Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope in an uncertain and divided world to reclaim democracies and leave a better future for children. …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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7/18/22
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A Mexican judge's ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, captured in the mountains of northwest Mexico, will not happen quickly. In the ruling published Monday, the …
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By MARÍA VERZA
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7/18/22
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When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out at wildfires encroaching on both sides of the track. The …
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7/18/22
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Malaysian authorities say they have seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth around $18 million. The Customs Department …
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7/18/22
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Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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7/18/22
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Britain’s first-ever extreme heat warning is in effect for large parts of England as authorities prepare for record high temperatures that are already disrupting travel, health care and schools. …
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7/18/22
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France is scrambling more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires being fed by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. With …
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7/18/22
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National Congress party Jessie Duarte, who died Sunday after a long battle …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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7/17/22
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Restaurant owner Leticia Rodríguez celebrated the construction late last year of a new lakeside boulevard in this northern Mexico town that she hoped would draw more people to her business. But now …
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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
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7/17/22
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Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people. The issue is the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. …
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By ANGELA CHARLTON
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7/17/22
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Pope Francis has asked for prayers to accompany him on what he is calling his “penitential” pilgrimage to Canada, to apologize to Indigenous groups for abuses inflicted by Catholic institutions. …
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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7/17/22
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Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities link to a rise in excess mortality. Two blazes that have …
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By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOSEPH WILSON
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7/17/22
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France is holding ceremonies Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a mass roundup of Jews in Paris under the Nazi occupation. French police rounded up 13,000 people on two terrifying days in …
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By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY
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7/17/22
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A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by …
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By FARAI MUTSAKA
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7/17/22
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Ukrainians living in the path of Russia's invasion in the eastern Donetsk region are also fighting personal battles as the front line moves closer. The mayor of Pokrovsk is mentally preparing for a …
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By CARA ANNA
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7/17/22
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An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukraine-based airline has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece. Civil Aviation authorities say the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, but …
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS
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7/16/22
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The British government is set to hold an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for record high temperatures after authorities issued their first ever “red” warning for extreme heat early …
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7/16/22
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Italy's top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors' efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the torture and slaying of an Italian student. The Court of Cassation …
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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7/16/22
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains …
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7/16/22
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The Israeli military says it has attacked a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip in response to a pair of rocket attacks overnight. Saturday’s exchange took place hours after U.S. President Joe …
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7/16/22
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