HAVANA — Raul Castro said he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for the first time in more than six decades and handing control of the party to a younger generation. The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement in a speech Friday at the opening of […]
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For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press April 16, 2021, 10:15 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article HAVANA — For most of his […]
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Israel’s foreign minister says his country is determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process ByThe Associated Press April 16, 2021, 4:15 PM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ATHENS, Greece — Israel’s foreign minister said Friday that his […]
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Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates face sentencing for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing By ZEN SOO Associated Press April 16, 2021, 3:13 AM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article HONG KONG — Seven of […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Reports are emerging of Brazilian health workers forced to intubate patients without the aid of sedatives, after weeks of warnings that hospitals and state governments risked running out of critical medicines. One doctor at the Albert Schweitzer municipal hospital in Rio de Janeiro told the Associated Press that for days health […]
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in September in line with the United States and other allies By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press April 15, 2021, 9:30 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CANBERRA, Australia — Australia would complete its troop withdrawal from […]
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A state-run newspaper says Myanmar’s military junta has charged at least 19 medical doctors for participating in civil disobedience protests against the Feb. 1 coup ByThe Associated Press April 15, 2021, 1:30 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling junta has charged at least 19 […]
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SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Senate investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic to go forward, one of two cases it tackled that could affect the leader’s bid for reelection next year. The full court also was weighing the political future of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da […]
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Egyptian authorities say a bus overturned while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt, causing a collision that killed at least 20 people and injured three others ByThe Associated Press April 14, 2021, 9:08 AM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CAIRO — A bus overturned […]
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Guatemala’s Congress has refused to swear in a female judge to the nation’s highest court, a move the United States condemned ByThe Associated Press April 14, 2021, 2:52 AM • 2 min read GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Congress refused to swear in a crusading female judge to the nation’s highest court Tuesday, a move the […]