When the Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus Leonardo Steiner kneels before Pope Francis on August 27, the Brazilian clergyman will make history as the first Cardinal to come from the Amazon. …
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by FABIANO MAISONNAVE and NICOLE WINFIELD
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7/1/22
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Ukrainian emergency services say missile attacks have struck residential buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region, causing deaths and injuries. Video of the pre-dawn Friday attack showed the charred …
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7/1/22
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North Korea is suggesting its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea. The highly questionable claim appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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7/1/22
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The death toll from a mudslide in northeastern India has risen to 16, with over 70 people missing. Continuous rainfall over the past three weeks has wreaked havoc across India’s northeast, which …
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By WASBIR HUSSAIN
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6/30/22
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country's losing investment in the cryptocurrency by buying over $1.5 million more. President Nayib Bukele wrote on his …
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6/30/22
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Hong Kong’s incoming and outgoing leaders attended a flag-raising ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the return to Chinese rule for the city pulled in recent years under much tighter …
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By ZEN SOO
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6/30/22
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a storm that has hurled rain on the southern Caribbean and the northern shoulder of South America is expected to hit Central America as a tropical storm over …
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6/30/22
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Ecuador’s government and the country’s main Indigenous group have reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country. The deal, which includes a …
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6/30/22
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Pounding rain following weeks of heavy downpours has triggered a mudslide in northeast India that killed at least 14 people and left more than 30 others missing. Disaster response workers, police and …
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By WASBIR HUSSAIN
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6/30/22
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International Criminal Court judges have issued arrest warrants for three men wanted on suspicion of committing war crimes during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. The Hague-based court opened an …
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By MIKE CORDER
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6/30/22
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The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday. The interment in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a speech …
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By JEAN-YVES KAMALE
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6/30/22
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The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million new cases reported globally. The U.N. health agency said the worldwide …
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6/30/22
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has shot back at Western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying they would look “disgusting” if they tried to emulate his bare-torso appearances. Putin …
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6/30/22
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How do you grieve when there is no body to be found? How do you move forward when the person you loved vanished into the dust in a matter of seconds? Residents of the quiet, riverside city of …
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By FRANCESCA EBEL
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6/30/22
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Russian troops are fighting to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine’s resistance in an eastern province as funerals are to be held for those who were killed by a Russian strike on a shopping mall …
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By FRANCESCA EBEL
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6/30/22
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NATO is facing rebukes from Moscow and Beijing after it declared Russia a “direct threat” and said China posed “serious challenges” to global stability. The Western military alliance is …
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By JILL LAWLESS, JOSEPH WILSON and SYLVIE CORBET
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6/30/22
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NATO leaders are arriving at a conference center in Madrid for the third and final day of their annual summit. The 30-member alliance is due to wrap up its talks with a working session on security …
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The Associated Press
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6/30/22
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As the war grinds on in Ukraine, communities that were badly damaged early in the invasion are starting to rebuild. Villages such as Yahidne in the northern Chernihiv region are gradually returning …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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6/30/22
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Hipólito Tica saved for decades to build himself a proper house in a working class neighborhood of Lima. His problem was what to do about “the neighbors” — as he called the centuries-old …
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By FRANLIN BRICEÑO
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6/30/22
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The U.N. special envoy for Congo is warning that the M23 rebel group has increasingly acted as a conventional army during escalating military action in the country’s volatile east and could …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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6/29/22
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