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Plane Carrying Football Players from Brazil Crashes in Colombia

A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said. The airport that serves Medellin said that among the 72 passengers and nine crew were members of Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football club that was supposed to ...

November 29, 2016

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Suspect Dead, Eight Injured in Ohio State University Attack

Ohio State University in Columbus has been placed on lockdown due to reports of an active shooter on campus. At least one person appears to have been killed, and there are reports of multiple injuries. The Buckeyes got an alert message from the university authorities instructing them to “Run Hide ...

November 28, 2016

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Trump Threatens to End US-Cuba Thaw without ‘Better Deal’

US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to end the US thaw with Cuba unless Havana makes ‘concessions on human rights’ and opening up its economy. “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will ...

November 28, 2016

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Cuban Revolutionary Icon Fidel Castro Dies

Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late Friday in Havana aged 90, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. “The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening,” the president announced on national television. Raul Castro, who took power after his older brother ...

November 26, 2016

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US soldiers walking around at a military base which hosts US troops north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad (photo from 2014)

US Soldier Killed in Blast in Syria

A member of the US military died from his wounds Thursday after a blast caused by an improvised explosive device in northern Syria, the US military’s central command said. The man was wounded by the explosion in the vicinity of Ayn Issa, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the US-led ...

November 25, 2016

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USGS map shows the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Nicaragua and El Salvador.

7.2 Quake Shakes El Salvador, Nicaragua

A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.2 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday, officials said, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast. Salvadoran authorities issued a tsunami alert as a precaution. The temblor occurred around 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of El Salvador, ...

November 24, 2016

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Mexico maintains growth forecasts despite Trump

Mexico’s finance ministry on Wednesday maintained its growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017 despite volatility in the markets following Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory. The country’s economy is still expected to grow between 2.0 percent and 2.6 percent this year and 2.0-3.0 percent in 2017, Deputy Finance Minister Vanessa ...

November 23, 2016

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Trump taps South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for UN ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican critic who once rebuked him for failing to disavow white supremacists, as US ambassador to the United Nations. An Asian-American with little previous foreign policy experience, Haley was the first woman to be picked ...

November 23, 2016

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Computer Scientists Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is being urged by a number of top computer scientists to call for a recount of vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, CNN reported. According to a source with knowledge of the request, the computer scientists believe they have found evidence that vote totals in the ...

November 23, 2016

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US police officer was shot in the head while on patrol in Detroit

US Police Officer Shot in Detroit

A Wayne State University police officer was fighting for his life late Tuesday after being shot in the head while on patrol near the Detroit university’s campus, officials said. Authorities said a person of interest in the shooting was in custody, but it was not immediately clear whether he was ...

November 23, 2016