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Sánchez reshuffles Cabinet to have 4 women in top jobs

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<p>MADRID &mdash; Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday by appointing women to the top positions after one of his deputies...

France rejects UN report its forces targeted Mali wedding

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PARIS — The French Defense Ministry on Tuesday categorically rejected that its forces in Mali attacked and killed civilians attending a village wedding fete...

One Good Thing: A Singapore skyline view for migrant workers

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<p>SINGAPORE &mdash; The capsules of the Ferris wheel in Singapore were peppered with rain. </p> ...

N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called South Korea’s president “a parrot raised by America” Tuesday, resuming its trademark derisive rhetoric against its rivals...

Breonna Taylor’s death: A push to limit no-knock warrants

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FRANKFORT, Ky — Kentucky’s lawmakers passed a partial ban on no-knock warrants Tuesday, more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor during...

German court upholds Mexico weapons sale convictions

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<p>A German court on Thursday rejected appeals of the convictions of two former employees of gun-maker Heckler &amp; Koch over their role in the...

EU commissioner holds migration talks with Greek officials

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ATHENS, Greece — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner was meeting Tuesday with Greece’s prime minister and foreign minister, a day after touring two...

Mexican soldiers seized after Guatemalan killed near border

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<p>MEXICO CITY &mdash; Some 300 residents of a remote stretch of the Mexico-Guatemala border held 15 Mexican soldiers captive for hours after one of...

French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads

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PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron holds his coronavirus strategy meeting this week, some of the figures at his disposal from overburdened hospitals...

Brazil leader names new top diplomat amid Cabinet shake-up

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<p>RIO DE JANEIRO &mdash; Amid a slide in his popularity, President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken up the Cabinet, including replacing Brazil's foreign minister who...