Foreign Affairs

October 5, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan clashes resume over separatist region

The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh resumed Monday morning, with both sides accusing each other of launching attacks. Armenian military officials on Monday...

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October 5, 2020
Uganda reports blood shortages amid coronavirus pandemic

Health authorities in Uganda say the supply of blood has sharply declined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as fewer people donate and schools remain closed. The consequences are...

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October 5, 2020
Under fire over LGBT rights, Polish leader blames activist

Bart Staszewski felt angry and hopeless when local governments in Poland started passing resolutions last year declaring themselves to be free of "LGBT ideology.” The activist and filmmaker objected to...

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October 4, 2020
Reports: Cineworld to shut UK theaters after Bond film delay

Britain's largest cinema chain, Cineworld, will close all its U.K. venues after the postponement of the new James Bond film left a big hole in theaters' schedules, U.K. media reported...

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October 4, 2020
Azerbaijan’s No. 2 city targeted in fighting with Armenia

The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued on Sunday over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan's second-largest city coming under attack. Azerbaijani officials said Sunday that Armenian forces...

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October 4, 2020
Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions

A very small, limited number of people, donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage, circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus...

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October 4, 2020
UK’s Johnson defends virus strategy as infections soar

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday despite weeks of rising infections, but warned that the country faced a “bumpy” winter ahead. Britain...

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October 4, 2020
France: New Caledonia voters support staying part of France

French authorities say a majority of voters in New Caledonia, an archipelago in in the South Pacific, have chosen to remain part of France. The overseas ministry said results show...

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October 4, 2020
New Caledonia votes on becoming independent from France

Voters in New Caledonia turned out in large numbers Sunday to decide whether the archipelago in the South Pacific should become independent from France and break ties that were first...

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October 4, 2020
French rescuers search for 8 people missing after floods

French authorities deployed about 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops Sunday to help search for at least eight people still missing in a mountainous southeastern region after devastating floods...

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October 4, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Madrid flamenco venue reopens amid COVID crisis

The passion and drama of live flamenco shows are back on stage in Madrid, but the performers are dancing behind plastic screens and keeping their distance from audiences. Torres Bermejas,...

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October 4, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Madrid flamenco venue reopens amid COVID crisis

The passion and drama of live flamenco shows are back on stage in Madrid, but the performers are dancing behind plastic screens and keeping their distance from audiences. Torres Bermejas,...

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October 4, 2020
Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border

Hundreds of U.S.-bound Honduran migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border Saturday by authorities who met them with a large...

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October 4, 2020
Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border

Hundreds of U.S.-bound Honduran migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border Saturday by authorities who met them with a large...

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October 3, 2020
Taiwanese talent win top prizes at Golden Melody Awards

Taiwanese talent took home many of the top prizes Saturday at the island's annual Golden Melody Awards, which attracts celebrities and musicians from across the Chinese-speaking world and is the...

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October 3, 2020
Derek Mahon, whose poem consoled during pandemic, dies at 78

Northern Ireland-born poet Derek Mahon, whose verse brought consolation to many during the coronavirus pandemic, has died, his publisher said. He was 78. Mahon's publisher, Gallery Press, announced his death...

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October 3, 2020
Bosnia: Unnerved by virus denial, survivors mourn their dead

Denis Zekic was on his daily video call with his parents in Bosnia in early August when his father said he might be coming down with a fever. Less than...

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October 2, 2020
17-foot, 2-inch shark caught off Nova Scotia is a 3,541-pound ‘Queen of the Ocean’

A 17-foot, 2-inch great white shark weighing an astounding 3,541 pounds was captured Friday in the Northwest Atlantic by researchers with OCEARCH. To put that in perspective, a Ford F-150...

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October 2, 2020
FIU poll: Most Miami Cuban Americans support Trump policies and will vote to re-elect him

A majority of Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade County approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, health and Cuba policy, and will vote for him in the upcoming November elections,...

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October 2, 2020
Wealthy Venezuelan brothers lose $1 million super-yacht battle in Miami

A couple of billionaire brothers from Venezuela won't be getting back their $1 million super yacht anytime soon. A Miami lawsuit brought by Luis and Ignacio Oberto was thrown out...

