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UN urges end to US embargo on Cuba, US raises rights concerns
November 2, 2018
UN urges end to US embargo on Cuba, US raises rights concerns
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted its 27th annual resolution calling for an end…
Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production
November 1, 2018
Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production
GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development which could bring the supply…
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
November 1, 2018
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
North Korean police and other officials prey on women with near-total impunity, a rights group said Thursday, in a rare…
Migrant caravan must walk as Mexico ignores demand for buses
November 1, 2018
Migrant caravan must walk as Mexico ignores demand for buses
JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Tired Central American migrants rested in this southern Mexico town while their representatives tried to…
Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
November 1, 2018
Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has often expressed admiration for Donald Trump and appears poised to…
Human remains found at Vatican property could crack 1983 mysteries
October 31, 2018
Human remains found at Vatican property could crack 1983 mysteries
Human remains have been discovered at a Rome property owned by the Vatican, the Holy See said Tuesday, in a…
Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after shooting, protesters cry foul
October 31, 2018
Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after shooting, protesters cry foul
Donald Trump visited Tuesday the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were gunned down at the weekend in an anti-Semitic attack,…
Indonesia military chief ‘strongly believes’ crashed jet found
October 31, 2018
Indonesia military chief ‘strongly believes’ crashed jet found
The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian jetliner may have been found, the country’s military chief said Wednesday, two…
India deploys huge security for inauguration of world’s biggest statue
October 31, 2018
India deploys huge security for inauguration of world’s biggest statue
Thousands of police guarded the world’s biggest statue ahead of its inauguration by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
Trump says he expects ‘great deal’ with China, but more tariffs if not
October 30, 2018
Trump says he expects ‘great deal’ with China, but more tariffs if not
US President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be “a great deal” with China on trade, but warned…