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CHICAGO – Navy Pier has announced plans to debut a new 196-foot Ferris wheel when the Chicago tourist attraction celebrates its centennial next summer. The Ferris wheel already has been purchased and will replace the existing one that was installed in 1995. It will stand 49 feet taller and fit …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian government says it is working with the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, to repatriate 80 suspected human smugglers as the country struggles to stem the wave of migrants leaving the country. The chief of the Illegal Human Trafficking Crime Investigation Division of Ethiopia’s …

CAIRO – Egypt faced treacherous weather conditions Saturday as a sandstorm blanketed the north of the country and a magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in the Sinai peninsula shook buildings more than 200 miles away in the capital, Cairo. The epicenter of the quake was 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) southeast of the …