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October 2, 2020
Shock, sympathy, mockery: World reacts to Trump infection

News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of...

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October 2, 2020
Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious...

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October 2, 2020
In Iraq a father faces militia power as he seeks missing son

In the span of 30 seconds, Ali Jasb, a young rights lawyer, vanished into the night in southern Iraq. On an evening a year ago, a woman emerged from a...

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October 1, 2020
Father and son are U.S. citizens. Feds say they went to Syria and fought for ISIS.

A father and son got charged in Miami federal court Wednesday with providing material support to ISIS. Emraan Ali, a 53-year-old born in Trinidad & Tobago, and son Jihad Ali,...

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October 1, 2020
Haiti’s currency is suddenly strong against the dollar. For many, that’s disastrous

A sudden and spectacular appreciation in Haiti's national currency, the gourde, is creating havoc across the country as economists try to figure out what's fueling it and skeptical Haitian consumers...

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October 1, 2020
Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

The first of hundreds of Honduran migrants hoping to reach the United States arrived at the Guatemala border on foot Thursday morning, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been...

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October 1, 2020
New rules for Liverpool as virus cases in England quadruple

Britain imposed tighter restrictions on social gatherings in the port city of Liverpool and three towns as scientists reported Thursday that the number of COVID-19 cases in England has quadrupled...

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October 1, 2020
Prince Harry speaks about race, marks UK Black History Month

Prince Harry has spoken about his “awakening” to race issues as he and his wife, Meghan, launched an anti-racism campaign to mark Black History Month in the U.K. In a...

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October 1, 2020
France fears that Turkey is sending mercenaries to Caucasus

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concern about Turkey allegedly sending Syrian mercenaries to support Azerbaijan in its re-ignited conflict with Armenia over the mountain region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Macron's office...

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October 1, 2020
Police in Ukraine investigate death of US Embassy employee

Police in Ukraine are investigating the death of an American woman who worked for the United States Embassy in Kyiv. The woman was found unconscious with a head injury near...

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October 1, 2020
Russia’s Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in...

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October 1, 2020
25 years after UN women’s meeting, equality remains distant

Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened yet....

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October 1, 2020
Last solo recording of jazz icon Dave Brubeck to be released

Nearly eight years after his death, the final solo recording of late American jazz legend Dave Brubeck is set for release next month. Verve Records announced last week that “Lullabies”...

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September 30, 2020
Argentine cartoonist Quino, creator of ‘Mafalda’ comic, dies

Joaquín Salvador Lavado, an Argentine cartoonist better known as “Quino″ whose satirical comic strip about a socially conscious girl named Mafalda with a loathing for soup,found fans across Latin America,...

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September 30, 2020
U.S. sanctions powerful Cuban general and former son-in-law of Raúl Castro

The United States sanctioned on Wednesday Gen. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja, the former son-in-law of Cuban leader Raúl Castro who manages most of the Cuban economy as head of the...

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September 30, 2020
Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with hurt Achilles

Saying she is “struggling to walk,” Serena Williams ended her latest bid for a 24th Grand Slam title and withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match Wednesday because...

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September 30, 2020
As Brazil’s wetlands burned, government did little to help

After hours navigating Brazil's Pantanal wetlands in search of jaguars earlier this month, Daniel Moura beached his boat to survey the fire damage. In every direction, he saw only devastation....

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September 30, 2020
Study: 1st Berlin fest chief had significant Nazi-era role

A study has concluded that the founding director of the Berlin International Film Festival made a “not insignificant” contribution to the German film system under Nazi rule and later covered...

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September 30, 2020
Study: Neanderthal genes are a liability for COVID patients

Scientists say genes that some people have inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors may increase the likelihood of suffering severe forms of COVID-19. A study by European scientists published Wednesday by...

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September 30, 2020
Sharp virus spread in Madrid leads to new anti-outbreak plan

Madrid and its suburbs, the region in Europe where a second coronavirus wave is expanding by far the fastest, are edging toward stricter curbs on personal movement and social gatherings...

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