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Former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez pleads guilty to campaign finance violation
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a…
Iraqi Kurdish PUK security force alleges plot to kill party leader
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A security agency controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region…
UN warns Gaza famine expanding as aid groups decry Israeli siege
UN officials and aid agencies have warned that famine in Gaza is now a reality, with children increasingly…
Mexico’s jaguar population is up 30% since 2010, but still at risk
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's jaguar population has increased significantly in recent years but the largest feline in the…
Gunmen in Nigeria’s Zamfara abduct over 100 in deadly attack
LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least two people and abducted over 100, mostly women and children, in an…
Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge
Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of…
Shooting reported at church in Minneapolis; suspect ‘contained’
(Removes extra word "a" in paragraph 4, removes extra word "on" and "our" in paragraph 6)(Reuters) -Minneapolis police…
US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests: state media
Lebanese state media said US envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday, amid…
Kenyan rights activist plans to run for president in 2027
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi, who has played a prominent role in anti-government protests, said…
German cabinet agrees steps to boost army recruitment
The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off steps to boost recruitment for the country's armed forces and strengthen…
Israeli drone strikes kill 6 Syrian soldiers in Damascus suburb, reports say
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli drone strikes on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed six…
Floods, landslides kill at least 30 in India’s Jammu region
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in India's Himalayan region of…
Thailand grants some Myanmar refugees right to legal work
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand will give legal employment rights to thousands of Myanmar refugees now living in camps along…
Trump says he is working with Republicans on ‘comprehensive crime bill’
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is working with House Speaker Mike Johnson and…
China says trilateral nuclear disarmament talks with US, Russia ‘unreasonable’
BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday that it is "unreasonable and unrealistic" to ask the country to join…