Carles Puigdemont, ex-Catalan leader, returns to Spain after nearly 7 years as a fugitive
BARCELONA, Spain (news agencies) — Former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the ...
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Relatives of Belarus’ political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn’t free their loved ones
TALLINN, Estonia (news agencies) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest ...
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An aid worker’s airport disappearance stirs fear of repression following disputed Venezuela election
CARACAS, Venezuela (news agencies) — The last time anyone heard from Edni López was Sunday. The 33-year-old political science professor ...
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Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack
VIENNA (news agencies) — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after ...
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Riots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job
LONDON (news agencies) — Just a month into the job, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sounds more like the prosecutor ...
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Part of a hotel on Germany’s Mosel River collapses, killing 2 and trapping others for hours
BERLIN (news agencies) — Part of a hotel in a winemaking town on the Mosel River in western Germany collapsed, ...
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says
BRASILIA, Brazil (news agencies) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according ...
Read moreVenezuelan opposition candidate Gonzalez won’t appear before court and questions election audit
CARACAS, Venezuela (news agencies) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González will not appear before the country’s high court Wednesday for ...
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Ouster of Bangladesh’s prime minister will test India’s regional power, with Beijing’s on the rise
NEW DELHI (news agencies) — The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India’s government, ...
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Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ with its raid in southwestern Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (news agencies) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk ...
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