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Source: pantagraph.com
Author: Associated Press

DISPUTED SEA: The Philippines asked a United Nations body to recognize the extent of its undersea continental seabed in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday. The move rejects China's vast territorial claims to the region.

FRANCE: Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a new left-wing coalition in protests Saturday across France against the surging nationalist far right amid frenzied campaigning ahead of snap parliamentary elections. The French Interior Ministry said 250,000 people turned out to protest.

EXPLOSION: Police in Auburn, Maine, issued a shelter-in-place order after reporting an armed person in an area where explosions and a house fire erupted Saturday. They later canceled the order, saying the incident was resolved.

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