HARARE, Zimbabwe – Few people in Zimbabwe have responded to the government’s offer to trade in the country’s old currency for U.S. dollars. Even those that carted in the trillions of Zimbabwe dollars that stopped being used in 2009 expressed dissatisfaction with how little they were receiving in return. Alice …
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YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s Information Ministry has filed a contempt of court complaint against the publisher and 16 editorial employees of a newspaper it is already suing for defamation, an action critics charge is an attempt at intimidation ahead of elections set for later this year. The editor-in-chief of the …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Anti-corruption prosecutors have indicted an aide to Romania’s prime minister on corruption charges including being an accomplice to embezzling European Union funds and cheating in the presidential election. Prosecutors said Wednesday that lawmaker Sebastian Ghita was charged with influence peddling, tax evasion and money laundering worth millions …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s prime minister is warning that the Dominican Republic is creating a humanitarian crisis with its crackdown on migrants. Prime Minister Evans Paul said Thursday that more than 14,000 people have crossed the border into Haiti in less than a week. He called it a “massive” amount …
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BAGHDAD – Officials say attacks inside and around Baghdad have killed at least seven people. A police officer says drive-by shooters killed a pro-government Sunni tribal sheikh along with his three guards in the town of Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad. Another officer said three civilians were …
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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican isn’t ruling out that Pope Francis might chew coca leaves — or at least sip tea made from them — to fend off altitude sickness when he arrives in Bolivia next week. Francis embarks on a South American tour Sunday that will take him to …
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BERLIN – WikiLeaks has published a list it claims shows the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on senior German officials other than Chancellor Angela Merkel. Reports two years ago that Merkel’s phone had been targeted by the NSA prompted diplomatic friction between Berlin and Washington. German prosecutors recently dropped their …
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BEIJING – Beijing’s municipal government says air pollution in the capital improved during the first six months of 2015. It said the concentration of PM 2.5 — tiny airborne particles that are particularly harmful to human health — dropped by 15.2 percent from a year earlier to an average of …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s intelligence service says the second-highest figure among militants loyal to the Islamic State group in the country was killed in an airstrike. Abdul Hassib Sediqi , spokesman for the National Security Directorate, said Tuesday that Gul Zaman and six other militants were killed in a strike …
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UNITED NATIONS – Russia says it is opposed to a UN resolution that would establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. Controversy continues over who downed Flight MH17 killing all 298 people on board. Ukraine and the West …
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