Poland’s prime minister criticizes Hungary and Slovakia foreign ministers for meeting Lavrov
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday sharply criticized the Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers for meeting with their Russian counterpart during a regional forum in Turkey.Tusk said…
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An online protest movement exposes corruption in Uganda. Officials and others are rattled
KAMPALA, Uganda — Abuse of public funds. Failing hospitals. Potholes in the streets of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. These and other issues feature in an online protest campaign that is…
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What to watch for as China’s major political meeting of the year gets underway
BEIJING — One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China‘s legislature gets underway this week: the economy.The National People’s Congress annual meeting, which opens Tuesday, is being closely watched for…
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South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan
SEOUL, South Korea — Thousands of senior doctors rallied in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Sunday to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly…
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Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city, as China’s envoy tours Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine — The death toll rose to 10 on Sunday from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa the previous day when…
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is granted bail in a Bangladesh graft case
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case.Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006…
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Israel’s wartime Cabinet is shaken by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival
TEL AVIV, Israel — A top Israeli Cabinet minister headed to Washington on Sunday for talks with U.S. officials, sparking a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israeli…
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An election for control of Serbia’s capital is to be rerun following opposition fraud claims
BELGRADE, Serbia — A key vote for control of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade — a focal point of widespread fraud reports after last December elections — is to be rerun later this year,…
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Malaysia may renew hunt for missing flight MH370, 10 years after its disappearance
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s government said Sunday it may renew the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after a U.S. technology firm proposed a fresh search in the southern Indian Ocean…
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French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man near a Paris synagogue
PARIS — French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man leaving a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late Saturday.Darmanin said the alleged attack on a…
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