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Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Adrin is trying to settle in to his third new city since 2016, when his wife was raped and mother was killed in Haiti. He will go anywhere but home. by By Cedar Attanasio / The Associated Press Published Jun. 6 2021 @ 10:01pm

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, landscape architect and environmentalist, dies at 99 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, a visionary Canadian landscape architect who championed sustainable and socially conscious design decades before it became a hallmark of her profession, died May 22 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was 99. by By Adrian Higgins / The Washington Post Published Jun. 6 2021 @ 9:43pm

Pilgrims return to Spain's 'El Camino' paths after pandemic Committing to the pilgrim's path has for centuries been a source of renewal for those willing to put their lives on hold and spend days, weeks or even months crossing Spain along the Camino de Santiago, a journey that takes hikers to the reported burial place of the apostle St. James. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 8:57pm

D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran attending a ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 8:26pm

Amid brutal case surge, Afghanistan hit by a vaccine delay Afghanistan is battling a brutal surge in COVID-19 infections as health officials plead for vaccines, only to be told by the World Health Organization that the 3 million doses the country expected to receive by April won't be delivered until August. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 8:24pm

U.N.: Famine is imminent in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that famine is imminent in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region and the country's north and there is a risk that hundreds of thousands of people or more will die. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 5:12pm

Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists A stroll in Pablo Picasso's footsteps in Montmartre; breathing in the scents of Provence; a walk along D-Day beaches: These and all of France's other attractions will again become easily accessible from next week to most foreign tourists -- if they are vaccinated. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 4:53pm

Police clear 500 migrants from French port after clashes Several hundred police on Friday cleared out a makeshift migrant camp in the northern French port city of Calais, a magnet by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 4:53pm

Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he is "deeply disappointed" the Roman Catholic Church has not offered a formal apology and made amends for its role in Canada's former system of church-run Indigenous boarding schools after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country's largest such institution. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 1:31am

Belarus opposition slams dissident TV confessions as coerced In the 90-minute video broadcast Thursday night, Raman Pratasevich repented for his opposition activities and said he respects Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko as "a man with balls of steel." He said he was tired of political activism and only wants to have a family and live a normal life. Then he broke into tears, covering his face with his hands. As he did so, marks left by handcuffs were clearly visible on his wrists. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 1:30am

VIDEO | Hundreds gather near Hong Kong park despite vigil ban HONG KONG -- Hundreds of people gathered near a Hong Kong park Friday despite a ban on an annual candlelight vigil to remember China's deadly crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and the arrest earlier in the day of an organizer of previous vigils. by Associated Press Published Jun. 5 2021 @ 1:07am

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world's first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but the risk of large-scale spread is low, the government said Tuesday. by Associated Press Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 2:53am

Stocks manage modest gains overall; AMC nearly doubles Wall Street wrapped up another wobbly day of trading Wednesday with modest gains for the major stock indexes, as energy and technology companies kept losses elsewhere in the market in check. by Associated Press Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 2:49am

Japan's vaccines maybe too late for Olympics looks to be too late It may be too little, too late. by Associated Press Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 10:53pm

Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests and laity Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office also can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. by Associated Press Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 10:44pm

China says it will allow couples to have 3 children, up from 2 China said Monday that it would allow all married couples to have three children, ending a two-child policy that has failed to raise the country's declining birthrates and avert a demographic crisis. by NYTimes News Service Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 10:43pm

Brazil's Amazon, rivers rise to new record levels Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to data published Tuesday by Manaus' port authorities, straining a society that has grown weary of increasingly frequent flooding. by ` Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 10:19pm

Question for Denmark: Why is it the U.S. could allegedly eavesdrop? COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Several European nations want Denmark to explain why its foreign secret service allegedly helped the United States spy on European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, more than seven years ago. by By Jan M. Olsen / The Associated Press Published May. 31 2021 @ 11:03pm

U.N. watchdog: Access to Iranian data lacking since February 23 VIENNA — The United Nations' atomic watchdog hasn't been able to access data important to monitoring Iran's nuclear program since late February when the Islamic Republic started restricting international inspections of its facilities, the agency said Monday. by By Kyoko Meltzer and David Rising / The Associated Press Published May. 31 2021 @ 11:00pm

More U.S. citizens apprehended for moving drugs over the border PHOENIX — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. by By Suman Naishadham / The Associated Press Published May. 31 2021 @ 10:58pm

Raimund Hoghe, choreographer of strength and frailty, dies at 72 Raimund Hoghe, the German performer and choreographer who worked as a dramaturge for choreographer Pina Bausch before creating dance-theater pieces that deliberately made a subject of his own body's limitations, died May 14 at his home in Duesseldorf. He was 72. by By Roslyn Sulcas / New York Times News Service Published May. 31 2021 @ 10:53pm

Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies at school TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Sunday that flags at all federal buildings be flown at half-staff to honor more than 200 children whose remains have been found buried at what was once Canada's largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. by By Rob Gillies / The Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 11:18pm

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes MEXICO CITY — The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico's "hugs, not bullets" policy with a policy of its own: The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, in front of their families. by By Mark Stevenson / The Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 11:15pm