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Liberia's New President George Weah speaks, during his Inauguration ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday. Jan, 22, 2018. Former international soccer star Weah was sworn into office Monday as Liberia's new president, taking over from Africa's first female leader of this post-war, impoverished West African nation.

George Weah to be sworn in with Liberian hopes sky-high

Liberia's president-elect and former football star George Weah attended a church service with the country's outgoing president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the centennial memorial pavilion in Monrovia on Sunday Former international footballer George Weah will be sworn in as Liberia's new president on Monday, a landmark moment that marks the troubled country's first peaceful

A wounded man lies on the ground and a second one sits in his car waiting for assistance as police arrive to the scene of a shooting near Caleta beach in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, May 13, 2016.

Mexico posts highest homicide rate in decades

Mexico posted its highest homicide rate in decades, with the government reporting Sunday there were 29,168 murders in 2017, a 27 percent increase over 2016. The number is the highest since

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US Govt to Remain Closed on Monday as Senate Still Short of Deal

Washington: A US government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday

File - A variety of corals form an outcrop on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Great Barrier Reef to get $60m rescue package from government

Malcolm Turnbull announces $36.6m will be spent on ‘supporting farmers stopping runoff’ to improve water quality

Protesters shout slogans at outside of social media evacuation drill simulating a North Korea ballistic missile attack in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.

Tokyo holds evacuation drill to prepare for N. Korean threat

TOKYO (AP) — More than 300 people have participated in an evacuation drill in Tokyo under the scenario of an incoming North

Villagers watch bomb site at market in Yala province, southern Thailand. Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.

Bombing at market in southern Thailand kills 3, injures 18

BANKGOK (AP) " Police say three people have been killed and 18 injured by a bomb that exploded in a market in southern Thailand.Police Lt. Eakapong Rattanachai said an attacker parked a motorcycle rigged with explosives near the market and bought goods there to blend in with the crowd Monday morning.Eakapong said the motorcycle bomb exploded when the attacker left the market

In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, computer information specialist and immigrant from India, Santosh Pala, right, carries his three-month-old son Hemang during a prayer procession at the Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas.

‘Pak, Afghan minorities immigrated before Dec 14 to be given Indian citizenship’

New Delhi [India]: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced that Indian citizenship will be provided to the people belonging

Poverty in India. A couple in the street, Delhi, India, February 2012, they are poor, but their love look much more strong.

Inequality gap widens as 42 people hold same wealth as 3.7bn poorest: Report

The development charity Oxfam has called for action to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor as it launched a new report showing that 42 people hold as much wealth as the 3.7 billion who make up the poorest half of the world’s population Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest one percent, while the poorest

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge), Shri Dharmendra Pradhan addressing the gathering on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, in Manali, Chennai, india

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Surgical strike can be repeated, says Union Minister

Indore Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said India can conduct another

South Korean protesters burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally against a visit of North Korean Hyon Song Wol, head of a North Korean art troupe, in front of Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.

S. Koreans burn Kim's photo as N. Korean band leader passes

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of conservative activists attempted to burn a large photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the head of the North's extremely popular girl band passed by them at a Seoul railway station ...

Rohingya people waits for food aid at Palangkhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017

Among Rohingya, refugee squalor can seem better than home

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Both Bangladesh and Myanmar insist the repatriations of Rohingya Muslims will go smoothly, with thousands of refugees who fled their homes in terror just a few months ago crossing the border back into Myanmar and returning safely to their villages. Eventually, more than 650,000 Rohingya are supposed to leave Bangladesh in a process that guarantees them

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at the Las Palmas Air Force base in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.

Dismissive words on abuse scandal cast pall over pope's trip

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis ventured into the Amazon to demand rights for indigenous groups, decried the scourge of corruption afflicting the region's politics and denounced a culture of "machismo" in which violence against women is too often tolerated. Yet his latest visit to South America is likely to be remembered most for 27 dismissive words that sparked

Turkish Army officers block the outskirts of the village of Sugedigi, Turkey, on the border with Syria, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018.

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Turkish attack in northern Syria threatens to ignite broader conflict

(CNN)Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria against Kurdish militia opens yet another front in the seven-year Syrian conflict, and risks giving ISIS breathing room just as it was being suffocated. Turkey has long warned that it will not tolerate control of much of its border with Syria by the "terrorist" Kurdish YPG -- even as the US has bolstered its support for the

Georgia Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, US.

Trust in US institutions down dramatically, survey finds

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A year on from the inauguration of President Donald Trump, trust in U.S. institutions is down sharply despite a rebounding economy and record highs in the stock market, according to a survey by public relations firm Edelman. In an annual assessment of trust levels around the world, the firm said Monday that trust in the U.S. has fallen precipitously in

A white cloud of ash continues to spew from the mouth of Mount Mayon volcano in Albay province, about 340 kilometers (210 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines, on Saturday, May 14, 2005.

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North Korean pop star finds fame in South Korea during Games tour

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)The lead singer of Kim Jong Un's favorite girl band toured Seoul Monday to scout venues for North Korea's art troupe when they perform at next month's Winter Olympics. Heavy security followed Hyon Song Wol and six other North Koreans as they traversed the South Korean capital, followed at every step by huge media scrums. In a country where K-pop reigns

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, March 27, 2017.

EU ministers, Abbas to study ways to back two-state solution

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top diplomat says EU foreign ministers will study ways to support a two-state solution in Israel and the Palestinian territories in talks

Stephen Wontorek, 12, of Fiddletown, Calif., holds a a sign calling for the creation of the state of Jefferson, during a rally at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif.

Will It Take Another War To End the Ongoing #Calexit And New California Secessionist Movements?

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling While December 7, 1941, will forever be etched into the minds of Americans as the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, hardly anyone remembers how California threatened to secede just three days earlier from the United States. And despite most people recalling California’s famous 19th century Gold Rush, few recall the break away

Rupert Murdoch says Facebook should pay for news

Three USA Gymnastics Officials Resign As Victims Continue To Detail Nassar Abuses

South Africa ruling party deciding if Zuma should step down