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A round of a-paws for 'La Perra,' winner of the Palm Dog award at Cannes

New Delhi, May 23 -- A round of a-paws for "La Perra," winner of this year's Palm Dog award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Chilean movie took the top canine prize Friday, a day before the festival's... Read More


Senegal's president fires prime minister after months of tensions

New Delhi, May 23 -- Senegal 's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after months of simmering tension. The decision was announced by the secretary general of the go... Read More


Sudan's war has left thousands missing. Many are buried in unmarked graves

New Delhi, May 23 -- It was a classic husband's phone call. He was done for the day and would stop at the market before coming home. But he was returning from war, not work. Fahmy al-Fateh never made... Read More


Rare public appearances, low profile mark Raul Castro's life since stepping down as Cuba's president

New Delhi, May 23 -- Former President Raul Castro was last seen surrounded by tens of thousands of people attending a state-organized rally for International Workers' Day along Havana's famed seawall.... Read More


Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers

New Delhi, May 23 -- Boon-dee-BOO-joh. Before it became the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a rare type of Ebola virus, Bundibugyo is a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some loc... Read More


Indonesia tightens control over key commodities in major trade takeover, influencing global exports

New Delhi, May 23 -- Indonesia is overhauling its trade policies for key commodities in a sudden move that some experts liken to a hostile takeover of major industries in the resource-rich nation, wit... Read More


Colombian army deploys hundreds of soldiers in country's southwest after land dispute leaves 7 dead

New Delhi, May 23 -- Colombian security forces Friday flooded into the southwestern municipality of Silvia following a violent territorial dispute between two Indigenous groups the day before that lef... Read More


Taiwan's government says US hasn't notified it of any pause in a planned $14B arms sale

New Delhi, May 23 -- Taiwan hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island, a government official said Friday, after the acting U.S. Navy secret... Read More


UK offers cheaper chocolate and tickets to the zoo in bid to ease cost of living squeeze

New Delhi, May 23 -- The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel R... Read More


US sanctions Lebanese lawmakers, security officials over Hezbollah influence

New Delhi, May 23 -- A group of Hezbollah-affiliated parliamentarians, state security officials, and allies of the militant group were hit with U.S. sanctions Thursday, for allegedly seeking to preser... Read More