In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train
AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (news agencies) — Rays of sunlight slice through pools of crystal water as clusters of ...
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Italy’s migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape
ROME (news agencies) — It was still dark and quiet outside when Ousmane Sylla performed his last prayer in the ...
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Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to close out a bloom-filled May
NEW YORK (news agencies) — An already verdant May for Wall Street finished with another push higher as stocks rallied ...
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Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change
JOHANNESBURG (news agencies) — Partial results in South Africa’s national election put the long-ruling African National Congress party at well ...
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Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia ...
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US and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in ...
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Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire ...
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Global aid group asks warring forces to respect its neutrality with 24 of its aid workers killed
MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies asked state forces and combatants ...
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North Korea’s trash rains down onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means
SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North ...
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Haiti’s new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (news agencies) — Haiti’s newly chosen Prime Minister Garry Conille vowed to seek unity Wednesday in ...
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