Foreign Affairs

November 4, 2020
US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change

The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threatened by...

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November 4, 2020
US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change

The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threatened by...

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November 4, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt

Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and...

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November 4, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt

Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and...

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November 4, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt

Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and...

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November 4, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt

Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and...

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November 4, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military to confront regional govt

Ethiopia's prime minister on Wednesday ordered the military to confront one of the country's regional governments after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and...

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November 4, 2020
Aegean quake toll rises, Turkish rescuers make final search

The death toll in last week's Aegean Sea earthquake has risen to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir focused on the final two collapsed buildings....

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November 4, 2020
Aegean quake toll rises, Turkish rescuers make final search

The death toll in last week's Aegean Sea earthquake has risen to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir focused on the final two collapsed buildings....

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November 4, 2020
Hurricane Eta lashes Nicaragua with rains, deadly mudslides

Hurricane Eta continues to spin across northern Nicaragua after lashing the country's Caribbean coast for much of Tuesday, isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides in two countries...

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November 3, 2020
Fascinated and trepidatious, world braces for America’s vote

In one of the towns in Normandy where U.S. Army paratroopers fought and died on D-Day in World War II, a French store owner already has readied the “Trump 2020”...

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November 3, 2020
Miami teen Konrad, who plays for FC Barcelona, on U.S. roster for two November games

Konrad de la Fuente's rise from Miami youth player to international phenom continues as the 19-year-old Haitian-American, who plays winger for FC Barcelona, was named to the U.S. national team...

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November 3, 2020
Miami teen Konrad, who plays for FC Barcelona, on U.S. roster for two November games

Konrad de la Fuente's rise from Miami youth player to international phenom continues as the 19-year-old Haitian-American, who plays winger for FC Barcelona, was named to the U.S. national team...

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November 3, 2020
Spain chooses post-civil war film as Oscar candidate

“The Endless Trench,” a film about a man who hid for decades after Spain's 1936-39 Civil War, will represent the country in the competition for this year's Oscars for best...

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November 3, 2020
Iran’s supreme leader, quoting Trump, mocks US election

Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address, quoting President Donald Trump's own baseless claims about voter fraud to criticize the vote as Tehran marked the...

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November 3, 2020
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building on Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake...

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November 3, 2020
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building on Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake...

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November 3, 2020
Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack

Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning Tuesday to honor the 22 people killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, which was claimed by the Islamic...

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November 3, 2020
Austria authorities say a third person has died in shooting

Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting. Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammenr told reporters that two men and a woman have died from their...

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November 3, 2020
Austria authorities say a third person has died in shooting

Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting. Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammenr told reporters that two men and a woman have died from their...

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November 3, 2020
Austria authorities say a third person has died in shooting

Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting. Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammenr told reporters that two men and a woman have died from their...

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November 3, 2020
Powerful Hurricane Eta threatens flooding in Central America

Dangerously powerful Hurricane Eta churned toward Nicaragua's Caribbean coast with potentially devastating winds, while heavy rains thrown off by its storm bands already were causing rivers to overflow across Central...

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November 2, 2020
Kangaroos and zebras discovered as cops bust massive drug ring, Canadian officials say

Canadian investigators seized around $150 million in cannabis — and also found several kangaroos and zebras, officials said last week. York Regional Police Organized Crime Bureau investigators seized illegal cannabis...

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November 2, 2020
AP PHOTOS: In Mexico, a quieter Day of the Dead under COVID

Mexico's usually ebullient and colorful Day of the Dead celebration was quieter and lonelier than usual, with many cemeteries were closed to visits because of fears of spreading the coronavirus....

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November 2, 2020
2 dead, 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack, authorities say

Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last evening out in Vienna before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in a terror attack that left at least two dead — including one...

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November 2, 2020
Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna

Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in...

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November 2, 2020
The Bahamas is welcoming tourists again – with new coronavirus testing protocols

After lockdowns and a strict coronavirus quarantine requirement for visitors, the Bahamas is relaxing travel restrictions. The island chain, which reopened to tourists on Sunday, announced that it will no...

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November 2, 2020
Trump administration steps up pressure for Moïse to stage Haiti’s overdue elections

The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who continues to insist on using his one-man rule of the Caribbean nation to usher in constitutional reform....

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November 2, 2020
Vatican breaks silence, explains pope’s civil union comments

The Vatican says Pope Francis' comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis'...

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November 2, 2020
Attack on Afghan university leaves 19 dead, 22 wounded

Gunmen stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 19 dead...

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November 2, 2020
French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher

French schools reopened Monday for the first time since the beheading of a teacher who opened a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of...

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November 2, 2020
AP PHOTOS: German circus on hold as partial lockdown starts

The curtain is coming down, for now, at the Circus Delmonde. As Germany embarks Monday on a four-week partial lockdown, the family-run circus joins theaters, cinemas, sports facilities, restaurants and...

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November 2, 2020
Police on curfew patrol as Spain fights nightlife infections

At 10:00 p.m. each night, Barcelona's professional crime fighters become wet blankets in uniforms. Police officers fan out across the coastal city in northwestern Spain to break up clandestine parties...

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November 2, 2020
2 children rescued in Turkey as quake death toll reaches 81

Rescue teams on Monday brought out two girls alive from the wreck of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake...

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November 2, 2020
For Mexico’s doctors, an especially mournful Day of the Dead

The diminutive figure of a skeleton in a face mask and medical cap has a hand on a bedridden patient. At its side is the sort of skull made of...

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November 2, 2020
For Mexico’s doctors, an especially mournful Day of the Dead

The diminutive figure of a skeleton in a face mask and medical cap has a hand on a bedridden patient. At its side is the sort of skull made of...

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November 2, 2020
Asian shares boosted by stronger China factory data

Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday buoyed by further signs of recovery in China's manufacturing sector. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.4% to 23,303.42 in morning trading, while South...

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November 1, 2020
Anti-France protests continue, as Macron seeks understanding

Hundreds of protesters in Pakistan on Sunday burned effigies of France's leader and chanted anti-French slogans, as President Emmanuel Macron tried to send a message of understanding to Muslims around...

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November 1, 2020
French churches honor Nice attack victims; 6 detained

Churches around France held Sunday services honoring three people killed in an Islamic extremist attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the city of Nice that pushed the country into high...

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November 1, 2020
Fighting over separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region continues

Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered sixth week on Sunday, with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blaming each other for new attacks. Nagorno-Karabakh officials accused Azerabaijan of targeting the...

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