HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s outgoing top cop has taken a parting shot at pro-democracy protesters who occupied busy streets in parts of the southern Chinese financial city for nearly three months last year. Retiring Police Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said Monday that he was concerned about “increasing radicalization of protests” …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan police officer who killed a 14-year-old boy during an anti-government protest in February has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. The public prosecutor’s office announced Friday that 23-year-old officer Javier Mora had admitted to responsibility in the death of Kluiverth Roa. Roa died after …
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PARIS – French police have opened an internal investigation into police actions in the northern city of Calais, after a video was released online that appears to show mistreatment of migrants. The national police said Tuesday that its internal affairs division has opened an investigation “to quickly determine the circumstances …
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MOSCOW – A Russian organization that has restored a Soviet-era forced labor camp as a memorial for the victims of political repression is facing legal action it says is aimed at pressuring the group out of existence. Viktor Shmyrov, director of the Perm-36 association, said Friday it will next week …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s president says a new law allowing the logging of small woods could lead to “uncontrolled deforestation” in the country, posing a national security threat. President Klaus Iohannis said Monday that the proposed legislation could lead to the logging of as much as a million hectares. Romania …
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MAPUTO, Mozambique – Mozambique’s president is hosting his South African counterpart on a state visit. President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday welcomed South African President Jacob Zuma in the Mozambican capital Maputo. Nyusi’s office said in statement that the two presidents are to discuss the recent wave of anti-immigrant attacks in …
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JERUSALEM – A new World Bank report warns that Gaza’s economy is on the “verge of collapse.” It said Friday that “blockades, war and poor governance have strangled” the economy of the Gaza Strip, ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. The report said Gaza’s GDP would have been four …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh has banned a radical Islamist group accused of attacking and killing atheist bloggers and writers. The Ministry of Home Affairs said Monday that the Ansarullah Bangla Team was banned in response to a request by police because it has threatened and killed bloggers, writers and other …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Officials in Romania say flooding in the country’s northwest has killed at least one person, damaged homes and forced emergency evacuations. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said Wednesday that 42 people were forced from their homes, and 46 houses were inundated, after 18 communities were battered by heavy …
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has praised the “heroism” of parents of gravely ill children who chose not to abort. Francis met for nearly an hour with a group of severely ill children and their parents Friday in the Vatican hotel chapel. The families are participating in a pilgrimage to …
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