, and thoughts about the president’s visit.

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via IFTTT The designer of the vehicle, Song Youzhou, says that prototypes are being constructed and that five cities have signed contracts with his company for pilot projects.

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via IFTTT President Obama arrived in Hiroshima on Friday, becoming the first sitting president to visit the Japanese city devastated by an American atomic bomb.

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via IFTTT Shoppers’ changing tastes, and years of economic sanctions, are putting in jeopardy one of the world’s most complex and labor-intensive handicrafts.

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via IFTTT “I think it’s fair to say that they are surprised by the Republican nominee; they are not sure how seriously to take some of his pronouncements,” President Obama said in Japan.

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via IFTTT The president said that Hiroshima was a reminder not just of the toll of World War II, but also that “that the job’s not done in reducing conflict.”

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