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Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico’s ‘toilet bowl’ wastewater dam
[ad_1] On the banks of a wastewater dam in central Mexico, under a dense cloud of mosquitoes, Yury Uribe is finally seeing hope after spending decades in "environmental hell."The 43-year-old...
Dozens of former FARC fighters abandon ‘reincorporation’ village in Colombia after death threats
[ad_1] BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of former guerrilla fighters and their families were forced to abandon their village in southern Colombia on Tuesday, after receiving death threats by a...
Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine’s cross-border incursion
[ad_1] MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13...
Anti far-right AfD demonstrators block state leader Höcke from event
[ad_1] Police in the eastern German city of Jena used pepper spray and batons to break up a demonstration of some 2,000 people protesting the appearance of far-right Alternative for...
Missing Scissors Shut Down Japan’s Second-Largest Airport For Two Hours
[ad_1] Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia CommonsA missing pair of scissors brought an international airport in Japan to a standstill last Saturday. The unusual security situation at New Chitose Airport in...
French Caretaker Government Readies Stable Budget for Next Year
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) -- France’s caretaker government is preparing a stable budget for next year that would help the country meet a target to narrow its deficit below 3% of economic...
Russian forces claim another town captured in east Ukraine
[ad_1] Russia's military says it has captured a small town in eastern Ukraine called Niu-York, as part of its push towards big population centres in the Donetsk region.Ukraine's military has...
Day after Putin’s visit, Azerbaijan applies to join Russia and China in the BRICS alliance
[ad_1] BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus...
Kenyan police accused of helping suspected serial killer escape
[ad_1] Eight police officers in Kenya have been suspended on suspicion of helping a suspected serial killer escape from custody, police have said.In July police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha had...
Europe just slashed tariffs on cars made by Tesla in China
[ad_1] The European Union may have just given Tesla’s future sales in the region a boost by setting tariffs on its China-made vehicles considerably below those imposed on rival electric...
Russia’s top court extends detention for Navalny’s lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges
[ad_1] MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges...
