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Mass occupation underscores Brazil’s poverty, creates angst
World

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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