HAVANA – Cuba will print bills of 200, 500 and 1,000 pesos that will start to circulate in February, a…
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UN diplomats: Iraq envoy Nikolay Mladenov to replace Robert Serry as UN’s top Mideast envoy
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. diplomats say the Security Council has given a green light to the appointment of Nikolay Mladenov…
Read MoreLawmaker: South Korean spy chief says teenager has joined Islamic State group in Syria
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Read MoreChina’s slowdown deepens, stepping up pressure on Beijing as manufacturing, retail cool
BEIJING – China’s economic growth slumped to a six-year low as manufacturing and retail sales cooled in the first quarter,…
Read More30 people arrested in 2nd night of soccer violence in Poland triggered by fan death
WARSAW, Poland – Thirty people were arrested and five police vans damaged during a second night of violence in Knurow,…
Read MoreCroatian president tells Bosnians they can count on her country’s help to get into the EU
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic says her country will help neighboring Bosnia walk the “long and difficult path”…
Read MorePope says nothing can justify death penalty and there’s no way to ‘humanely’ execute convicts
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says nothing can justify the use of the death penalty and there is no “right”…
Read MoreLithuania tells citizens to stay calm in handbook amid growing worries over Russian neighbor
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuania’s defense ministry is advising its citizens how to react in case of war, reflecting jitters over…
Read MoreIsrael suspends 3 diplomats for tweeting posts critical of the government
JERUSALEM – Israel’s foreign minister has suspended three diplomats who tweeted posts critical of him and the prime minister ahead…
Read MoreSuspended sentence for 81-year-old Chinese dissident writer who criticized propaganda chief
BEIJING – A famed 81-year-old Chinese dissident writer was given a suspended 2 ½-year prison sentence Wednesday on charges of…
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