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SYDNEY – A Japanese national was killed Monday after a shark tore off his legs while he was surfing off Australia’s east coast, not far from the area where another surfer was mauled by a shark a day earlier, officials said. The 41-year-old man was sitting on his board waiting …

MINSK, Belarus – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says talks in Minsk did not include any agreement on autonomy for the rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine. Russia-backed separatists have been fighting government forces since April. Their early demands of federalization culminated in a May referendum for independence. Poroshenko told reporters Thursday …

MOSCOW – Moscow police have detained anti-corruption campaigner and leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny as he and supporters were handing out leaflets in the subway. Navalny’s spokeswoman reported the detention of Navalny and one of his associates in a Twitter post. The Interfax news agency later cited police as confirming …