Three deaths have been blamed on large waves up to 13 feet (four meters) pummeling Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where nearly 100 ports have been closed because of the rough conditions.Ecuador’s secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an “extreme event” was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be expected …
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Investigators probing South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law said Monday they sought an arrest warrant for the suspended president after he failed to report for questioning.Yoon briefly suspended civilian rule this month, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.He was stripped of his presidential duties by …
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German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago.They will be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the December 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police arrested …
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Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from Japan’s remote Noto Peninsula wished to live out her life at home, watched over by an altar to her ancestors.But a year after a 7.5-magnitude quake and its aftershocks devastated the region, she lives in a small temporary unit with her husband and daughter, facing an uncertain …
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With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say.Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, defied the furor of US conservatives to negotiate the handover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control, …
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Jimmy Carter’s 1977-1981 presidency included successes like the Camp David peace accords, but also enough controversy for US voters to see him as weak — and send him packing after only one term.Carter’s legacy however was largely built on his post-presidency, the longest in US history.Here are a few key moments in the life of …
The Taliban’s supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked.According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see …
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South Korea was reeling Monday from the loss of 179 people after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, with a team of US investigators joining local authorities to probe possible causes.The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it crashed on arrival Sunday, killing everyone aboard — …
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Big waves of up to 13 feet (four meters) are pummelling the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, leaving scores of ports closed and at least two people dead, authorities said Sunday.Ecuador’s secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an “extreme event” was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be expected …
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Jimmy Carter’s critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis. But by any measure, he also scored major achievements on the world stage through his mix of moralism and painstaking personal diplomacy.The 39th president of the United States, who died at age 100 on Sunday, transformed the Middle East …
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