NEW DELHI — An Air India plane with at least 242 people on board crashed near the airport in India's western city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said on Thursday, without specifying whether there were any fatalities.

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GENEVA - The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record high but remains &untenably high&, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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China-backed militia controls rare earth mines in Myanmar
A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.

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LOS ANGELES - Just blocks from where a handful of die-hard protesters faced police in Los Angeles on Wednesday, residents were enjoying lunch in the sun and shrugging off Donald Trump&s claims their city was burning.

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US-backed aid group says 5 workers killed by Hamas
GAZA CITY - A US- and Israeli-backed charity operating in Gaza has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of attacking aid workers en route to a distribution centre on Wednesday, saying at least five people were killed.

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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has announced a new website for his planned $5-million US residency permit, saying the waiting list for the &golden visa& has opened on TrumpCard.gov.

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