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The FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s lavish estate in Florida has roiled the political scene in the United States, with Americans eager for further details about the investigation and the potential consequences for the former president. The Federal Bureau of Investigation still has not revealed why it sent agents on Monday to search Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s

President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a change in vaccine administration protocol which could increase by 500 percent the number of people in the United States who receive the monkeypox vaccine. «A game changer,» was how the White House monkeypox response coordinator, Robert Fenton, characterized the

Chile’s native peoples are divided into nearly a dozen ethnic groups and make up 13 percent of the population, but they have never been accounted for in any constitution over the nation’s more than 200-year history. That could change soon, however, if a first-ever charter granting them official recognition and autonomy is approved via plebiscite

Some of the Wayuu indigenous inhabitants of San Vicente de Mapuey, a community of northwestern Venezuela, make a living from salt mining, while others depend on the sale of yucca and handicrafts. But all of the inhabitants of that community, as well as others to the west of the oil city of Maracaibo, feel they

Relatives of some of the 49,000 people detained over the last four months under the state of emergency the Salvadoran government enacted with the stated aim of battling gangs held a protest here Tuesday to demand the release of the loved ones. Hundreds of men, women and children gathered in central San Salvador to call

The crews battling the fire at an oil storage facility in this Cuban port city reported some progress Tuesday while cautioning that the situation remains «complex and difficult.» «It’s still an enormous fire, but we observe a different situation than yesterday,» Cuba’s deputy fire chief, Alexander Avalos, told a press conference in Matanzas, a city

The abuse and mistreatment of indigenous communities in South America remains one of the most significant social problems facing the continent, where little progress has been made on the issue over the last two centuries. While indigenous customs and traditions change from country to country, minority communities across Latin America continue to be victims of

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka to condemn the crackdown on anti-government protesters and calling for their release on Tuesday, as the GotaGoGama protest site marked four-months since the movement began. Police have been arresting anti-government protesters for violating court orders and causing damages to public property, especially the

The two leading candidates for Kenya’s presidency cast their ballots on Tuesday as the country’s outgoing president called for fair elections. Deputy president William Ruto cast his ballot accompanied by his wife Rachel shortly after polling stations opened at 6am local time. «I feel very good that after so many months of campaigning and selling

Three Palestinians have been killed and 40 others wounded as Israeli forces conducted a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Tuesday. Among those killed was Ibrahim Nabulsi, a senior commander of al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades group, the military wing of the Fatah political movement, which controls the West Bank-ruling

The biennial international Chess Olympiad, which drew 1,700 players from more than 190 countries, concluded on Tuesday after two weeks of thrilling battles in the chess capital of India. Home to 27 of the world’s 75 grand masters including former world champion Viswanathan Anand, India hosted its first Olympiad this year. The competition kicked off

Taiwan’s army began live-fire maneuvers Tuesday to test its defensive capacity against a possible Chinese invasion, the same day Beijing extended military exercises for a sixth consecutive day around the island that began last week. The annual heavy artillery tests Taiwan announced are being conducted at the Fenggang training camp, state news agency CNA reported.

The heaviest rainfall in 80 years has left at least seven people dead and six missing in Seoul and surrounding regions, as well as flooding homes, buildings and subway stations and submerging vehicles, local authorities said Tuesday. Parts of southern Seoul, the port city of Incheon and Gyeonggi province, which surrounds the capital, received more

On his first full day as president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro met here Monday with Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric and with senior representatives from throughout the hemisphere, reflecting the commitment to Latin American unity he outlined in his inaugural address. Besides Boric, a fellow leftist who became Chile’s youngest head of state in March, Petro

The United Kingdom is braced for a second heatwave of the summer this week, with temperatures expected to reach up to 35C (95F), the Met office reported Monday. Although temperatures will not be as high as those recorded in July, which saw historic temperatures of up to 40.3C, this heatwave will persist for a “prolonged

Gathered in Lviv’s defensive tower and nearby buildings, hundreds of volunteers in the western Ukrainian city spend hours every week weaving camouflage nets to help soldiers on the frontline avoid detection by Russian drones, and hide from the enemy’s artillery fire. The massive powder tower, built in the mid-16th century, once played a key role