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Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict

Arooza was furious and afraid, keeping her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a friend shopped Sunday in Kabul's Macroyan neighborhood. The math teacher was fearful her large shawl, wrapped tight around her head, and sweeping pale brown coat would not satisfy the latest decree by th...

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Sri Lanka deploys troops in capital after clash at protest

Authorities deployed armed troops in the capital Colombo on Monday hours after government supporters attacked protesters who have been camped outside the offices of the country's president and prime minster, as trade unions began a “Week of Protests” demanding the government change a...

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Havana hotel blast toll rises to 31

The death toll from an explosion at a luxury hotel in Havana's old quarter rose to 31 on Sunday, authorities said, as Cuban firefighters continued to comb through the rubble.   Twenty-four people were being treated in hospital, said the public health ministry, after the powerful blast ...

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Burkina Faso’s displaced numbers swell amid jihadi violence

Ami Sana hangs a tattered tarp for a bit of shade where she can rest on a break from pounding stones under the scorching sun.“The work is hard. It makes my body weak, but what else can I do?” she asked.The mother of six is one of 2 million people displaced by Burkina Faso’s rapidly...

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He said, she said: Accounts from Depp, Heard rarely match

There’s not much room for middle ground in the testimony thus far from Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Depp’s libel suit against his ex-wife.One of them is lying.Heard has not yet finished telling the jury her side of things. Her testimony will continue May 16 once the trial — which...

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Macron inaugurated for second five-year term

President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, vowing to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine before going on to focus on promoting France and Europe on the world stage.Macron was reelected for five years on April 24 in a runoff...

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Rescuers look for victims at Cuba hotel after blast kills 22

Rescuers in Cuba’s capital were searching rubble through the night to find more victims of an explosion that killed at least 22 people and injured dozens at a luxury hotel that once hosted dignitaries and celebrities, including Beyoncé and Jay-ZA natural gas leak was the apparent cause ...

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Diplomats concerned by state of emergency in Sri Lanka

Diplomats and rights groups expressed concern Saturday after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against peaceful protesters amid the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory.The economic and political situation in the Indian Ocean ...

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will seek audit of voting system

 Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that his political party will seek to audit the electronic voting system before the upcoming election amid concerns he is actively sowing distrust in its eventual results.“As allowed by electoral law, we will hire a company to do the ...

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GOP works to get out the vote after calling elections rigged

Republican David Perdue has made election fraud the centerpiece of his run for Georgia governor. But if he hopes to win in this year’s midterm elections, his supporters will have to use the same democratic system he says they shouldn’t trust.The only way to win a rigged election, he says...

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LA hospital sued for racism

The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned Los Angeles hospital.Charles Johnson IV said he discovered the disparity in care women of color receive at Cedar...

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Sri Lanka forex reserves at record low

Sri Lanka’s economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday.Ali Sabry was speaking to Parliament after returning to Sri Lanka from talks with the International Monetary Fund. He said any IMF rescue p...

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Kim warns N Korea could ‘preemptively’ use nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top army officials for a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, this week. Kim expressed “firm will” to continue developing his nuclear-arme...

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Migrant boat disaster wrecks a Lebanese family amid crisis

A week ago, the boat carrying Bilal Dandashi, his relatives and dozens of others hoping to escape Lebanon and reach Europe sank in the Mediterranean. Dandashi still doesn’t know if his wife and children are alive or dead.Their boat sank in the darkness of night in a matter of seconds after a c...

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Israel searches for Palestinian attackers who killed guard

The Israeli military on Saturday launched a manhunt in the northern West Bank as it searched for a pair of Palestinian attackers who shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement.The fresh attack, combined with the death of a Palestinian man elsewhere in the occupied West B...

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Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop, snags export plans

An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.Gigantic landfills in India’s capital Ne...

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S Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as Covid slows

South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations continue to decline.Starting Monday, people will only be required to wear a mask outdoors when participating in gatherings of more than 50 people or attending sports and cultural events with...

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Haitians struggle to find food, shelter amid new gang battle

Heavy gunfire echoed Thursday in a once quiet neighborhood in Haiti’s capital that has become ground zero in a gang fight that has has killed at least 20 people, injured more than a dozen and forced thousands to flee their homes this week.Parents grabbed children by the hands as they balanced ...

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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.Suu Kyi, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, had denied the allegation that ...

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Reelection bolsters France’s Macron as powerful player in EU

Soon after his victory was announced, French President Emmanuel Macron took the stage to the sound of the European Union’s anthem, the “Ode to Joy.” The symbolism was strong: The 44-year-old centrist’s election to a second term bolsters his standing as a senior player in Euro...