Category: World
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Construction worker killed in suspected hit-run was Fallbrook resident
[ad_1] Authorities publicly identified a 27-year-old construction worker who was killed last week when a suspected hit-and-run driver’s car struck him on a rural road in Valley Center. Manuel Leon of Fallbrook was working as a traffic flagman at a work site on Cool Valley Road, a few miles west of Harrah’s Resort Southern California,…
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Del Rio CBP officers apprehend man wanted on aggravated sexual assault of a child warrant
[ad_1] DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Del Rio Port of Entry encountered a man wanted in North Texas on a felony warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. “Our frontline officers continue to exercise resolute vigilance while inspecting arriving travelers and that dedication and utilization of our national…
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8 family members dead after makeshift boat sinks in Mozambique
[ad_1] At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday. Monday’s sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one of the country’s worst shipwrecks. DEATH TOLL IN…
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Chicago CBP intercepts 1,117lbs of Methamphetamine precursor powder & 225lbs of Cocaine cutting agent
[ad_1] CHICAGO– A shipment containing over 1,000 pounds of unidentified powder were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago on April 11. CBP officers, with the help of Narcotic Detection Dog Aldo, detained 26 boxes of unknown powders which were concealed within bags. A sample of the powder was sent to…
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Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s highest criminal court reported a new development Thursday in the elusive quest for justice in the deadliest attack in the country’s history — the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters — concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans.…
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In Denmark, Fire destroys 17th-century Old Stock Exchange
[ad_1] A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire from the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. Danish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said it was “touching” to see how many people lent their hand…
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Man struck, killed crossing busy north Oceanside street
[ad_1] OCEANSIDE — A man was struck and killed while trying to cross a busy Oceanside thoroughfare Monday night, the second fatal crash in which a pedestrian was killed in the North County city in two days. The crash happened about 9 p.m., as the man tried to cross Mission Avenue just west of Ocean Pointe…
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Ahead of Olympic Games, Paris grapples with security, transportation preparations
[ad_1] The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave to cheering crowds. But behind the romantic veneer that Paris has long curated, mounting security concerns already have had an impact…
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Azerbaijan urges top UN court to throw out Armenia’s accusations of racial discrimination
[ad_1] Armenia has filed a case with the United Nations’ International Court of Justice alleging that Azerbaijan has violated the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. Azerbaijan argued that most allegations in Armenia’s case fall outside the scope of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. Azerbaijan…
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, German chancellor says
[ad_1] Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has posed a threat to global security, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday. Scholz criticized Russia’s actions as violations of the UN Charter’s principle of national border inviolability. He urged Xi to leverage China’s influence with Russia to end the war. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…