A sarcastic monument is dumped in Washington, Barack Obama shows off his rapping skills, and a bakery says cookies can predict the election outcome.Here’s a look at the wild, weird side of the US presidential race over the past week.- Oh, crap -A strange new monument was installed in Washington: a replica of former House …
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US President Joe Biden was set on Thursday to deliver a historic apology for one of the country’s “darkest chapters”: the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture.From the early 1800s until the 1970s, the United States ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools …
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Global stock markets diverged on Friday in a quiet end to a week’s trading dominated by earnings updates.Wall Street’s main indices rose at the opening bell, with a dip in the yield on US government bonds helping give equities a boost.Focus this week has been on earnings as major companies worldwide report on their third-quarter …
Lebanon accused Israel of targeting journalists in a “deliberate” attack that killed three media workers in the country’s south on Friday, calling the incident a “war crime”.Asked by AFP for comment on the strike, the Israeli military has not yet responded.Israel has been at war with Hezbollah in Lebanon since late last month, in a …
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A Ugandan court on Friday sentenced former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group’s two-decade reign of terror.It was the first time a member of the feared organisation — which waged a two-decade rebellion against President Yoweri Museveni …
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Winding through the lawless, rugged hills of northern Myanmar, National Highway 3 links a stunning series of victories by ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in their war against the junta.An offensive launched a year ago Sunday has seen opponents of the military seize much of the 480-kilometre-long (300-mile) route that connects second city Mandalay to …
Lebanon said an Israeli strike on a residence housing media workers killed two journalists and a broadcast engineer on Friday, in an attack the minister of information branded a “war crime”.Pro-Iran Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen said a cameraman and broadcast engineer were killed in the strike on a journalists’ residence in Hasbaya, south Lebanon.Another …
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Lebanon said an Israeli air strike killed three journalists on Friday, in an attack on the country’s south that the minister of information branded as a “war crime”.Pro-Iran Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen said a cameraman and broadcast engineer were killed in the strike targeting a journalists’ residence in Hasbaya, south Lebanon.Another TV outlet, Al-Manar, …
An age-old symbol of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon’s rickety yellow trams have become such a magnet for tourists that some locals complain they can no longer grab a ride.Lisbon began operating trams in the late 19th century to transport passengers up the steep and narrow streets criss-crossing the hilly old city.Today’s visitors travel back in …
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Britain’s King Charles deflected calls to atone for his country’s colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire.Leaders from the 56-nation Commonwealth — made up mostly of British ex-colonies — gathered for a summit in Samoa, hoping to prove the bloc is …
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