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Arizona official in human smuggling case seeks to keep seat
An Arizona elected official accused of paying women from a poor Pacific island nation to give their babies up for adoption in the United States made an appeal Wednesday to keep his job.
Stand-out student among passengers on missing Chilean plane
When Chilean university student Ignacio Parada boarded a military transport plane bound for the Antarctic, he took with him his dreams for the future and a sense of adventure.
New Zealand hospitals order skin to treat volcano survivors
New Zealand medical staff were working around the clock Thursday treating severely burned survivors of a volcanic eruption that police said was believed to have killed 16 people.
US seeks dismissal of New Mexico's immigration lawsuit
U.S. lawyers want a judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico that immigration officials shirked their duties earlier this year by quickly releasing thousands of mostly Central American migrants into communities after they crossed into the United States.
President adviser: 70 soldiers dead in Niger after attack
Suspected Islamic militants ambushed a military post in western Niger and killed at least 70 soldiers, a presidential adviser said late Wednesday, marking the deadliest attack on the West African country’s forces in recent memory.
Saudi Aramco gains 10% in debut to clinch top seat at $1.8T
Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco gained 10% in its first moments on the stock market Wednesday in a dramatic debut that held until closing and pushed its value up to $1.88 trillion, surpassing Apple as the largest listed company in the world.
The main parties and policies in the British election
The United Kingdom's 46 million voters are choosing 650 new lawmakers in Thursday's elections for Parliament's lower House of Commons. Here is a look at the main parties and their policies:
German army to get military rabbis again after 100 years
Germany's government decided Wednesday to reintroduce military rabbis, backing a proposal by the Central Council of Jews to restore religious counseling for Jews serving in the armed forces after more than a century without such assistance.
Police: Violence erupts as Pakistani lawyers storm hospital
Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers, angered over alleged misbehavior by some doctors toward one of their colleagues, stormed a cardiology hospital in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday.
Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation
House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, declaring he "betrayed the nation" with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic proceedings that are certain to help define his presidency and shape the 2020 election.