International

Deutsche Welle journalist sentenced in Belarus to 20 days

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MOSCOW — German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle says one of its freelance correspondents has been sentenced to 20 days in jail in Belarus. ...

Salvadoran ex-cop nabbed for 2 murders; 10 more bodies found

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A search at the home of a former policeman in El Salvador arrested last week for the murder of...

Soldiers who perished on secret mission are memorialized

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PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson...

Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution

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SANTIAGO, Chile — The face of a new Chile begins taking shape this weekend as the South American country elects 155 people to draft...

Zimbabwe court blocks leader from keeping chief justice on

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s High Court on Saturday forced the country’s chief justice to retire, ruling that an extension of his term by the...

UN chief: Foreign fighters in Libya are violating cease-fire

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief said foreign fighters and mercenaries remain in Libya in violation of last October’s cease-fire agreement and called for...

US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis

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VATICAN CITY — John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compelling moral...

China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal

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BEIJING — China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19...

Bleak futures fuel widespread protests by young Colombians

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BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Thousands of young people and college students have been at the forefront of Colombia's antigovernment protests for more than two weeks,...

Israeli strike on Gaza kills 7, unrest spreads to West Bank

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least seven Palestinians early Saturday in the deadliest single strike...