March 2023

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — International investigators seeking to wrap up an exhaustive investigation into Mexico’s biggest human-rights scandal — the disappearance of 43 students — said Friday that the military is obstructing their efforts at a crucial moment. The investigators told a news conference that the military has denied the …

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[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment RIGA, Latvia — Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich on charges of spying for the United States while providing no evidence, marked a threshold moment, sending a chilling signal about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to lead an isolationist state dismissive of global norms. Another arrest …

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[ad_1] The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board called on the Biden administration to expel Russia’s ambassador in Washington and Russian journalists in the United States after Moscow detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The board accused Russia of taking the U.S. citizen hostage on bogus espionage charges. The White House has said the State Department has …

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[ad_1] ZAGREB, Croatia — A small plane crashed on Friday in northern Croatia, killing two people on board, authorities said. The plane crashed around 12:30 p.m. during takeoff at the airport in the town of Pula, in the Istria peninsula, according to the Ministry of Sea, Traffic and Infrastructure. Authorities have launched an investigation to …

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[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment KHARTOUM, Sudan — At least 14 workers are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, state mining authorities said Friday. According to the state-run news agency, SUNA, the fatal collapse happened after one of the hillsides that surround the Jebel Al-Ahmar gold mine – situated near the …

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[ad_1] Item number 5.192, a stuffed tiger, from the War Childhood Museum. The tiger belonged to Daria, born 2003, from Alchevsk, Ukraine. (Alice Martins) March 31, 2023 at 3:21 a.m. EDT Comment on this story Comment BUCHA, Ukraine — After Russian forces rampaged through this suburb of Kyiv last year and Anna, now 10, hid …

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[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — Mexican government experts said Thursday they are concerned that a traveling display of mummies from the 1800s may pose a health risk to the public. The preserved corpses were unintentionally mummified when they were buried in crypts in dry, mineral-rich soil in the state of Guanajuato. …

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[ad_1] The State Department has been in “direct touch with the Russian government” and is “actively working to secure consular access” to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Russia has detained and accused of espionage, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, said Thursday in a statement that it …

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