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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore criticized Wednesday what he called false allegations of sexual misconduct while remaining defiant in the face of calls by party leaders for him to drop out of the December special election in the southern state of Alabama. Two women have accused Moore of unwanted sexual advances when they were …
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Japan on Thursday handed over three North Korean crew members who were rescued from a capsized fishing boat to a North Korean vessel that will return them home, officials said. The three men were rescued by Japan’s coast guard on Wednesday while floating on the small wooden vessel off the northern coast of the …
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The World Anti-Doping Agency has dealt a blow to Russia’s hopes of being cleared to compete at next year’s Winter Olympics by declaring that Russia remains out of compliance with anti-doping mandates. …
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote November 16 on rival U.S. and Russian proposals to renew an international investigation into who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, diplomats said. …
The U.S. State Department has pledged to continue enforcing laws sanctioning Russians over human rights abuses on the anniversary of the death of a whistle-blowing lawyer in a Russian prison eight years ago. …
South Africa’s president says longtime Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is “confined to his home” in what appears to be a military-backed effort to oust him after 37 years in power. President Jacob Zuma, who chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC), said in a statement he spoke early Wednesday to President Robert Mugabe “who indicated …
Read more “Zimbabwe President ‘Confined to Home’ After Military Action”
Luxury sports car maker Lamborghini has presented Pope Francis with a brand-new, special edition Huracan that will be auctioned off with the proceeds donated to charity. Lamborghini officials presented the sleek, white car with yellow-gold detailing to Francis on Wednesday in front of the Vatican hotel where he lives. The pope promptly blessed it. …
Read more “Pope Gets Lamborghini, Auctions it to Rebuild Christian Iraq”
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has criticized Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbaev again amid persistent tension between the neighboring Central Asian countries, saying he will not apologize to the “aged president.” …
After nearly 40 years in power, 93-year-old Robert Mugabe’s autocratic tenure as president of Zimbabwe appears to have finally ended, after his once-loyal military seized control of the state-owned television network, placed the long-time ruler and his wife in custody and surrounded parliament. VOA’s Richard Green has more on the rule of a man once …
Read more “Military Takeover Brings Apparent End of Robert Mugabe’s Rule Over Zimbabwe”
The chief of state-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has for a second time failed to report to a Moscow court to testify in a high-profile extortion trial. …
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified Tuesday before a congressional panel, with Democratic lawmakers questioning his recollection of contacts Donald Trump’s election campaign had last year with Russian operatives. Here are some key highlights. Sessions rejected accusations that he had lied to lawmakers when he previously testified he knew of no contacts Trump’s election campaign …
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In a star-studded night in Washington, the American Film Institute and the Library of Congress celebrated 50 years of partnership in film preservation. Actor Morgan Freeman, American Film Institute founder George Stevens and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were among the celebrities honoring half a century of partnership between the AFI and the Library of …
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With the Islamic State and other jihadist groups facing imminent defeat in Syria, Ankara is becoming increasingly concerned that many fighters will escape into Turkey. In the past few years over 300 people have been killed in attacks in Turkey, blamed on jihadists. But with the prospect of thousands more militants escaping Syria to Turkey, …
Read more “Threat of Jihadist Exodus Spurs Security Crackdown in Turkey”
Dozens of activists across Russia’s region of Bashkortostan picketed various sites in the region’s capital on November 14, demanding that mandatory Bashkir language classes be continued in schools. …
Survivors of a powerful earthquake that hit Iran on November 12 are expressing frustration over a shortage of aid, food, and shelter. …
Congressional lawmakers pressed the United States’ top law enforcement official on his recollection of interactions between President Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russian officials. …
New Zealand needs to transform its agricultural sector if the country is to meet its target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, the nation’s new climate change minister said as world leaders met in Germany to try to tackle global warming. James Shaw, leader of the country’s Green Party, said New Zealand was a developed …
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The number of people living with diabetes has tripled since 2000, pushing the global cost of the disease to $850 billion a year, medical experts said Tuesday. The majority of those affected have type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity and lack of exercise, and the epidemic is spreading particularly fast in poorer countries …
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The maker of Barbie says it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last year’s Olympics while wearing a hijab. Mattel says the doll will be available online next fall. The doll is part of the Barbie “Shero” line that honors women who break boundaries. Past dolls …
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The spiritual head of the Anglican Church will meet in Moscow this month with Russian Patriarch Kirill, the Russian Orthodox Church has said. …
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has apologized for causing distress with remarks about an Iranian-British mother jailed in Iran. …
Kyrgyz opposition leader Omurbek Babanov, who finished second in the October 15 presidential poll and is being investigated for alleged calls for disturbances, has stepped down as the leader of the Respublika–Ata-Jurt (Republic–Homeland) parliamentary faction. …
The head of the Russian state oil company Rosneft has been summoned to testify as a witness on November 13 in the extortion trial of former Economy Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev, but it is not clear whether he will appear in court. …