Uruguay is heading for a tight presidential election runoff next month after a center-left candidate came out ahead of two candidates who split the conservative
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Sudan militia accused of mass killings and sexual violence as attacks escalate
Sudanese militia have been accused of killings, sexual violence, looting and arson during eight days of attacks on villages south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The
Duterte tells Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry he kept a death squad
The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has told a senate inquiry into drug killings under his leadership that he kept a “death squad” of criminals
China’s kindergarten numbers shrink as policymakers struggle to arrest falling birthrate
The number of kindergartens in China fell by more than 5% last year, the second year in a row that preschool institutions were in decline,
Evo Morales accuses Bolivian government of trying to kill him
Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales has accused the government of his one-time ally Luis Arce of trying to kill him after his car was struck
Japan gripped by two things: a general election and Shohei Ohtani’s shoulder
The Monday morning headlines in Japanese newspapers will be dominated by the result of the previous day’s general election. But speculation about the country’s political
Crash between cargo truck and bus in Mexico kills 19 and injures six
A cargo truck collided with a passenger bus in northern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people dead and six injured, authorities said. Officials
Japan’s ruling coalition at risk of losing majority in election, exit polls show
Japan’s ruling coalition could lose its majority in parliament in Sunday’s general election, according to exit polls, after taking losses amid voter anger over a
‘There is no money’: Cuba fears total collapse amid grid failure and financial crisis
Maria Elena Cárdenas is 76 and lives in a municipal shelter on Amargura Street in Havana’s colonial old town. The building has an elegant past,
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey appointed Commonwealth secretary general
Commonwealth members have appointed Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, as the new secretary general, on the final day of the group’s summit in Samoa.