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Norway detects radioactive iodine by Russian border days after blast
Norway's radiation and nuclear safety authority said it had detected the radioactive iodine at its air filter station in Svanhovd
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Paraguayan president ends his first year with 69% of disapproval
Abdo was about to face a political trial weeks ago over a controversial energy agreement with Brazil that the opposition…
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Hong Kong protesters offer apologies, China doubles down after airport clash
Ten weeks of increasingly violent confrontation between police and protesters have plunged the city into one of its worst crisis
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#MeToo media coverage sympathetic but not necessarily empowering for women
"The goal of the movement is to empower women, but according to our computational analysis that's not what's happening in…
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Citgo gets ready to appoint a new general manager amid political and legal crisis
Citgo executives loyal to President Nicolás Maduro were expelled from the subsidiary after Guaidó appointed management boards for PDVSA
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Coca and conflict: the factors fuelling Colombian deforestation
A University of Queensland-led study found that conflict between illegal groups and the governmental military forces were all associated with increased…
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‘Green gold’: Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow herbal stimulant
As drought and erratic weather wreak havoc across rural Kenya, a growing number of farmers are abandoning traditional crops for…
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FBI seeking to question alleged Al Qaeda operative in Brazil
Brazil's ministries of justice and foreign affairs said the Egyptian had entered Brazil in 2018 and was a legal resident…
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New rule would disqualify half of immigrants who apply for a visa in the US
Human rights groups have criticized the plan as an effort to reduce legal immigration without going through Congress to change…
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Giammattei will face titanic task to fight corruption in Guatemala
After 12 consecutive years trying to reach the presidency of Guatemala, the conservative Alejandro Giammattei finally achieved his mission
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