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29 Oct, 2026
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Haiti announces new election dates as 2,000 Salvadoran troops help fight gangs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Haiti's government has announced new election dates as police and soldiers backed by the recent arrival of more than 2,000 troops from El Salvador fight gangs. The…
29 Oct, 2026
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Christine Lagarde to step down as president of European Central Bank in February
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before the end of her term, a move that opens the way for European leaders to choose a successor…
29 Oct, 2026
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Pope to meet with survivors of clergy abuse during upcoming trip to LATAM
ROME (AP): Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his upcoming trip to Latin America (LATAM), which will take the American pope to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican…
29 Oct, 2026
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Dozens killed in country’s second deadly rail crash this year
URDA (AP): A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second deadly rail collision this year. The…
29 Oct, 2026
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Iran war’s cost to US taxpayers reaches an estimated US$47.1b
WASHINGTON (AP): The cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers has grown to US$47.1 billion, according to a new estimate the Pentagon has provided to Congress. The fallout from the conflict has…
29 Oct, 2026
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Ceasefire holds ahead of US-led Moscow-Kyiv talks
KHERSON (AP): A planned six-day ceasefire in and around a Russia-occupied city in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night, officials said Wednesday, but Moscow and Kyiv battered each other…
29 Oct, 2026
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Oxygen cylinder explodes inside ambulance, killing at least 10 in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An oxygen cylinder exploded inside a parked ambulance at a government-run medical facility in southern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, including a patient of the…
29 Oct, 2026
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Hunger surges in Haiti as gang violence, high food prices and supercharged El Niño persist
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nearly six million people in Haiti are experiencing severe hunger, with almost two million facing emergency conditions, according to a new report released Wednesday. The…
28 Oct, 2026
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Reports: Flávio Bolsonaro leaves for the United States
SAO PAULO (AP): Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brasil for the United States following a stunning loss to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s election,…