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Peru President To Face Impeachment Vote After Top Court Denies Delay Request
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra will face an impeachment hearing on Friday after the country's constitutional court on Thursday rejected his appeal to delay congressional efforts to remove him from his post.
‘Pro-American Curriculum that Celebrates Truth’: Trump Urges 'Patriotic' Classes for School Kids
Behind in the polls six weeks before the presidential election, Trump is going all out to stir up his right-wing base against what he argues is a far-left plot to change the American way of life.
Asia Today: Australian State Eases Virus Closure Of Border
An Australian state government said on Friday it will open the state border to the national capital after the government was criticized for refusing to allow a Canberra resident to attend her fathers funeral because of pandemic restrictions.
Mexico Skirts U.S. Criticism Of Anti-drug Enforcement
President Andrs Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that Mexico will respond softly, softly and with love and peace to the finding by the U.S. government that his country needs to do more to stop drug trafficking.
Trump Aims To Boost Rural Turnout In Critical Wisconsin
President Donald Trump is aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters Thursday, looking to repeat his path to victory four years ago.
Germany To Improve Safety Of Jewish Sites After Halle Attack
Germany is providing 22 million euros ($26 million) to improve security of synagogues and other Jewish sites in the country following an antiSemitic attack last year.
Cummings Wrote Of 'Pure Pain' From Trump Tweets On Baltimore
The late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings felt pure pain from President Donald Trumps tweets about Baltimore, and the Maryland Democrat wrote I could feel the attack to my core, in a memoir that is being published posthumously.
Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials In Unrest
The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators, a department spokesperson s...
French Prime Minister Targeted By Lawsuit Over Virus Policy
A group of COVID19 survivors and patients' families is suing French Prime Minister Jean Castex, accusing him of potentially dangerous and contradictory management of the virus crisis even as infections have multiplied in recent weeks.
South Africans Pay Tribute To Former Mandela Lawyer Bizos
South African gathered Thursday to pay tribute to lawyer George Bizos, who represented antiapartheid leaders including Nelson Mandela in their legal battles against the government during racist white rule.
WHO Says More Than 170 Countries Have Joined COVAX Vaccine Facility
More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunisation shots for COVID19 fairly around the world, the body's director general said.
Outgoing US Ambassador To China To Help Republican Campaigns
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said he will help out Republicans campaigning in his native Iowa after returning home next month.
New Evidence Key To Charges In Nebraska Protester's Death
This week's decision to charge a white bar owner who fatally shot a Black man during a chaotic night of protests in downtown Omaha months after the shooting was deemed selfdefense highlights how difficult it can be to sort out these cases.
With Quiet Humanity, Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Makes Noise
Whats it like to be an international film festival sensation without hardly leaving your home? Like most things during the pandemic, its surreal.
Trop Boss Makes 4 Of 9 Atlantic City Casinos Run By Women
Four of Atlantic City's nine casinos will be run by women, following Wednesday's appointment of a veteran female executive to run the Tropicana.
Polish Government Under Fire Over Draft Animal Welfare Law
Polands governing conservative party has come under fire from its coalition partners and the opposition alike over a draft law that would ban fur farms and the use of animals in shows and circuses, and restrict the ritual slaughter of livestock.