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Brazil patrols government buildings retaken from rioting Bolsonaro supporters

BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court…

Goldman Sachs to cut 3,200 jobs: source

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Goldman Sachs plans to cut 3,200 jobs and could announce this as early as this…

Biden visits US-Mexico border for first time as president

EL PASO, United States (AFP) - President Joe Biden went to the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since…

Six-year-old boy held after shooting teacher in US

  Washington, United States (AFP) A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state…

7.0-magnitude quake strikes Pacific nation of Vanuatu

#Earthquake (#séisme) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M7.0 || 25 km NW of #Port-Olry (#Vanuatu) || 10 min ago (local…

Why Indonesia is moving its capital to the rainforests of Borneo

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometers (620…

Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’

CULIACÁN, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman,…

‘More the merrier’: Asia tourist hubs ready for China influx

by Sara HUSSEIN / Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- In Tokyo's Asakusa tourist district, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani…

US in crisis amid once-in-a-century political standoff

by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday…

‘Sacred goal’: Russia paints Ukraine assault in spiritual terms

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a powerful ally of President Vladimir Putin, is embracing the rhetoric of…

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