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Violence targeting reporters in Mexico continues to rise, as 47-year-old Antonio de la Cruz was shot outside his home.A Mexican journalist was shot and killed while leaving his home in Ciudad Victoria in northeastern Mexico. His 23-year-old daughter was also seriously injured in the gun attack on Wednesday. The victim,

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Indirect talks did not make the progress that ‘the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for’, EU envoy said.Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse about how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have not progressed as expected, an EU official said. The talks in the Qatari

Manila, Philippines – Francis Gealogo is a seasoned academic with a PhD in Philippine history who has been teaching the subject for 35 years. But a lot of the teaching he has done lately has not been in the classroom or to his usual students.Gealogo, who heads the history department

R&B star R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers

The deadliest peacetime attack in France’s history killed 130 people.The only surviving attacker from the 2015 massacre at the Bataclan theatre and other sites in Paris has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. That is the most severe sentence possible in

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will not stand in the upcoming general election.Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not stand in the upcoming general election, his spokesperson has said. Bennett announced to lawmakers from his Yamina party on Wednesday “his intention not to stand at the next

Breyer’s departure paves the way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to start her tenure as the first Black woman on US top court.US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will step down this week, setting the stage for Ketanji Brown Jackson to start her tenure as the first Black woman on the

Prisoners swapped included 95 fighters who took part in defence of the besieged Azovstal steelworkers in Mariupol.Ukraine has carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who had taken part in the defence of the besieged

The bodies of more than a dozen Hondurans have been identified among the 53 people who died after being trapped inside a truck in southern Texas, a senior Mexican official said, as families desperately seek news of their loved ones amid ongoing efforts to identify the victims.Francisco Garduno, head of

Senior army official survived the blast in Aden that killed six and wounded several others, military officials said.A car bomb attack on the convoy of a Yemeni military official in the southern port city of Aden killed at least six people and wounded several others, military officials said. The head

The foreign ministry says Norway’s restrictions disrupted the work of the Russian consulate-general on Spitsbergen Island and a Russian coal mining settlement.Russia has accused Norway of imposing restrictions that block goods destined for Russian-populated settlements on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and has threatened unspecified “retaliatory measures” unless Oslo resolves