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Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash
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A husband-and-wife political power couple who were the current and ex-governors of the central Mexican state of Puebla died in a Christmas Eve helicopter crash, officials announced. Mexico’s political class was stunned by the deaths of Gov. Martha Erika Alonso and
Japan court approves bail for Nissan exec in Ghosn case
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A Japanese court approved a bail request Tuesday for Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, who was detained and charged with underreporting the income of his boss, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. Tokyo District Court said the American Kelly will be
Gunmen Attack Headquarters of Libya’s Foreign Ministry in Tripoli
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Gunmen attacked the headquarters of Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, according to a Reuters witness at the scene. BREAKING – Suspected terrorist attack at the HQ of the #Libya-n foreign ministry in #Tripoli. Smoke billowing from the building
Egypt to host first Arab-Europe Summit in February
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EU and Arab leaders will meet in Egypt in February for their first summit as part of efforts to forge a new European-African alliance and fight migrant smuggling, EU officials said Thursday. European Union leaders first mentioned the summit in Austria
Israel’s ruling coalition decides to hold early elections in April
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Israel will hold an early general election in April, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, after members of his governing coalition met to discuss differences over legislation. “The leaders of the coalition decided unanimously to dissolve parliament
Body of 7-year-old migrant girl who died in US custody flown back to Guatemala
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The white coffin with the body of the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died while in U.S. custody ended its heartbreaking journey home in the pre-dawn hours Monday in a tiny hamlet 220 miles north of the capital. The death of Jakelin
Hourslong attack kills 29 in Afghanistan’s Kabul, official says
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A brazen hourslong coordinated assault on a government building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed 29 people, most of them employees of the department for martyrs and disabled persons, said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish. Another 23 people
Italy’s Mount Etna erupts amid unusually high level of activity
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The Mount Etna observatory says lava and ash are spewing from a new fracture on the active Sicilian volcano amid an unusually high level of seismic activity. Italy’s national institute for geophysics and vulcanology (INGV) counted more than 130 seismic shocks