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    April 24, 2018
    A pregnant woman tripped a 4-year-old boy on purpose. The Internet went crazy.
    It seems right out of a particularly mean-spirited Groucho Marx routine: A little boy sped through some plastic curtains, knocking them into the face of a pregnant woman eating near the door. The boy was rushing to collect some chopsticks from his parents, who own the spicy hot pot...
    news/worldApril 24, 2018 - 1:30pm
    April 23, 2018
    The world's oldest person dies at 117
    At 117, Nabi Tajima was older than modern-day Australia, and everyone else known to live on the planet. Tajima, born Aug. 4, 1900, in Araki,...
    news/worldApril 23, 2018 - 12:32pm
    Following a longstanding tradition, the birth of a baby boy in the royal family was announced on a ceremonial easel outside Buckingham palace in London on Monday, April 23. Handout photo
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a baby boy
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday morning, April 23, touching off widespread jubilation - and a few yawns...
    news/worldApril 23, 2018 - 7:37am
    April 21, 2018
    In a photo released by the U.S. Navy, a Tomahawk missile is fired from the USS Monterey, deployed in the Persian Gulf, early on the morning of April 14, 2018. The United States and European allies launched overnight airstrikes against Syrian research, storage and military targets to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack. (Lt. j.g. Matthew Daniels/U.S. Navy via The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    International inspectors enter Douma, site of alleged Syrian chemical attack
    BEIRUT - Weapons inspectors on Saturday entered the Syrian city of Douma, where a suspected poison gas attack two weeks earlier killed at least...
    news/worldApril 21, 2018 - 11:32am
    April 20, 2018
    A photo provided by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea. Little is known about North Korea’s reclusive leader, but a handful of people who know him have filled in some gaps in recent years. (Korean Central News Agency via The New York Times Copyright 2018)
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspends nuclear and missile tests, shuts down test site
    TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared he will suspend nuclear and missile tests starting Saturday, and that he will shut down...
    news/worldApril 20, 2018 - 5:42pm
    April 14, 2018
    Paulo Henrique da Silva, head of the collective that manages Paradise Farm and five others, disputes claims by police that the farm is part of an evangelical church currently under investigation for money laundering and human trafficking. He says that farmworkers are not slave laborers and receive shared profits from the collective. Anthony Faiola / Washington Post
    This Brazilian pastor said he was saving souls: Police say he ran a slave-labor ring
    MINDURI, Brazil - Welcome to Paradise Farm. In the fertile hills of southeast Brazil, scores of Christian workers tend banana and citrus fields,...
    news/worldApril 14, 2018 - 4:21pm
    Before a portrait of George Washington, President Donald Trump addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2018. The United States and European allies launched strikes on Friday against Syrian targets as Trump sought to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    'Mission Accomplished': Trump, US allies defend strikes against Syria chemical arms sites
    The United States, the United Kingdom and France sought to shore up international support Saturday after overnight strikes on Syria in retaliation...
    news/worldApril 14, 2018 - 11:16am
    A Tomahawk missile is launched toward a Syrian airfield from the American guided-missile destroyer Porter in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. The United States launched missiles into Syria again on Friday night. (Mass Communication Spc. 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    Russia responds to airstrike with harsh words but no fire
    MOSCOW - For the past week, Russian news media speculated dramatically about the looming onset of World War III. But soon after American cruise...
    news/worldApril 14, 2018 - 9:13am
    April 13, 2018
    President Trump addressed the nation from the White House on Friday night. The strikes marked the second time that Mr. Trump has attacked Syria to punish the government after it was accused of using chemical weapons. Credit Tom Brenner/Copyright 2018 The New York Times
    US launches missile strikes in Syria: Britain, France join in retaliation for chemical attacks
    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ordered a military attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad on Friday, April 13, joining allies Britain...
    news/worldApril 13, 2018 - 8:23pm
    April 12, 2018
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    A Chinese couple died in a car crash. Four years later, their child was born.
    In March 2013, Shen Jie and Liu Xi were on the cusp of starting a family - a scheduled in vitro fertilization procedure was only days away -...
    news/worldApril 12, 2018 - 1:48pm
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    Pope admits 'grave error,' apologizes for not believing Chile sex abuse victims
    So far, apologies have not been enough to calm the victims of the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal - at least not the kind of apologies...
    news/worldApril 12, 2018 - 9:32am
    April 9, 2018
    Her surgery was supposed to be routine. Instead, this Russian woman was 'embalmed alive.'
    It was supposed to be a simple procedure. Relatives said 28-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva had been diagnosed with ovarian cysts - a condition in...
    news/worldApril 9, 2018 - 3:32pm
    Military strike, more sanctions against Russia likely after chemical attack in Syria
    WASHINGTON - The likelihood of a military strike against Syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack increased Sunday as President Donald Trump said there would be a "big price to pay" and officials in France vowed the country would "do its duty" in responding. France called for...
    news/worldApril 9, 2018 - 7:32am
    April 7, 2018
    Van plows into crowd in northern German city of Münster, killing at least 2
    HAMBURG, Germany - A psychologically disturbed man plowed a van into a crowd in the northern German city of Münster on Saturday afternoon, killing...
    news/worldApril 7, 2018 - 2:49pm
    Palestinian journalist in vest marked 'PRESS' shot dead under Israeli fire in Gaza
    GAZA CITY - Yaser Murtaja had often filmed from the sky, but he never lived to fulfill his dream of flying on an airplane though the clouds. The young journalist shot drone images and video for Ain Media, a small Gaza-based news agency he started five years ago. Just two weeks ago...
    news/worldApril 7, 2018 - 1:13pm
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