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3h ago

Demanding U.N. action, a man's hunger strike focuses attention on Cuba

Nacho Rocha, from Sarasota, Florida, said all he wants is a meeting with a United Nations official to address human rights.
Nacho Rocha outside the United Nations Secretariat Building in New York on Sept. 16.
Nacho Rocha outside the United Nations Secretariat Building in New York on Sept. 16.
8h ago

Killed 'for defending our planet': Latin America is deadliest place for environmentalists

“You never think that defending our right to water and life will lead to death,” an activist in Mexico says as a Global Witness report details the killings of environmental defenders.
IMage: Oscar Eyraud Adams, a Mexican activist and indigenous leader who was killed on Sept. 24, 2020, in Tecate, Baja Calif.
IMage: Oscar Eyraud Adams, a Mexican activist and indigenous leader who was killed on Sept. 24, 2020, in Tecate, Baja Calif.
9h ago

Russia was behind assassination of former spy in London, European court finds

Ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died an agonizing death in 2006 after drinking green tea laced with a rare radioactive substance.
Image: Former Russian Agent Poisoned In London
Image: Former Russian Agent Poisoned In London
10h ago

Prince Andrew is served sexual assault lawsuit in United States

Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre previously said they also served Andrew with the papers in the U.K.
Image: Prince Andrew
Image: Prince Andrew
11h ago

India to resume exporting coronavirus vaccines, easing global supply shortage

The country stopped exporting the shots months ago amid a surge in domestic infections, leaving many developing nations without adequate supplies.
Image: An employee works on an assembly line for manufacturing vials of Covishield
Image: An employee works on an assembly line for manufacturing vials of Covishield
1d ago

Pro-Putin party claims landslide victory in election opponents say marred by fraud

The Communists say they stand to lose a number of races that the paper ballots show them winning.
A woman casts her vote into the ballot box during the last
A woman casts her vote into the ballot box during the last
1d ago

Gunman kills 6, injures 28 at Russian university

The suspect, who was wounded during his arrest, has not been publicly identified although he is known to authorities, officials said.
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1d ago

Court finds 'Hotel Rwanda' hero guilty in terrorism case

Since being portrayed by actor Don Cheadle, Rusesabagina emerged as a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame, based in the United States.
Paul Rusesabagina
Paul Rusesabagina

Biden faces U.N. General Assembly amid foreign policy crises

President Biden is set to kick off a busy week with a meeting with the secretary general of the United Nations as the annual General Assembly gets underway in New York. NBC News’ Mike Memoli reports from the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. 
Biden faces U.N. General Assembly amid foreign policy crises
Biden faces U.N. General Assembly amid foreign policy crises
2d ago

US closes part of Texas border, begins flying Haitians home

The attempted border closure happened as officials also began flying some of the migrants back to their homeland.
Haitian migrants gather on the banks of the Rio Grande after they crossed into the United States from Mexico on Sept. 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.
Haitian migrants gather on the banks of the Rio Grande after they crossed into the United States from Mexico on Sept. 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.
2d ago

Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president

"I am a fighter, and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring," Pacquiao, 42, said in a livestreamed speech Sunday.
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Image: FILES-PHILIPPINES-POLITICS-VOTE