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Taliban shut down clinics in southern Afghan province, official says
The Taliban has shut down dozens of clinics in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan in the past few days, officials said, amid demands for special treatment for its fighters who control most of the embattled region. Dost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said authorities were
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Merkel bids for fourth term as Germans head to the polls
Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls — and this election is also likely to see the farthest right-wing party in 60 years, the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany, win seats in parliament. The latest polls have Merkel's bloc at 34
NewsAgence France-PresseNBA, NFL hit back after Trump tirade
President Donald Trump triggered a backlash from the US professional sports world on Saturday after withdrawing a White House invitation to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and condemning NFL players protesting the national anthem. A day after Trump had decried activist, mostly African American
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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico
A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least one person, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge, and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes that together have killed more than 400 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the new, magnitude
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Aid begins to flow to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
Large amounts of federal aid began moving into Puerto Rico on Saturday, welcomed by local officials who praised the Trump administration's response but called for the emergency loosening of rules long blamed for condemning the U.S. territory to second-class status. In northwest Puerto Rico, people
NewsReutersFears of dam collapse add to Puerto Rico's misery after hurricane
By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's governor met mayors from around the ravaged island on Saturday after surveying damage to an earthen dam in the northwestern part of the U.S. territory that was threatening to collapse from flooding in the aftermath
NewsReutersHopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters sixth day
By Noe Torres and Alexandra Alper MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico's deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue prospects, five nights after the disaster and as President Enrique Pena Nieto urged Mexicans to turn
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Demi Lovato to help war-scarred children in Iraq
Demi Lovato was named a Global Citizen ambassador at the organization's annual music festival Saturday, championing the mental health of thousands of children displaced within Iraq and other vulnerable communities. The singer and Global Citizen will fund the expansion of a Save the Children pilot
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Trump comments on Curry, NFL protests anger athletes
President Donald Trump denounced protests by NFL players and rescinded a White House invitation for NBA champion Stephen Curry in a two-day rant that targeted top professional athletes and brought swift condemnation Saturday from league executives and star players alike. Wading into thorny issues of
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Graveyard plaque of Wild West figure was buried, not stolen
It turns out the graveyard plaque of the common-law wife of legendary gunfighter John Henry "Doc" Holiday was just six inches under, not stolen from a cemetery. Holiday played a central role in the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 in what was then the Arizona territory.
NewsReutersDeadly aftershock, volcanic ash spread alarm in Mexico
By Michael O'Boyle and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 aftershock that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among anxious residents reeling from a string of natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger tremor earlier
NewsReutersNew Zealand's ruling party ahead after poll but kingmaker in no rush to decide
By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of New Zealand's main parties prepared on Sunday to start talks with Winston Peters, the leader of a nationalist party who emerged as kingmaker after an inconclusive general election, but Peters indicated he was
NewsReutersAuditor says he was forced to quit Vatican after finding irregularities
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down with trumped-up accusations after discovering evidence of possible illegal activity. Speaking to reporters from four
NewsReutersMacron's popularity improving: poll
Fewer French voters are dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron's performance, a poll showed on Sunday, halting a recent slide in the popularity ratings of the French president in recent months. The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), showed Macron’s "dissatisfaction
NewsAgence France-PresseParis once again the world's undisputed fashion capital
When Paris fashion week begins on Monday, it will do so in a city that is once again the undisputed fashion capital of the world. New York, Milan and London have all tried to take its crown, but more than ever Paris remains fashion's reference point, analysts insist. An exodus of American designers
NewsAgence France-PresseVietnam rice paper artisans roll with tradition
Stuffed, rolled, baked or fried: rice paper rules in food-obsessed Vietnam, where diners have spurned factory-made versions for homespun ones, propping up a thriving cottage industry in the Mekong Delta. "It's better than the factory version, try it, it's tastier," Nguyen Thi Hue told
NewsReutersChina to push for greater cooperation on graft, terrorism at Interpol meeting
By Ben Blanchard and Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) - China will push for greater international cooperation in the fight against corruption and terrorism when it hosts Interpol's general assembly next week, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the matter, against a backdrop of concerns
NewsReutersThai junta leader, backers fuel suspicions of plans to stay in power
By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - In his dark suit, Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha cut an incongruous figure guiding a rice tractor across a muddy paddy field in front of cameras and watching villagers. The prime minister's latest photo
NewsAgence France-PresseDebate swirls as power of US tech giants grows
With a handful of US technology giants growing more powerful and dominant, debate is intensifying on whether big tech's growth is healthy or not. Over the past few years, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon have become among the world's most valuable companies. Along with stalwarts
NewsAgence France-PresseNew quake shakes traumatized Mexico City
A new earthquake sowed panic in Mexico City on Saturday, forcing a brief pause in rescue operations to free survivors from the more powerful tremor this week that devastated parts of the capital. The latest quake, with a magnitude of 6.1, was smaller and further south than the 7.1-magnitude one that
NewsReutersMexico school collapse spurs doubts over building code for quakes
By Daina Beth Solomon and Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The school collapse this week that killed at least 19 children during an earthquake has prompted many Mexicans to question whether building codes developed after a devastating 1985 temblor are too easily flouted. Stringent codes
NewsReutersDespite undiplomatic discourse, Trump's dance card is full
By Arshad Mohammed and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A subtle diplomat like Talleyrand, Donald Trump is not. The U.S. president, in his first foray at the U.N. General Assembly, derided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a "rocket man ... on a suicide mission" and delivered
NewsAgence France-PresseFerragamo show gives the finger in Milan
Venerable Italian house Salvatore Ferragamo gave the finger to the gathered Milan fashion week glitterati on Saturday as the backdrop for the label's glitz and glam runway show. The finger in this case was the notorious massive marble sculpture outside Milan's stock exchange of an outstretched
