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Spain's former PM Zapatero faces questioning by judge in corruption probe

Spain’s former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is appearing before a judge to answer questions related to his alleged role in a government airline bailout and his possession of valuable jewelry discovered by a police raid

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Lives and incomes lost as Ebola takes toll on Bunia’s public-facing workers

A headteacher, a motorcycle taxi driver and a travel agent are among those who are counting the human and economic cost of the virusJustin Keno watches more than 400 pupils stream through the Nelson Mandela school’s gate each morning, and wonders which of them might be carrying Ebola.The institution’s principal has done everything he can to prevent the spread of the virus: installing hand-washing basins at the entrance, providing alcohol-based hand rub for parents, making pupils bring packed lunches instead of eating in the canteen, and banning food sellers from outside the gates. Continue reading...

A far-right backlash is surging in Latin America as crime fears fuel Bukele-style crackdowns

At the start of this decade, Latin America leaned left as progressive politicians gained power amid public outrage over inequities worsened by the pandemic

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A chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989

An exhibition in Romania’s capital highlights the harsh reality of interrogations by the country's communist-era secret police

UK military investigates after Russian warship fires warning shots near yacht in the Channel

A Russian warship has fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel