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Hundreds of thousands of people who sought shelter in Cameroon after fleeing violence will go hungry unless funds are made available, the United Nations deputy emergencies chief said. Ursula Mueller said donors had provided just 5 percent of the $305 million needed for Cameroon this year. “Given the magnitude of the crisis of displaced people …
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the world’s best-selling artist of 2017 on Monday, thanks to his album “Divide” and singles “Shape of You” and “Perfect.” The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said that “Divide,” which was released in March 2017, went multi-platinum in 36 nations. Sheeran’s pop ballad “Shape of You” was …
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The Trump Organization said Monday it has made good on the president’s promise to donate profits from foreign government spending at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury, but neither the company nor the government disclosed the amount or how it was calculated. Watchdog groups seized on the lack of detail as another example of …
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said Serbia must resolve its dispute with Kosovo and implement a series of reforms before it can join the European Union. …
Amnesty International says dozens of women are at risk of “long jail terms” for protesting against the compulsory hijab in Iran. …
A Russian activist has been sentenced in St. Petersburg to 25 days in jail after being detained on his way to attend a February 25 rally in memory of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. …
Saudi Arabia’s soccer squad will travel to Iraq for the first match between the two countries’ teams in nearly 40 years. …
The Weinstein Company’s board of directors says the company is expected to file for bankruptcy protection after last-ditch talks to sell its assets collapsed. Now-disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein co-founded the company in 2005. He was fired last October after being accused of sexual assault and harassment by dozens of women. Weinstein Co. has been …
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After a 10-day break, members of Congress are returning to work under hefty pressure to respond to the outcry over gun violence. But no plan appears ready to take off despite a long list of proposals, including many from President Donald Trump. Republican leaders have kept quiet for days as Trump tossed out ideas, including …
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Around the world, one in three people suffer from something known as “hidden hunger.” Their bellies may be full, but the food they are eating is not nutritious. A San Francisco food technology firm is working in Liberia to see if it can make a popular Liberian dish more nutritious. Michelle Quinn reports. …
Christian leaders in Jerusalem closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — built where tradition holds Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected — in protest against an Israeli plan to tax their commercial properties. …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is hosting talks with his Portuguese counterpart on February 26 and will discuss EU and NATO relations with Moscow and the situation in Ukraine, the countries’ foreign ministries have said. …
A prominent leader of Syria’s Kurdish community has been detained by Czech authorities on a warrant from Turkey. …
The Syrian capital and its embattled eastern suburbs were relatively calm Sunday despite some violence that killed at least three people, following the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous approval of a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria, opposition activists and residents of Damascus said. The activists reported low-level clashes on the southern edge of …
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U.S.-led diplomatic efforts appear to have persuaded ousted Afghanistan provincial governor Atta Mohammad Noor to postpone this week’s planned anti-government demonstration. Noor governed the northern Afghan province of Balkh for 13 years until he was removed from office in December by President Ashraf Ghani. But he refused to quit and dismissed the presidential order as …
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Stricter enforcement of U.S. immigration law has created uncertainty for migrants who have been living in the United States for many years, despite having entered the country illegally. Mike O’Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that a widespread crackdown and recent workplace raids have prompted some to seek legal advice. …
North Korea has condemned the latest U.S. sanctions targeting its regime, accusing Washington of trying to hamper an improvement in ties with South Korea during the Winter Olympics. …
The European Central Bank (ECB) has determined that Latvia’s ABLV Bank is on the verge of failing and will be closed down under the Baltic country’s law. …
Italy has had 64 governments since the World War II and many more prime ministers, but even by its own chaotic standards the country is mired in one of the most divisive and increasingly violent parliamentary elections in recent years. Rising political violence has prompted comparisons to the 1970s and early 1980s — the “Years …
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Macedonia has removed an “Alexander the Great” sign from its main airport in another goodwill gesture to Greece, as the two neighbors work to resolve a 27-year-old dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav republic. …
The Turkish government called it “extremely worrying” the U.S. will open an embassy in Jerusalem this coning May instead of by the end of next year as had been previously announced. “This decision shows the U.S. administration’s insistence on damaging the grounds for peace by trampling over international law, resolutions of the United Nations Security …
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Whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov has warned that allowing Russian athletes to parade with their national flag at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics on February 25 would be “the worst decision.” …
There was plenty of slime and llamas in red pajamas at the International Toy Fair earlier this week in New York. Hidden among these popular playthings were a number of toys that cater to the modern-day kid, with plenty of technology built in. Educational toys are a mainstay in the industry, and S.T.E.M. toys, those …
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Even lawmakers are criticizing Iranian state TV over a program that appeared aimed at blackening the name of a Canadian-Iranian ecological activist and father who died this month in an Iranian jail, where he faced spying charges. …