Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the ...
Israel calls on Lebanese to evacuate homes where Hezbollah stores arms as it launches new strikes
The Israeli military has called on people in Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. The warning on Monday ...
Pakistani Taliban deny attacking convoy of foreign ambassadors in restive northwest
The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the country’s restive northwest, as ...
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Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful ...
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Asian stocks climb after Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday, supported by key rate decisions last week from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Japan, China and Britain. U.S. futures and oil prices were higher.
Alcohol-free beer is gaining popularity, even at Oktoberfest
The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret: He really likes alcohol-free beer. Even though he’s quick to say he obviously enjoys real ...
Case of Mexico’s 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances
All countries have crimes that resonate. In Mexico, one of the modern day ones is the disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher’s college in 2014. Ten years later, it’s ...
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Hezbollah has fired more than 8,000 rockets toward Israel since October 7: Ambassador
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) said on Sunday that Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has fired more than 8,000 rockets towards Israel. “Last night, hundreds of thousands of Israelis ...
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As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that an ...
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard ...
Warnock: Georgia hand-counted ballot rule is ‘effort to turn the democracy on its head’
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) said Sunday that Georgia’s hand-counted ballot rule is an “effort to turn the democracy on ...
Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital
Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent ...