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University students sent home as China tries to end protests

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Authorities have eased some

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Iran-US World Cup clash rife with political tension

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of the most politically charged matches in soccer history. This time, the political overtones are just as strong and relations perhaps even more fraught as the U.S. and Iran face off once again on Tuesday in Qatar. Iran’s […]

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World’s largest volcano erupts in Hawaii

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

The world’s largest active volcano burst into life for the first time in 40 years, spewing lava and hot ash Monday in a spectacular display of nature’s fury by Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Rivers of molten rock could be seen high up on the volcano, venting huge clouds of steam and smoke at the summit […]

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NATO ministers meet to drum up more aid, arms for Ukraine

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his NATO counterparts are gathering in Romania on Tuesday to drum up urgently needed support for Ukraine, including deliveries of electrical components for the war-torn country’s devastated power transmission network. Ukraine’s grid has been battered countrywide since early October by targeted Russian strikes, in what U.S.

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Fernandes strikes twice to confirm Portugal the last-16 spot

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

Bruno Fernandes strikes twice for Portugal win The defeat leaves Uruguay needing Ghana victory for chance of progress Portuguese third team into last 16 after France and Brazil Portugal 2-0 Uruguay | Group H Match review Goals: Bruno Fernandes (54, 90+3 pen) Bruno Fernandes struck a second-half double for Portugal to avenge their 2018 defeat […]

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South Korea orders striking cement truckers back to work

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

South Korea’s government issued an order Tuesday for some of the thousands of truck drivers who have been on strike to return to work, insisting that their nationwide walkout over freight fare issues is hurting an already weak economy. Despite facing the threat of delicensing or even prison terms, the strike’s organizers said they would […]

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Ukraine first lady attends London meeting on sexual violence

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

Russian soldiers must be held accountable for raping Ukrainian women and committing other acts of sexual violence during Russia’s war in Ukraine, the country’s first lady, Olensa Zelenska, told an international conference on preventing sexual violence in conflicts Monday. Zelenska told the London summit that sexual violence was being perpetrated “systematically and openly”

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China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets

Editorial Bureau November 29, 2022

With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing. Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities where onlinProtests over China’s COVID controls spread across countrye calls to gather had been issued were also reportedly quiet. Rallies against China’s

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Italian rescuers search for missing in island landslide

Editorial Bureau November 27, 2022

 Rescuers dug through mud for a second day Sunday in the search for people lost in an enormous landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia. One body was recovered on Saturday and about a dozen people, including children, were reported missing in the port town of Casamicciola, feared buried under mud and debris that […]

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At World Cup, US soccer scrubs Islamic emblem from Iran flag

Editorial Bureau November 27, 2022

The U.S. soccer federation is displaying Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying it supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations’ World Cup match Tuesday. The federation said in a statement Sunday that it decided to forego the official flag on social media accounts to show “support for […]