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"I want a boat prepared" to take tons of trash back to Canada, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday. In this 2015 photo, Filipino activists wear shipping container costumes to call on Canada to remove the garbage from a port in Manila.

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Philippines' Duterte Talks Trash (Literally) To Canada, Threatening War Over Garbage

12:04pm April 24, 2019

by Bill Chappell

More than 100 shipping containers had been declared to hold recyclable plastic scraps. But when they arrived in Manila, officials found household trash, including adult diapers.

A woman is overcome with emotion as she attends the funeral of a person killed in the Easter Sunday attack on St. Sebastian's Church, on Wednesday in Negombo, Sri Lanka.

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Bombers Who Carried Out Attacks In Sri Lanka Were 'Well-Educated,' Official Says

10:42am April 24, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

The picture emerging of the perpetrators of Sunday's attacks that killed more than 350 people is one of relative privilege. The country's defense minister says one bomber had studied in the U.K.

José Alberto "Chepe" Idiáquez, a Catholic priest and rector at a private Jesuit university in Nicaragua, has become an outspoken critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

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'Pray For Me': Nicaraguan Priest Threatened With Death Reaches Out To Niece In U.S.

10:00am April 24, 2019

by Danny Hajek

The private Jesuit university in Managua, Nicaragua, where priest Chepe Idiáquez works is one of a series of Catholic institutions that have been attacked, as the country's yearlong unrest continues.

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Young women walk past a mural showing the Iranian flag in Tehran on April 23. The White House announced Monday it was ending waivers exempting several countries from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

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Opinion: Here's Why The Trump Administration's Iran Sanctions Strategy Won't Work

8:31am April 24, 2019

The Trump administration can cause Iran severe pain, but it cannot trigger the collapse of the regime, argue Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center and Richard Sokolsky of the Carnegie Endowment.

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Sri Lanka Buries Its Dead After Easter Sunday Attacks Kill Hundreds

7:33am April 24, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to political columnist Jehan Perera, who explains the social divisions in his country, and to reporter Michael Sullivan about the latest in the investigation into the attacks.

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Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin To Meet Face-To-Face In Vladivostok

7:27am April 24, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in person at a bilateral summit in Russia on Thursday, as U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks remain at a stalemate.

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Mexico Experiences Unprecedented Number Of Arriving Migrants

7:13am April 24, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico's interior minister says 300,000 migrants have tried to reach the U.S. through Mexico in the first three months of this year. Advocates accuse the government of mistreating migrants.

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News Brief: Sri Lanka Attacks, Russian Interference, Kim-Putin Summit

7:13am April 24, 2019

Sri Lanka holds funerals for victims. Jared Kushner says the probes into Russian interference have been more damaging than the interference itself. North Korean and Russian leaders to meet Thursday.

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Sociology professor Chan Kin-man (left), law professor Benny Tai (center), and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming (right) chant slogans before entering the West Kowloon Magistrates Court in Hong Kong on Wednesday to receive their sentences after being convicte

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'Umbrella' Protesters Sentenced For 2014 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Demonstration

4:37am April 24, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

A judge sentenced the leaders of the protests to up to 16 months in prison. Rights groups said the sentencing would have a chilling effect on future demonstrations in Hong Kong.

World's First Malaria Vaccine Launches In Sub-Saharan Africa

11:05pm April 23, 2019

by Michaeleen Doucleff

It took more than 30 years to develop. The hope is it will eventually save tens of thousands of lives each year. But there are a few issues.

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