Race to rescue survivors from ruins of Mexico quake Police, soldiers and emergency workers raced Friday to rescue survivors from the ruins of Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century, which killed at least 61 people. In the southern region hit hardest by the quake, emergency workers looked for survivors — or bodies — in
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International, The World We ShareXi: France can help to push talks In phone call with Macron, he urges constructive Korean Peninsula role President Xi Jinping held a phone talk with a leader of a Western country over the Korean Peninsula issue for the third consecutive day on Friday, speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron. As a permanent member of
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International, USAPope prays for truth, reconciliation with Colombia war victims Pope Francis presided over a tearful act of reconciliation Friday between ex-fighters and victims of Colombia’s civil war, urging “truth” and “justice” for victims of the half-century conflict. Wounded and bereaved civilians and former fighters exchanged words of forgiveness and wept as Francis urged the country
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InternationalIsrael premier’s first Latin America trip sees new opportunities Benjamin Netanyahu is set to become the first sitting Israeli premier to visit Latin America, in a trip that includes Argentina 25 years after the country’s embassy was bombed there. The tour, which will see agreements boosting trade and cooperation with South American countries, is part
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International, Middle EastThe emir of Kuwait says the threat of war between Qatar and Arab nations blockading it for the past three months has been neutralised. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah, the main mediator in the Gulf dispute, spoke in Washington, DC on Thursday at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump. While both sides
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Middle East, USAYou can’t miss the dire headlines, warning of Hurricane Irma’s perilous journey toward Florida and the US eastern seaboard. Far less attention, however, is focusing on the fact that the deadly storm has already caused significant damage on American soil. “The US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have already been decimated by this hurricane,” says
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USAMUMBAI, India — She was once synonymous with the struggle against oppression. In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, she called for “a world free from the displaced, the homeless and the hopeless.” But Aung San Suu Kyi has missed perhaps her greatest opportunity to make good on those words as the leader of Myanmar’s first
The Trump administration has no clear plans to offer aid to Mexico following a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds, despite the Mexican government’s explicit offer to provide support to Texas following Hurricane Harvey. A spokesperson for the National Security Council tells Newsweek the U.S. government has offered
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International, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Irma has forced Florida attractions — including Walt Disney World’s four theme parks — to close their doors to guests for multiple days, starting Saturday evening. Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme parks will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by Magic Kingdom and Epcot at 9 p.m. All
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The World We Share, Travel and Food, USATRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position in Donald Trump’s White House because of his reaction to the infamous “Access Hollywood” video released just before last year’s election, the president’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, told CBS. The leaked video featured a conversation between Trump, then a reality television
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USADonald Trump has an undeniable obsession with size—of everything from crowds to, well, body parts. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the president reportedly couldn’t help but note with displeasure that a Kuwaiti leader’s plane was bigger than his. Related: Trump Is Obsessed With The Size Of Crowds, Hands And Now Hurricanes Emir Sabah
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Middle East, USAAnd a hurricane may be on the way. A map showing the intensity of shaking during the September 7 earthquake off the coast of Mexico. USGS A massive magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Mexico just before midnight on Thursday. The quake—widely considered to be among the strongest to ever hit the country—originated deep in the Earth
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International, The World We ShareSeven first responders filed a lawsuit Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility exploded after Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit against Arkema and three of the company’s executives is seeking over $1 million in monetary relief, and alleges that the company did not adequately warn law enforcement and public health agencies about hazardous materials at
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USALOS ANGELES — The University of California sued the Trump administration Friday for rescinding protections for immigrant students without legal status, saying it unconstitutionally violates their rights on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.” The lawsuit filed in the northern district of California is the first legal effort by a university to block the Trump
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