Judge blocks part of Trump's USAID freeze
A US judge says he'll halt parts of Trump's attempt to dismantle USAID - the world's largest aid agency. Also; Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence, and the quest to map the ...
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Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...
Ecuador’s President Has Had a Year of Chaos. Why Is He Still So Popular?
President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...
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Ecuador Holds Election With Security Crisis on the Ballot
It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...
Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped daily, according to government figures. That's why ...
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Facing Crime Surge, Ecuador Votes in High-Stakes Election
Just 18 months after the last general elections, Ecuadorians are once again heading to the polls for a high-stakes vote in ...
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Rising crime and insecurity on Ecuadorian voters’ minds
Voters in Ecuador will head to the polls for general elections this weekend. The next president will face the enormous task of dismantling well-funded and powerful organized crime groups in the ...
'Let's do a deal,' says Zelenskiy to Trump, offering rare earths
Europe 'Let's do a deal,' says Zelenskiy to Trump, offering rare earths. February 7, 2025. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposit ...
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‘Yes, of course!’: Postulator remembers Sister Clare Crockett for her obedience, pure joy
They were novices together, sharing joys and hardships of religious vocations. Now, American Sister Kristen Gardner took on a ...