Foreign Affairs

November 19, 2020
‘Invisible campaign’ and the specter of socialism: Why Cuban Americans fell hard for Trump

Following his surprising victory in 2016, Donald Trump claimed he got 80 percent of the Cuban-American vote in South Florida. He was exaggerating. But 2020 was a different story. Years...

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November 19, 2020
Reeling from back-to-back hurricanes, Central America is going through the ruins

Seventeen days after Hurricane Eta and four day after Hurricane Iota, chaos still reigns in Central America, mainly in the two hardest hit nations of Honduras and Nicaragua where millions...

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November 19, 2020
Reeling from back-to-back hurricanes, Central America is going through the ruins

Seventeen days after Hurricane Eta and four day after Hurricane Iota, chaos still reigns in Central America, mainly in the two hardest hit nations of Honduras and Nicaragua where millions...

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November 19, 2020
Reeling from back-to-back hurricanes, Central America is going through the ruins

Seventeen days after Hurricane Eta and four day after Hurricane Iota, chaos still reigns in Central America, mainly in the two hardest hit nations of Honduras and Nicaragua where millions...

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November 19, 2020
WHO warns of deadly second wave of virus across Middle East

As winter nears and coronavirus cases surge across the Middle East, the regional director for the World Health Organization said Thursday that the only way to avoid mass deaths is...

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November 19, 2020
Prince William welcomes new probe into 1995 Diana interview

Prince William has “tentatively welcomed” an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding a BBC interview in 1995 with his mother, Princess Diana, royal officials said Thursday. William, who is second...

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November 19, 2020
Iran candidate tells AP: US attack risks ‘full-fledged war’

An adviser to Iran's supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a “full-fledged war” in...

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November 19, 2020
Pompeo, in Israel, vows new action against boycott movement

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. will regard the Palestinian-led boycott movement as “anti-Semitic” and cut off government support for any organizations taking part in it,...

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November 19, 2020
Americans dominate diverse list of Booker Prize contenders

Booker Prize judges are meeting Thursday to pick a winner of the prestigious literary award, choosing from a six-book list that's both U.S.-dominated and strikingly diverse. Five of the books...

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November 19, 2020
“Una campaña invisible”, el fantasma del socialismo: por qué muchos cubanoamericanos apoyaron a Trump

Después de su sorprendente triunfo en 2016, Donald Trump dijo que había ganado el 80 por ciento del voto cubano en el sur de Florida . Estaba exagerando. Pero su...

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November 19, 2020
German parliament probes intruder incident during virus vote

German parliamentary officials are investigating how people protesting against government lockdown measures were able to enter the Bundestag building and harangue lawmakers ahead of a crucial vote. Senior lawmakers planned...

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November 19, 2020
African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. The Africa Centers for Disease Control...

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November 19, 2020
African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. The Africa Centers for Disease Control...

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November 19, 2020
Virus threat ‘a new terror’ in Syria’s scarred Idlib region

Nurses hover over a patient to insert a breathing tube as his condition suddenly deteriorates. ICU beds fill up almost overnight. As one patient dies of the coronavirus and is...

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November 19, 2020
Report finds Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghans

A shocking Australian military report into war crimes has found evidence that elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians. Australian Defence Force Chief Gen. Angus Campbell...

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November 19, 2020
Report finds Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghans

A shocking Australian military report into war crimes has found evidence that elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians. Australian Defence Force Chief Gen. Angus Campbell...

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November 18, 2020
At least 22 dead in Central America after Hurricane Iota as rescue crews work through flooding and debris

Hurricane Iota's death toll in the Central America region rose on Wednesday to 22, including two children, as survivors and rescuers continue to wade through murky waters and catastrophic debris....

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November 18, 2020
US withdrawal rattles Afghan allies and adversaries alike

An accelerated U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, announced by Washington this week, has rattled both allies and adversaries. There are fears of worsening violence and regional chaos, which some say...

