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State Dept. to Designate Latin American Cartels as Terrorist Groups

The Trump administration plans to designate more than a half-dozen criminal groups with roots in Latin…

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USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month that lifesaving humanitarian work would be exempt…

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Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river…

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Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river…

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Australian Health Workers Suspended After Threatening Israeli Patients

Two Australian medical workers caught on video making threats against Israeli patients have set off an…

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Thursday Briefing: Trump and Putin Discuss an End to Ukraine War

Trump and Putin discussed ending the war in Ukraine President Trump said yesterday that he had…

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California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says

The warnings, on thousands of products sold in California, are stark. “Use of the following products,”…

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Belarus Frees an American and 2 Others as It Tries to Thaw Relations

Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, has released an American prisoner and two others from jail, an exiled…

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Austrian Coalition Talks Collapse, Averting, for Now, a Far-Right Chancellor

An effort by the head of Austria’s Freedom Party to form a coalition government collapsed on…

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U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity

The brutal crackdown on student protesters last year by Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, killed…

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