CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was absent Wednesday from the ceremony in Norway in which she was to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize award, but…
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Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars
ReutersThe former French president wrote about his brief imprisonment for criminal conspiracy Rushed out in under three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book “A Prisoner’s Diary” has plenty of colour about what it’s like for a former president to…
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Trump revives slur while discussing immigrants from Somalia and other ‘disgusting’ nations
President Donald Trump on Tuesday denigrated immigrants from “shithole countries,” reviving a comment he used during his first term in office that sparked criticism.
During a rally in Pennsylvania on affordability, Trump touted his…
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Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it
President Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that he used the slur “shithole countries” to disparage Haiti and African nations during a 2018 meeting with lawmakers, bragging about a comment that sparked global outrage during his first term.
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UN human rights office in ‘survival mode’ with €77m budget shortfall, Türk says
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The UN human rights chief said on Wednesday that his office is facing a $90 million (€77 million) funding shortfall this year and staff cuts would…
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Could Ukraine really hold elections in the next 90 days?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week his country could be ready to hold elections in the next 60 to 90 days if security could be guaranteed, seeking to push back on claims by US President…
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Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests | Anthropology
Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in Suffolk.
It is known that humans used natural fire more than 1m years ago, but…
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Teen admits starting blaze that destroyed famous Finnish football stadium stand
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A teenager has confessed to starting a fire that destroyed a stand at the stadium of a storied Finnish football club, police said on…
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