How gang warfare jumped from Ecuador's prisons to the open street
Frantic purchases of ammunition, the daylight assassination of a mayor, and a growing body count inside Ecuador's prisons signal that the country's roiling security crisis is going from bad to worse.
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US congressional committee set to weigh crypto bills
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON A key congressional committee is set to vote this week on several bills that
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McCarthy again marches to Trump's tune by invoking Biden impeachment inquiry
The House Republican majority is hitting its stride as a fully weaponized arm of Donald Trump's bid for a second White House term as it seeks to drag President Joe Biden into a swamp of so far unsubstantiated corruption allegations.
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Federal judge vacates Bowe Bergdahl's conviction and dishonorable discharge
A federal judge has vacated Bowe Bergdahl's dishonorable discharge from the US Army, roughly seven years after the former soldier was convicted of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after abandoning his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009.
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North Korea to welcome China and Russia with military display after pandemic isolation
By Josh Smith SEOUL After years of pandemic isolation, North Korea has invited its friends back this week,
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Hunter Biden's guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he’s set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges
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Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands in northern Philippines
Typhoon Doksuri has ripped tin roofs off of homes, flooded low-lying villages, knocked out power and displaced more than 12,000 people as it smashes into a small island and lashes northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain
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Blinken visits tiny Tonga as US continues diplomatic push to counter China in the Pacific
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the tiny kingdom of Tonga as the United States continues to increase its diplomatic efforts in the Pacific while China’s influence in the region grows
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Canadian search teams find body of a child who died in flooding in Nova Scotia over the weekend
Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding has been recovered
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Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protest
The Taliban says all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict
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Nearly 100 pilot whales strand themselves on an Australian beach. Half have died despite efforts
Nearly 100 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them
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Blinken visits Tonga, discusses strategic importance of Pacific region
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the island nation of Tonga on
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