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November 18, 2020
Kenyans fear they’re on their own as COVID-19 surges again

A Kenyan doctor died of COVID-19 over the weekend after no bed for him in an intensive care unit was available. Other doctors say they cannot afford the treatment they...

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November 18, 2020
Famous Cuban actress Broselinda Hernández found dead on Miami Beach shoreline

The woman who was found dead early Wednesday on the Miami Beach shoreline near 79th Street was Broselinda Hernández, police say, a famous Cuban actress best known for her work...

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November 18, 2020
Venezuelan insurgent describes how betrayal in ranks turned would-be coup into bloodbath

More than four dozen men who set out in motorboats on the first day of May from Colombia as part of a botched coup known as Operation Gideon, a doomed...

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November 18, 2020
Venezuelan insurgent describes how betrayal in ranks turned would-be coup into bloodbath

More than four dozen men who set out in motorboats on the first day of May from Colombia as part of a botched coup known as Operation Gideon, a doomed...

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November 18, 2020
Thousands rally in Berlin to protest virus restrictions

Thousands of people protesting German measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus rallied Wednesday outside barricades cordoning off Berlin's government center as lawmakers debated a bill that would strengthen...

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November 18, 2020
AP Analysis: ‘Who am I to judge?’ helps explain pope’s view

Pope Francis' famous quip “Who am I to judge?” could go a long way toward explaining his initial attitude toward Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked and disgraced American cardinal who was...

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November 18, 2020
Amid pandemic, Belgrade street kids find comfort at refuge

In a small, brightly-colored backstreet house in Belgrade a teenage girl is drying her hair, while two others eat lunch in the kitchen. A group of boys are having their...

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November 18, 2020
As virus hits Italy’s south, some flee troubled health care

Patients, some wrapped in blankets that look like they came from home, moan in their beds. What appears to be medical tubing and a wad of gauze or paper towels...

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November 18, 2020
People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on

People are going hungry in Ethiopia's rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government marches on its capital in a final push to...

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November 18, 2020
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands

With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her...

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November 18, 2020
Hurricane Iota bashes Nicaragua, Honduras after Eta floods

Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and flooded some stretches of neighboring Honduras that were still under water from Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier, leaving authorities struggling to assess damage...

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November 18, 2020
Hurricane Iota bashes Nicaragua, Honduras after Eta floods

Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and flooded some stretches of neighboring Honduras that were still under water from Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier, leaving authorities struggling to assess damage...

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November 18, 2020
Hurricane Iota pounds Nicaragua and Honduras, and nearly wipes out a Colombian island

Hurricane Iota, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin this late in the year, crashed into Central America late Monday night as a Category 4, delivering massive devastation...

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November 17, 2020
Iraqi military says 4 rockets land in Baghdad’s Green Zone

Four rockets struck inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, Iraq's military said, wounding at least two people and signaling an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed...

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November 17, 2020
Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray

Ethiopia's prime minister on Tuesday declared “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country's rebellious Tigray region, while the United...

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November 17, 2020
Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan

Turkey's parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia that aims to end the...

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November 17, 2020
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.

Abiy Ahmed left Ethiopians breathless when he became the prime minister in 2018, introducing a wave of political reforms in the long-repressive country and announcing a shocking peace with enemy...

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November 17, 2020
NATO chief warns of high price if troops leave Afghanistan

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that the military organization could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, after a U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected...

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November 17, 2020
German court: McCann suspect injured while in custody

A suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese resort 13 years ago, suffered two broken ribs in an incident at a German...

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November 17, 2020
Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray

Ethiopia's prime minister says “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country's rebellious northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...

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November 17, 2020
24 hours in the ICU: Fighting for an open bed in coronavirus

Four more calls to go, each with careful words, painful silences. It's 2 p.m. in the intensive care ward of Marseille's La Timone hospital, and Dr. Julien Carvelli is phoning...

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November 17, 2020
Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks

In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally...

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