DERNA, Libya: International efforts to help Libya, which was the victim of a tsunami-like flood that left nearly 4,000 people dead and thousands missing, accelerated on Thursday.
Putin accepts Kim’s invitation to visit North Korea
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea after a summit announced strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
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“What we are going to do is for the moon,” Maduro said after the deal with China
BEIJING: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said in Beijing: “What we are going to do is for the moon” after signing a comprehensive agreement with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to train Venezuelan astronauts.
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The Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed by the massive arrival of migrants
LAMPEDUSA, Italy: The small Italian island of Lampedusa had to deal with a wave of refugee boats from North Africa on Thursday that peaked at 7,000 people, the equivalent of the entire local population.
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Hundreds of students march to stop the bullets at their school in Colombia
CORINTO, Colombia: More than a hundred bullet holes remind us of the last time the school was caught in the crossfire. Tired of the war in southwestern Colombia, hundreds of children and residents marched Wednesday to demand peace and the right to study.
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Thousands of indigenous women march in Brasilia against restrictions on their land
BRASILIA: Thousands of indigenous women from across Brazil, many wearing traditional feather crowns, marched in the capital on Wednesday to protest against a proposal now being considered in the Supreme Court that limits their rights to their ancestral territories.
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(Brazilian Demonstrations for Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Justice, Land – Available Now)
Less meat, more chicken: Argentinians are adjusting their diet due to high inflation
BUENOS AIRES: Butcher shops are feeling the impact of inflation in Buenos Aires: customers are adjusting their wallets to buy meat, a central product of Argentina’s diet, after prices rose and hit consumption.
(Argentine Inflation Food Indices – 6pm GMT) NEW VIDEO
The Cuban art of storing cigars in handcrafted boxes
HAVANA: Beams, doors and disused furniture become pure gold for Cuban carpenters, who with pure craftsmanship transform them into humidors, delicate handcrafted boxes to store the island’s famous cigars.
(Cuban Tobacco Society – 7:00 p.m. GMT) NEW VIDEO
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