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Crime, migration and the specter of Tren de Aragua steer Chile’s election
COLCHANE, Chile (Reuters) -Chileans are heading into Sunday’s presidential election consumed by fear over crime, immigration and organized gangs that have taken root in a few short years, a far […]
Colombia’s ‘lost children’ remain open wound 40 years after deadly volcanic eruption
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young children, before a landslide of […]
US government opens back up but deep political divisions remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air traffic, cut food assistance to low-income Americans […]
Croatia’s truffle hunters pursue one of world’s priciest delicacies
BUZET, Croatia (Reuters) -It is white truffle season and Ivana Karlic Ban and her two dogs cruise the autumn-coloured forests of Croatia’s northwestern Istria region in hunt of one of the […]
Sarkozy appeal against conspiracy conviction to begin in March
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal against a conviction for criminal conspiracy related to illegal Libyan financing for his successful 2007 presidential bid will be heard from March […]
Bangladesh to hold referendum on reform charter proposals, Yunus says
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh will hold a national referendum on implementing its ‘July Charter’ for state reform, drafted after last year’s deadly student-led uprising, Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s […]
Turkey: too early to say what caused deadly plane crash
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday it was too early to say what caused the crash this week of a military cargo plane in Georgia in which […]
Two dead, 18 hurt in South Korea after truck crashes into market, media reports say
SEOUL (Reuters) -A light truck crashed into a market in South Korea on Thursday, ploughing 150 metres (164 yards) along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, […]
Nigerian aid groups help children accused of witchcraft to rebuild lives
EKET, Nigeria (Reuters) -Accused by her aunt at age 13 of being a witch responsible for her family’s misfortunes, Faith ran away from her rural home in the southern Nigerian […]
Marcos vows jail time for suspects in Philippines graft scandal
MANILA (Reuters) -People allegedly involved in a Philippine corruption scandal linked to government infrastructure projects, including in flood-control facilities that failed during a heavy typhoon season, will be jailed by […]