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Rio mayor tears into organizers over snags at Olympic village
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, lashed out at the city’s Olympics organizing committee, accusing it of “serious problems”…
Indonesian executions a “complete mess”: lawyer
Indonesia executed four drug convicts Friday but 10 others due to face the firing squad were given an apparent reprieve…
Hillary Clinton vows to be president for ‘all Americans’
Hillary Clinton on Thursday accepted the Democratic Party’s White House nomination, casting herself as a tireless champion of the people…
Getting pumped and pampered in hard-times Gaza
Sparkling Mediterranean beaches, expensive restaurants and state-of-the-art health clubs do not readily spring to mind when it comes to the…
Pope Francis falls in Poland, escapes injury
Pope Francis fell on Thursday after stumbling down a step on an altar during a visit to Poland but quickly…
‘I have nothing to do with Russia,’ Trump tells voters
US presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he had “nothing to do with Russia” after Democrats accused Moscow of…
Obama to Democrats: ‘We’re going to carry Hillary to victory’
President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Democrats to carry onetime rival Hillary Clinton to victory in November as America’s first…
Massive IS bomb attack kills 44 in Syrian Kurdish city
A massive bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday…
Islamic State claimed double blasts kill at least 31 in Syria
Two bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday,…