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Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas to break up a protest in Istanbul by women demanding the countrys return to a landmark international treaty, signed in the same city, that is meant to protect women from violence.

The video of Ahmaud Arbery's shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought the Black man's killing into the national consciousness.

The US in recent years has intensified aerial and naval patrols in the South China Sea to assert freedom of navigation.

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Just hours earlier, parliament had elected Andersson after she clinched a last-minute deal with the Left Party to raise pensions in exchange for its crucial backing in Wednesday's vote in parliament.

Peru's government said on Wednesday that mining companies could seek permission to extend operations, a notable shift in stance after officials had appeared to rule out extensions for some key mines over environmental concerns, rattling industry advocates...

This lack of leadership is the reason we are here now, he said. Doctors like Janssens are bracing for an influx of coronavirus patients as confirmed cases hit fresh daily highs that experts say is also being fueled by vaccine sceptics.

The embattled Kansas City police chief announced Tuesday that he is retiring just four days after a white officer on the force was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of a Black man.

The National Park Service announced Tuesday that it has awarded the largest single grant in the history of its American Battlefield Protection Program to help preserve one of the nation's lesserknown Civil War battlefields.

A Chilean court on Tuesday increased the prison sentence for six former soldiers convicted in one of the most notorious killings by the former military dictatorship the kidnapping, torture and murder of folk singer Vctor Jara as well as that of a governm...

Three of those killed were members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, a group of women whose pompom routines have been a staple of local holiday parades since the 1980s.

The State Department sought Monday to keep up pressure on Russia over that country's U.S.opposed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, sanctioning what the U.S. said was a Russialinked company and ship working on the project.

France's prime minister tested positive for COVID19 on Monday, hours after returning from a visit to neighboring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide resurgence of infections, according to his office.

Portugal has no coal, oil or gas, which are all imported, and has been investing heavily in green energy in recent decades.

Police and protesters clashed in the streets of Brussels on Sunday in demonstrations over governmentimposed COVID19 restrictions, with police firing water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and smoke bombs, witnesses said.

The Italian Coast Guard rescued more than 420 migrants Saturday, including dozens of minors, from boats in difficulty in the Mediterranean Sea. including using cargo ships to block the wind that was buffeting one of the overcrowded vessels.