Remittances to Nicaraguans sent home last year surged 50%, a massive jump that analysts say is directly related to the thousands of Nicaraguans who emigrated to the U.S. in the past two years. That …
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By GABRIELA SELSER
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2/26/23
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Police in Hong Kong have filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed to be hers was discovered in a pot. The grisly …
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By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU
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2/26/23
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One hospital is standing its ground in one of the most violent parts of Haiti’s capital. As gangs tighten their grip on the Caribbean nation, many medical facilities have closed. But Fontaine …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE
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2/26/23
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More people in Nigeria have cast ballots even though voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections had been supposed to end on Saturday. Election observers said votes were cast in …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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2/26/23
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China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Lukashenko is due to visit …
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2/26/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an interview that his country has no choice but to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities. His remarks seek to justify Russia’s recent …
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2/26/23
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On the largely static front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces that stretches over hundreds of kilometers (miles), Vuhledar has become one of the deadliest hotspots. Its ruins have joined …
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By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV
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2/26/23
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The Palestinian president’s office says a high-level Palestinian delegation will meet with top Israeli officials in Jordan. The meeting on Sunday is an attempt to reduce surging tensions in the …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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2/26/23
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The latest session of the Human Rights Council opens Monday with the U.N. secretary-general joining three presidents to speak, and foreign ministers from countries including France, Germany and Iran …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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2/26/23
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Authorities say the Italian coast guard and firefighters have recovered more than 30 bodies after a wooden migrant boat broke apart in rough seas near the southern coast of Italy’s mainland. State …
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2/26/23
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Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting their far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system, three days after parliament advanced a bill that would enable lawmakers to overturn a …
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2/25/23
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Russia and Ukraine faced off at the U.N. Security Council on the first anniversary of their war _ with their confrontation even extending to dueling moments of silence for the dead. The showdown …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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2/24/23
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Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of …
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2/24/23
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Russians in Moscow and other cities brought flowers to Ukrainian poets and held one-person pickets with antiwar slogans to mark the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian media …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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2/24/23
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Health authorities in Cambodia say the father of an 11-year-old girl who died this week after contracting bird flu has tested positive for the virus but has not displayed any major symptoms. The …
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By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK
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2/24/23
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A damaging tropical cyclone dumped “dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels” over Mozambique Friday as the long-lasting weather system continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa. The …
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By WANJOHI KABUKURU
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2/24/23
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Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish forces have killed the alleged planner of a deadly Istanbul street bombing, in an operation in northern Syria. The man, identified as Halil Menci, was …
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2/24/23
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Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home. Pakistan's announcement Friday said …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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2/24/23
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U.S. first lady Jill Biden has told the young people of Namibia that the democracy their parents and grandparents fought for is now theirs to defend and protect. She also has encouraged them to …
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2/24/23
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Iranian state television has offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity. An official interviewed by state TV's …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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2/24/23
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