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Pre-human toddler could walk and climb like a pro

Little skeleton had feet that looked partly like modern humans, and partly like modern apes

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Don't give up hope, freed Chilean miner tells Thai soccer team

"They shouldn't be ashamed to be scared," Omar Reygadas said of the boys. "Because we were scared, too. Our tears also ran. Even as adult men, we cried."

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'Taxi services' rescue migrants from sea, but welcoming ports dwindle

Such operations are getting complicated amid claims ships run by charities serve as de facto "taxi services" for human smugglers based in Libya.

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'Unknown substance' leaves pair critically ill near scene of U.K. spy attack

"It was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after using possibly heroin or crack cocaine ... However, further testing is now ongoing."

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Trump reportedly pressed aides about Venezuela invasion

When asked about the report, a National Security Council spokesman said the U.S. will consider all options to help restore Venezuela's democracy.

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Supreme Court judges forced to retire early by Poland's government

A new law brought in by the right-wing ruling party means the chief justice and as many as one-third of the court's 72 sitting judges must step down.

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Wiltshire pair 'exposed to same nerve agent which poisoned Skripals'

UK police have declared a major incident — two people left in critical condition after possible exposure to 'unknown substance' in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

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Tunisia's capital elects first female mayor

Souad Abderrahim is from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party, which advocates for separating politics from religion.

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Australian archbishop sentenced to detention for covering up child sex abuse

"The whole of the community is devastated in so many ways by the decades of abuse and its concealment," sentencing magistrate said.

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'Health care' worker arrested on suspicion of murdering 8 babies in U.K.

The "heath care professional" was taken into police custody after year-long investigation into the deaths of 17 babies at a hospital neonatal unit.

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Thai schoolboys found — but cave rescue is far from over

"The water level in cave is still very high, so we have to teach them how to swim," the province's governor said.

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3-year-old birthday girl dies after Idaho stabbing spree

Following the child's death, the suspect, Timmy Kinner, 30, was charged Monday with first-degree murder.

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German Chancellor Merkel says compromise on migration reached with CSU

CSU leader Horst Seehofer to continue to serve as Interior Minister.

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Thwarted terror plot in France targeted event involving Giuliani

A couple was arrested for an alleged bomb plot targeting Iranian opposition rally involving US speakers in France.

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Missing Thai boys, soccer coach all found alive in cave complex

Rescue teams will send doctors and food to help them and that rescue teams still need to pump more water out of the cave and work on bringing them out.

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Ruling party candidate concedes defeat in Mexican presidential vote

Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory would be a resounding defeat for outgoing President Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Lopez Obrador set to win Mexico's presidential election

Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks set to replace the conservative Enrique Pena Nieto as president with at least 53% of votes, according to the electoral authority's official quick count.

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German Interior Minister offers to resign over asylum policy

German Interior Minister and CSU party leader Horst Seehofer has offered to leave his posts over the Chancellor’s asylum policy, according to party sources.

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Boise stabbing suspect injured 9 at 3-year-old's birthday party

"As you can imagine, the Wylie Street Apartment and our community is reeling from this attack," Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said.

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Judge temporarily blocks FEMA from ending housing aid to displaced Puerto Ricans

A judge will hold a hearing on Monday after a Latino civil rights group filed a suit to stop what it feared would be evictions.