ANKARA, Turkey – An official says an opposition party candidate has been hospitalized after being shot in the knee while campaigning for Turkey’s general elections on June 7. Tuesday’s assault was the third violent attack on parties or politicians contesting the polls in the southern city of Adana. But Gov. …
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MEXICO CITY – A judge in Mexico has freed four men accused of lobbing grenades into a crowd celebrating Mexico’s independence day in 2008, killing eight people. The Federal Judiciary Council said the judge declared the men innocent, ruling that three of them had been tortured into signing confessions. From …
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MONTREAL – A judge has awarded more than $15 billion Canadian (US$12 billion) to Quebec smokers in a case that pitted them against three giant tobacco companies. The case is believed to be the biggest class-action lawsuit ever seen in Canada. Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan’s decision became public late …
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Argentinians have elected as their next president Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist whose sensational rhetoric has drawn comparisons to former U.S. President Donald Trump. Partial election results showed Milei had 55.8% and Massa 44.2%, with 95% of the votes tallies. Should that margin hold, it would be wider than predicted …
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During a United Nations climate event, Pope Francis, who was absent due to illness, shared his opinions on climate change, claiming it is a “religious problem,” according to Crux Catholic Media. In remarks read by the Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Pope Francis said there is …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin renewed his commitment that he will not end his war in Ukraine until his goals are achieved and, at a year-end news conference, offered rare details concerning those objectives. The Russian president, who is seeking reelection after being in power for nearly 24 years, reiterated that …
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The Tribunal of Vatican City State has found Cardinal Angelo Becciu guilty of embezzlement and abuse of office. In a case widely dubbed the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” Becciu — along with nine other individuals and four companies — was brought to court in July 2021 under a variety …
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MADRID – A former Spanish prime minister hopes to travel to Venezuela this weekend to help lawyers defending imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Felipe Gonzalez will travel to Colombia on Thursday and will decide after arriving in Bogota whether to visit Venezuela, according to Gonzalez’s spokesman, Joaquin Tagar. Gonzalez was …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – A district attorney in an increasingly volatile northern province in Afghanistan was killed on Thursday by a sticky bomb that was attached to his car, an Afghan official said. The bomb went off while Hamidullah Khan, a prosecutor in Shirin Tagab, a district near the border with …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least 20 police officers have been killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country’s volatile southern Helmand province. Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province’s joint coordination of police and military operations, said Saturday the ambushes late Friday night hit checkpoints …
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