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After almost two years, Haiti's transitional presidential council handed power to US-backed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime on Saturday. The nine-member council stepped down as it failed to curb rampant gang violence during its two-year-long rule, leaving the Caribbean country in a political limbo and Fils-Aime as the country's only politician with executive power. "Our

Voters are heading to polling stations across Thailand on Sunday to elect a new parliament. The vote is a three-way race between the reformist People's Party, the conservative Bhumjaithai Party of incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Pheu Thai, the party backed by the still-influential Shinawatra family. Analysts predict a close race that is unlikely to yield an

Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis is leaving the US newspaper effective immediately, he announced on Saturday. "During my tenure, difficult decisions ⁠have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post ⁠so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day," Lewis wrote

A peaceful demonstration in Milan on Saturday, near the Olympic Village in northern Italy, has ended in clashes with police. Earlier on Saturday, upwards of 10,000 people marched towards the Olympic Village, but later on, once the larger peaceful group of protesters had left, a smaller group had violent confrontations with police. Flares and stones

Syria's new government and Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced a major investment package dealing with energy, telecommunications, aviation and real estate. The multi-billion-dollar investment agreements signed in Damascus include a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria. "Our presence in Damascus reflects a shared vision to build a common

The Epstein-Barr virus is a herpes virus and is considered a contributory cause of various cancer and autoimmune diseases. It is transmitted via droplets such as in saliva. That's why one of the diseases caused by the virus, Pfeiffer's disease, or Pfeiffer's glandular fever, is also known as the kissing disease. It has been known for

Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt described diplomatic talks with the US on Saturday as "positive," though she said the fate of the autonomous territory under Denmark remains uncertain as US President Donald Trump continues to reiterate his desire to have it for the US, citing national security interests. "We ​are ​not where we want to be yet,"

"I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I will fight for liberation, 'cause I know why I was made." A choir of 20 people of all ages is standing in a half-circle, with one in the middle conducting.   What sounds like a contemplative choir rehearsal has a serious cause. They hold signs that read "No sleep for ICE" and "Hilton stop housing ICE." The group

In the village of Ternje in southern Kosovo, Bekim Gashi is forced to live with a feeling of emptiness. He has no graves to mourn at. In fact, he only has pictures of his mother Hyra and his four sisters, who disappeared after a massacre in his village committed by the Serbian army on March 25, 1999.

France's former minister of culture, Jack Lang, on Saturday announced his resignation from a prestigious cultural center in Paris. Lang headed up the Arab World Institute (IMA) and became the focus of a French investigation, following the recent release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender and US financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Lang stepping