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‘Right to know’: Advocates renew calls for justice for Syria’s disappeared

Syria is marking its first International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad, as the country grapples with lingering questions over the…

LIVE: Real Madrid vs Mallorca – La Liga

All our updates, including our full-text commentary stream, as Real Madrid beat Mallorca 2-1 in La Liga. This page is now closed, but a summary of the match is available…

China protests Taiwan foreign minister’s visit to the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines as head of a high-level delegation of investors, two senior Philippine officials said Saturday, prompting a protest from China…

Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League – teams, start, lineups

Who: Liverpool vs Arsenal What: English Premier League Where: Anfield in Liverpool, United Kingdom When: Sunday, August 31, at 4:30pm (15:30 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up…

‘Stop killing women’: Australian mother vows to be voice for slain daughter

Melbourne, Australia – Lee Little recalls the phone call with her daughter in December 2017; it was just minutes before Alicia was killed. “I spoke to her 15 minutes before…

Trump nixes $679m in funding for offshore wind farms amid fossil fuel push

The cancellation is Trump’s latest move against renewable energy, which the US president has dismissed a ‘scam’. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has moved to cancel $679m…

Volkswagen faces historic $30 million compensation for Amazon labor abuses in Brazil

Brazil’s labor court has ordered Volkswagen to pay about $30 million for collective moral damages ByGABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s labor court on Friday ordered…

US appeals court rules Trump’s foreign tariff campaign is largely illegal

A United States appeals court has declared President Donald Trump’s blanket tariff policy illegal, but it stopped short of pausing the wide-ranging import taxes altogether. On Friday, the Court of…

Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme Court sent western states and the federal…

Irish missionary among the eight released after Haiti orphanage kidnapping

Ransoms have surged as Haiti struggles with widespread gang violence, particularly around its capital Port-au-Prince. Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, have been released following a…