Leaning Tower of Pisa continues long path towards vertical
ROME — The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn’t leaning so much anymore. After more than two decades of efforts to straighten it, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell tower has recovered four centimeters (1.57 inches) more and is in better structural health than predicted. ANSA news agency quotes […]
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French priest charged with child rape, in new blow to church
PARIS — A French priest has been handed preliminary charges of raping minors in the latest blow to the Catholic Church in France. The regional prosecutor’s office said the Rev. Robert Bonan was arrested Tuesday in the town of Lautenbach near the German border. The charges were based […]
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Prominent Syrian activist killed in rebel-held province
BEIRUT — Gunmen in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern province shot and killed on Friday a prominent anti-government journalist who was also a sharp critic of Islamist militants. Raed Fares’ U.S.-funded Radio Fresh station provides news of the conflict to Syria’s northern provinces and is a source for international news […]
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After building spree, just how much does the Maldives owe China?
open view web desk MALE – One week after taking power, the new government of the Maldives says it has no idea how much it owes China, which has led a construction spree in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, but fears the debts run up in the past […]
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Cuban doctors head home, leaving Brazilian towns with no care
BRASILIA – The first of thousands of Cuban doctors left Brazil on Thursday after criticism by Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro prompted Cuba’s government to sever a cooperation agreement, leaving millions of Brazilians without medical care. Bolsonaro said the Cuban doctors were being used as “slave labor” because […]
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Austere Japan detention quarters contrast with Ghosn’s globe-trotting lifestyle
TOKYO – Japanese prosecutors have confirmed that Nissan’s arrested chairman, Carlos Ghosn, is being held in the spartan Tokyo Detention Center, its many rules and restrictions making for a stark contrast with his comfortable, globe-trotting lifestyle. Ghosn is most probably being held in a small 4.8-sq-m (52-sq-ft) room […]
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Asian stocks fall on risks, while US closes for Thanksgiving
SINGAPORE— Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday as traders dwelled on risks from a drawn out dispute between the U.S. and China. Wall Street was closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. KEEPING SCORE: South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.8 percent to 2,053.04. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent […]
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Migrants march to border in Tijuana
TIJUANA, Mexico— A small group of Central American migrants marched peacefully to a border crossing in Tijuana Thursday to demand better conditions and push to enter the U.S. Mexican police watched closely as authorities from the National Human Rights Commission and the Grupo Beta migrant support agency told […]
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Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment
SHANGHAI — The young woman is panting, panicked, her thin arm pointing at four men in police uniforms who had let themselves into her hotel room near midnight. “You cannot treat me like this,” she shouts, her voice high and reeling. “You cannot barge in like this late […]
