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Toll rises to 77 in deadliest California wildfire

PARADISE, United States (AFP) -- The toll from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history rose further on…

Michael Bloomberg donates $1.8 bn for college education

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday he's giving $1.8 billion for financial…

Boeing jet crash-lands at Guyana airport, 10 injured

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) --Ten people were injured in scenes described as "chaos" as a Boeing airliner carrying 126 people, most of them Canadians,…

Ted Cruz re-elected to Senate in Texas in win for Republicans

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- Texas Republican Ted Cruz won re-election to a second term in the Senate, beating off…

Trump says soldiers can shoot migrants who throw stones at US military

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could…

Peru court orders former president Fujimori daughter’s detention in graft probe

  by Francisco JARA Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's powerful opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was taken into…

Millions in Mexico City set to go without water for days

  MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Millions of people in Mexico City are set to be without water for at…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro to give campaign surplus to hospital

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he would give more than $400,000 in leftover…

Trump congratulates Brazil’s president-elect

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump called Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday to congratulate the far-right candidate on…

Bolsonaro’s vision for Brazil

by Jorge SVARTZMAN Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised in his victory…

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