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Mass occupation underscores Brazil’s poverty, creates angst
World
December 18, 2017
Mass occupation underscores Brazil’s poverty, creates angst
Luciano Oliveira, a bricklayer, gazes at the floor of his tiny wood shack, which is one of thousands of makeshift…
Macron: Talk to Assad now, he will answer for crimes later
World
December 18, 2017
Macron: Talk to Assad now, he will answer for crimes later
French President Emmanuel Macron thinks the Islamic State group will be defeated in Syria by the middle or end of…
Conservative ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile election
World
December 18, 2017
Conservative ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile election
Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile’s presidential runoff election Sunday, moving the world’s top-copper producing country back to…
Putin thanks Trump for CIA tip he says stopped bomb plot
World
December 18, 2017
Putin thanks Trump for CIA tip he says stopped bomb plot
Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned US President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart…
Honduras’ electoral court declares president election winner amid unrest
World
December 18, 2017
Honduras’ electoral court declares president election winner amid unrest
President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner Sunday of Honduras’ disputed election after three weeks of uncertainty and unrest…
China, Britain pledge cooperation as UK leaves EU
World
December 17, 2017
China, Britain pledge cooperation as UK leaves EU
Britain and China pledged Saturday to promote London as a center for offshore use of Beijing’s currency and cooperate in…
AP Exclusive: In western China, thought police instill fear
World
December 17, 2017
AP Exclusive: In western China, thought police instill fear
Nobody knows what happened to the Uighur student after he returned to China from Egypt and was taken away by…
Chileans vote in fiercely contested presidential election
World
December 17, 2017
Chileans vote in fiercely contested presidential election
Chileans voters will decide Sunday whether to swing the world’s top copper-producing country to the right or maintain its center-left…
Trump defends tax plan, proclaims economy set ‘to rock’
World
December 17, 2017
Trump defends tax plan, proclaims economy set ‘to rock’
Closing in on the first major legislative achievement of his term, President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the Republican tax…
Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy
World
December 15, 2017
Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy
An Australian inquiry into child abuse on Friday recommended that the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy…
Hunger at Damascus’ door as Syrian government blocks aid
Middle East
December 15, 2017
Hunger at Damascus’ door as Syrian government blocks aid
At the doors of the Syrian capital, children with wrinkled faces and arms like sticks are going hungry because President…
Israeli police question Netanyahu again in corruption probe
Middle East
December 15, 2017
Israeli police question Netanyahu again in corruption probe
Israeli police are questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again as part of an investigation into two corruption allegations surrounding the…
Cyprus, Egypt, Greece agree to bolster maritime security
Egypt
December 15, 2017
Cyprus, Egypt, Greece agree to bolster maritime security
The defense ministers of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece agreed Thursday to step up cooperation in combating drug, weapons and people…
US says missile parts prove Iran is illicitly arming Houthis
Middle East
December 15, 2017
US says missile parts prove Iran is illicitly arming Houthis
Flanked by singed missile remnants, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the United Nations declared Thursday that “undeniable” evidence proves Iran…
Zimbabwe’s new leader begins journey to key 2018 election
World
December 14, 2017
Zimbabwe’s new leader begins journey to key 2018 election
Zimbabwe’s new president is showing signs of charting a path different from that of his ousted mentor, Robert Mugabe, as…
UN Syria envoy urges Putin to have ‘courage’ to push Assad
Middle East
December 14, 2017
UN Syria envoy urges Putin to have ‘courage’ to push Assad
The UN Syria envoy has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “have the courage” to push the Syrian government…
Hayek says rebuffing Weinstein led to nightmare on ‘Frida’
World
December 14, 2017
Hayek says rebuffing Weinstein led to nightmare on ‘Frida’
In one of the most vivid accounts yet of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuse and harassment, Salma Hayek says the disgraced…
Archaeologists uncover burial sites, statue in Egypt’s Aswan
Archaeology
December 14, 2017
Archaeologists uncover burial sites, statue in Egypt’s Aswan
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have uncovered four intact burial sites, part of a cemetery and an incomplete statue in…
Iran may be defying UN on missiles: UN chief
Middle East
December 14, 2017
Iran may be defying UN on missiles: UN chief
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Iran may be defying a UN call to halt ballistic missile development even as…
Alabama loss may offer a warning to Trump White House
World
December 14, 2017
Alabama loss may offer a warning to Trump White House
President Donald Trump managed to endorse two different losing candidates in the same Senate race, a setback that is highlighting…