Foreign Affairs

November 14, 2020
US sec’y of state begins difficult 7-nation tour in France

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed “global challenges” with a handful of members of a Paris think tank Saturday at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and...

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November 14, 2020
Western Union will end its remittances business to Cuba on Nov. 27

Western Union announced on Friday it will end of its operations in Cuba as of Nov. 27, following the Cuban government's refusal to transfer remittance operations to a company not...

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November 14, 2020
Britain’s Prince Charles celebrates 72nd birthday

Britain's Prince Charles celebrated his 72nd birthday Saturday following an eventful year that saw him contract the coronavirus and his son Prince Harry step down from official royal duties. Gun...

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November 14, 2020
Egypt unveils ancient coffins, statues found in Saqqara

Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of...

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November 14, 2020
US top diplomat arrives in France on difficult 7-nation tour

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward...

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November 14, 2020
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan

In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from...

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November 14, 2020
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan

In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from...

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November 14, 2020
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan

In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from...

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November 14, 2020
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan

In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from...

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November 14, 2020
Despite some lack of trust in the Honduran government, Miamians to send supplies after Eta

Comparing the massive destruction Hurricane Eta caused in Honduras last week to that of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas in 2019 and that of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in...

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November 14, 2020
Despite some lack of trust in the Honduran government, Miamians to send supplies after Eta

Comparing the massive destruction Hurricane Eta caused in Honduras last week to that of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas in 2019 and that of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in...

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November 14, 2020
Peru president’s ouster sparks wave of youth-led protests

University student Yessenia Medina was trying to concentrate on her virtual psychology class when a stunning headline popped up on her screen: Peru's Congress had voted to oust the nation's...

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November 14, 2020
Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope

Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor cycles through the dark of pre-dawn Paris, speeding to a...

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November 14, 2020
Haiti is running low on fuel again as sweet deal with fuel supplier turns sour

Another sweet deal has gone sour in Haiti. This time it involves a price dispute between the Haitian government and its latest supplier of fuel, Preble-Rish, the politically connected firm...

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November 13, 2020
After catastrophic Hurricane Eta, millions of Hondurans brace themselves for another storm

A week after Hurricane Eta pummeled Honduras, millions are still evaluating the damage left behind, cleaning out their muddy homes — if they still have one — and mourning the...

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November 13, 2020
Eta left the Sanchez’s family home flooded and mudied

Dennis Sánchez first returned to his family home in La Paz neighborhood in La Lima, Cortés in northern Honduras, nearly a week after Hurricane Eta forced him to leave. …...

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November 13, 2020
Hondurans find shelter in a car wash during Eta

Video taken by Yoselin Sánchez as she weathered Hurricane Eta from a two-story car wash for three days in La Paz, Cortés, in Honduras. … Click to Continue »

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November 13, 2020
Federal judge green-lights Cuban doctors’ human-trafficking lawsuit against health group

A federal judge has ruled that a human-trafficking lawsuit against the Pan American Health Organization filed by Cuban doctors who worked in Brazil can continue. While the Cuban government carries...

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November 13, 2020
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report

Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians, seeking to salvage a papal legacy that...

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November 13, 2020
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report

Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians, seeking to salvage a papal legacy that...

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November 13, 2020
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report

Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians, seeking to salvage a papal legacy that...

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November 13, 2020
As Ethiopia’s conflict rages, ethnic targeting turns deadly

Ethnic Amharas killed. Ethnic Tigrayans arrested, in hiding or cut off from the world. Ethiopia's deadly conflict is spilling beyond the country's northern Tigray region and turning identity into a...

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November 13, 2020
Strong typhoon leaves 42 dead, 20 missing in Philippines

Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42 people and caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to...

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November 13, 2020
Tropical Storm Iota forms, continuing record-breaking season. Hurricane watch expected

Tropical Storm Iota formed in the central Caribbean Sea on Friday, marking the 30th named storm in a record-breaking hurricane season. Iota is forecast to turn into a hurricane before...

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November 13, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Drones light up Seoul sky, urge virus vigilance

With masked spectators watching from below, hundreds of drones lit up the night sky in South Korea's capital on Friday in a synchronized display to encourage citizens to remain vigilant...

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November 13, 2020
India’s festive mood raises fears of surge of coronavirus

The crowds filling shopping areas ahead of the Diwali festival of lights on Saturday are raising hopes of India's distressed business community after months of lockdown losses but also spawning...

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November 13, 2020
France marks 5 years since deadly attacks on Bataclan, cafes

In silence and mourning, France marked five years since 130 people were killed by Islamic State extremists who targeted the Bataclan concert hall, Paris cafes and the national stadium in...

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November 13, 2020
Korean girl group’s panda stunt prompts anger in China

A publicity stunt involving South Korean girl group Blackpink and a cuddly baby panda has prompted outraged comments and calls for an apology from some in China. The endangered animals...

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November 13, 2020
UK leader’s top adviser to step down amid power struggle

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser plans to step down at the end of the year after a bruising battle for influence at the heart of the British government...

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November 13, 2020
UK’s “Yorkshire Ripper” serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

Britain's Prison Service says that serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who was widely known as the “Yorkshire Ripper," has died in the hospital. The 74-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19 and...

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November 13, 2020
China congratulates Biden on being elected US president

China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president. China, along with Russia, avoided joining the throng of governments that...

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November 13, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Virus ward doctor runs from dawn to dark in Italy

Dr. Elisabetta Teti recalls the nightmare weeks when the coronavirus first erupted in Italy and girds herself for what her life will be like through the coming winter if tens...

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November 13, 2020
Israel’s settlements could test ties with Biden

President-elect Joe Biden may never forget Ramat Shlomo. On a visit to Israel in 2010, Biden was caught off guard when authorities announced plans to build hundreds of new homes...

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November 13, 2020
Israel’s settlements could test ties with Biden

President-elect Joe Biden may never forget Ramat Shlomo. On a visit to Israel in 2010, Biden was caught off guard when authorities announced plans to build hundreds of new homes...

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November 13, 2020
Israel’s settlements could test ties with Biden

President-elect Joe Biden may never forget Ramat Shlomo. On a visit to Israel in 2010, Biden was caught off guard when authorities announced plans to build hundreds of new homes...

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November 12, 2020
UN: 870K measles cases in 2019, highest number in 23 years

The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for...

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November 12, 2020
UN: 74 migrants drown after boat breaks down off Libya coast

At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the U.N. migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at...

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November 12, 2020
Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73

Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the state's Radio Ghana and...

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November 12, 2020
Armenians protest Nagorno-Karabakh truce terms for a 3rd day

Thousands massed Thursday in Armenia's capital to protest the terms of a cease-fire agreement that gave territorial concessions to Azerbaijan in the long-running conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh....

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November 12, 2020
Zimbabwe journalist denied bail

A Zimbabwean magistrate Thursday denied bail to an investigative journalist who has been in detention for more than a week for alleging corruption in the country's prosecuting agency, sending him...

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