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Multiple attackers kill 12 people and wound 9 in a late-night shooting in South Africa
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (84+ words) WSLS $60 M and 7 federal agencies required to stage Trump's UFC fight at White House Roanoke Parks Foundation will no longer work with the City of Roanoke on future projects Roanoke Police seeking assistance in identifying two persons of interest in…...
World Cup what to know: Mexico kicks off a supersized, 48-team tournament
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (747+ words) After years of preparation, a supersized World Cup has finally arrived. This year's tournament " which is hosted by the U. S. , Canada and Mexico " was expanded to 48 teams that will play in 16 stadiums in a record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament. Mexico…...
Messi scores on a penalty as Argentina beats Iceland 3-0 in its final World Cup tune-up
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (211+ words) AUBURN, Ala. " Lionel Messi is ready for his sixth World Cup. After recovering from a muscle injury, the captain of the reigning world champions played 20 minutes and scored a penalty in Argentina's 3-0 victory over Iceland on Tuesday in its final…...
Sri Lanka's ex-President Wickremesinghe granted bail after arrest over alleged misuse of funds
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (386+ words) COLOMBO " Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail Tuesday after being arrested over allegations of misusing public funds while in office. Wickremesinghe is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested and the most prominent…...
Case filed against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to nations where they face persecution
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (675+ words) Mark Banchereau And Monika Pronczuk DAKAR " Rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa's top human rights body Friday, accusing the central African nation of forcing deportees from the United States back to their home countries in violation…...
US still talking with countries to resettle Afghans as Rubio defends entry to white South Africans
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (659+ words) Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that the U. S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1, 000 Afghans who assisted America's war effort, while he defended the Trump administration's decision to green-light refugee admissions for tens…...
Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1140+ words) MALABO " At first glance, the hotel looks like any other on this tropical island off the Central African coast, with its palm tree-lined driveway, marble-floored foyer and portrait of the oil-rich country's president hanging behind a mahogany reception desk. Yet…...
US sanctions Tanzanian police chief over human rights violations
2+ week, 5+ day ago (242+ words) NAIROBI " The United States has sanctioned Tanzania's police chief and barred him from entering the U. S. , citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force. The sanctions announced Thursday followed a general election in October in which President Samia Suluhu…...
Trump administration plans to admit more white South Africans as refugees this year
3+ week, 1+ day ago (248+ words) WASHINGTON " The Trump administration plans to admit up to 10, 000 more white South African refugees into the United States in the coming months, arguing that their status as Afrikaners has left them open to discrimination and persecution at home. Under law,…...
France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses
3+ week, 4+ day ago (189+ words) PARIS " France's Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of…...