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[ad_1] Mexico’s president said Wednesday that two of four news photographers who were shot Tuesday are in serious condition, as prosecutors confirmed that a fifth journalist was shot and wounded the same day. The four photojournalists were shot near a military barracks in the southern Guerrero state after they returned …

[ad_1] China has started training children for military service, drilling “good fighting spirit” into them starting as early as the age of 7 to create an “iron army,” according to a report. Hundreds of young athletes will “deeply study” the military’s “sense of standards” and “combat spirit,” the Sports Bureau …

[ad_1] Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital. Opposition leftist Social Democratic Party members tried to enter a hotel in Pristina, where Kosovo Specialist Chambers court President Ekaterina Trendafilova was holding a meeting with …

[ad_1] Nigeria’s leader on Wednesday presented a 27.5 trillion naira ($34.8 billion) spending plan for 2024 to federal lawmakers, with a focus on stabilizing Africa’s largest but ailing economy and tackling the nation’s deadly security crisis. The primary objective of the proposed budget is to sustain the “robust foundation for …

[ad_1] The British foster child who ran over his 60-year-old foster mother, Marcia Grant, earlier this year, has been sentenced to two years in custody. The boy, whose name has been withheld because of his age, previously pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. A murder charge was dropped …

[ad_1] Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruling Emir of Kuwait, was hospitalized Wednesday “due to an emergency health problem.” The episode renews concerns regarding the 86-year-old Kuwaiti leader’s age and health. Sheikh Nawaf previously traveled to the U.S. for unspecified medical examination in 2021. The ruling emir of …

[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — A special court cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest on Wednesday, ruling that he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores, the first such trial of a French government minister while still in office. Eric Dupond-Moretti had denied wrongdoing …

[ad_1] The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney has shot down an Iranian-made Houthi drone launched from Yemen, a military official confirms to Fox News.  There was no damage to the Carney or any injuries to the U.S. personnel onboard. The warship had been sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at …

[ad_1] Panama (AP) — In a historic ruling, Panama’s Supreme Court this week declared that legislation granting a Canadian copper mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional, a decision celebrated by thousands of Panamanians activists who had argued the project would damage a forested coastal area and threaten water supplies. The …

[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals. Sultan al-Jaber, who also leads the massive state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., …