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Protest Parties Surge In Bulgaria Election, Threatening Prime Minister Borissov
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will have difficulty holding onto power, after a surge of votes in an election on Sunday for antiestablishment and anticorruption parties that want him out.
European Leader Urges Foreign Fighters To Leave Libya
The European Union on Sunday called for the departure of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, describing it as a precondition for a return to stability in the wartorn country.
US Border Apprehensions Spiked in March, Including Record Number of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
The data underscores the ongoing challenge facing the Biden administration as officials scramble to set up emergency sites to house migrant children, many of whom have been held in poor conditions.
Mexico Good Friday Re-enactment Another Victim Of Pandemic
The Cerro de Estrella was a barren hilltop of sunfaded grass with three towering but empty wooden crosses on Good Friday, a day when for nearly all of the past 176 years it would have been crowded with multitudes of people witnessing a reenactment of the...
Lawsuits: SC Officials Ignored Risks Ahead Of Prison Riot
A slew of new lawsuits accuse South Carolina prisons officials of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in which seven inmates were killed and more than a dozen others injured.
MMA Fighter Has Finger Severed In Match; Doctors Reattach It
A mixed martial arts fighter had his finger severed during a match in Philadelphia, but doctors were eventually able to reattach it.
Mother Wounded Trying to Shield Nine-Yr-Old Son Fatally Shot in California Mass Shooting
Ten people were killed at a supermarket in Boulder and eight others died in a series of attacks on three Atlanta-area spas on March 16.
Bolsonaro Picks Army Chief To Ease Tensions With Military
The appointment of the Brazilian armys former chief health officer as the new army commander is an effort by President Jair Bolsonaro to heal a rift created by his firing of the defense minister and the subsequent removal of the top generals of all three...
Colombia Midfielder Viafara Gets 11 Years On US Drug Charge
A former midfielder for Colombias national soccer team has been sentenced in a Texas courtroom to more than 11 years in prison for drug trafficking, according to U.S. prosecutors.
San Francisco School Board Member Sues Over Tweet Response
The former vice president of San Franciscos school board is suing the district and her colleagues after they voted to strip her of the position because of tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans used white supremacist" thinking.
Report: Pandemic Dealing Setbacks To Gender Parity In Jobs
The think tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID19 pandemic is impacting gender parity in the workplace, but time will tell whether the damage to women's roles in the economy proves permanent.
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Vaccine Effective in Kids of Ages 12 to 15
In a study of 2,260 US volunteers ages 12 to 15, Pfizer's preliminary data showed there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 among those given dummy shots.
'It Wasn't Right': Witness to Floyd Death Tells Court
In the video, Chauvin, who was subsequently fired from the police department, is seen kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed Floyd for more than nine minutes.
90% of US Adults will be Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccine Shot by April 19: White House
Biden's administration announced that 90 percent of adults will be eligible for vaccination against Covid-19 by April 19.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Replaces Finance Minister, Appoints Hammad Azhar to Post
Pakistan is also preparing to float Eurobonds worth around $2 billion to raise capital from international markets about two months before presenting a budget.
Guatemala Declares Emergency Measures As New Caravan Rumored
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei decreed a state of prevention Monday along the countrys border with Honduras, amid reports that a new migrant caravan may be forming in Honduras.