BRUSSELS – The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide Ukraine with 15.5 billion euros ($17.6 billion) to help support economic reforms. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that “this new program offers an important opportunity for Ukraine to move its economy forward at a critical moment in the …
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PARATY, Brazil – Mud madness has taken over at a Brazilian Carnival street party where a mineral-rich black slime is a substitute for more traditional costumes. Thousands of revelers from throughout Brazil and beyond converged Saturday at a beach near the colonial city of Paraty for the “Bloco da Lama,” …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bosnian police have arrested six men suspected of supporting the Islamic State group, including two who allegedly were preparing to go to Syria to fight and were arrested at Sarajevo airport. Police say others were suspected of financing terrorist groups and recruiting fighters. A police statement on …
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CAIRO – Virtually powerless for months, Yemen’s embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi looked ready to leave the country after fleeing Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and held him captive in his own home for weeks. But the soft-spoken technocrat who has long avoided the limelight stepped …
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BERLIN – A former German attorney with well-known links to the far right has been convicted of Holocaust denial and sentenced to 20 months in prison. Munich state court spokeswoman Andrea Titz said 51-year-old Sylvia Stolz was convicted of inciting racial hatred for denying the Holocaust in a 2012 speech. …
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MANSEHRA, Pakistan – A senior police officer in Pakistan says two prisoners believed to be involved in the 2013 slaying of 10 foreign climbers at the base of one of the world’s tallest mountains have escaped from jail. Senior police officer Ishaq Hussain says four Pakistanis held at a jail …
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MANILA, Philippines – A passenger boat overloaded with 55 people and heavy cargo has capsized in the southern Philippines, leaving at least five dead and one missing. Coast guard spokesman William Arquero said Friday it was unclear if more are missing because the unregistered vessel left Jolo island for nearby …
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MOSCOW – Russian news agencies say a nuclear submarine that was under repair in a far northern port has caught fire. The reports of the fire by the state-run Tass and RIA Novosti cited only unnamed sources and Navy officials could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday. Tass …
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RABAT, Morocco – A fiery head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 31 people and injured nine, according to the state news agency and local media reports. The news agency quoted authorities saying the crash took …
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TRIPOLI, Libya – A Libyan official says a bomb placed in a garbage bin targeted the Moroccan Embassy in the capital, Tripoli. There were no casualties in the attack, which was claimed by Libya’s Islamic State affiliate. Security spokesman Essam al-Naas says the bomb went off early Monday. Morocco condemned …
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