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GUATEMALA CITY — The president of a Guatemalan investigative newspaper went on trial Tuesday on cash laundering costs in a case media observers have criticized as politically motivated. José Rubén Zamora, 66, arriving on the court docket in handcuffs, advised reporters he was a “political prisoner” and ant...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media is beneath assault in each nook of the world and urged all nations to cease the concentrating on of fact and people who report it. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres known as the 50% enhance within the kil...

A high-profile Palestinian prisoner has died in Israeli custody after a virtually three-month starvation strike, Israel's jail service has introduced.Palestinian inmates have for years been staging protracted starvation strikes to protest towards their detention and to hunt concessions from Israel. Khader Adnan, a pacesetter within the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group - is the primary to die in a long time. The 45-year-old started his starvation strike shortly after being arrested on 5 February.His loss of life raises the potential for renewed violence between Israel and Palestinian militant teams as violence surges within the West Bank.Shortly after his loss of life was introduced there have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police within the West Bank. P...

LONDON — London police stated a managed explosion was carried out as a precaution outdoors Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a person was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. The Metropolitan Police power stated officers arrested the person after he approached the palace gates and th...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has threatened to not present the Women's World Cup in 5 European international locations - together with Britain - in a money row regardless of inner warnings in regards to the time zone earlier than Australia and New Zealand have been chosen as hosts.Sky News has uncovered FIFA's administration twice warned in a bid inspection report that "a relative fall in audiences could be experienced in Europe" with a match in Australia and New Zealand. Mr Infantino is now saying the Women's World Cup may not be aired within the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain as a result of broadcasters aren't providing sufficient money for the rights.The bid analysis doc was ready in 2020 for FIFA's ruling council to evaluate the bids forward of the vote on the ho...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United States has returned some 80 historic artifacts, together with cash and limestone sculptures, to Cyprus, the Mediterranean island nation’s Department of Antiquities stated Tuesday. The antiquities have been recovered after U.S. authorities seized them or particular person house ...

The head of FIFA has threatened to not present this 12 months's Women's World Cup in 5 European nations, together with the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, in a row over cash.Gianni Infantino stated the present provides from broadcasters for the rights have been "disappointing" and described them as a "slap in the face" of all nice gamers and "all women worldwide". The president stated it was the "moral and legal obligation" of soccer's world governing physique "not to undersell" the match, which shall be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and runs from 20 July to twenty August.Mr Infantino stated if the provides "continue not to be fair [towards women and women's football], we will be forced not to broadcast the FIFA Women's World Cup into the 'Big 5' European coun...

Australia introduced Tuesday that nicotine vapes will likely be banned for leisure use and will likely be obtainable solely as an anti-smoking help with a prescription. The deliberate change is supposed to reverse the expansion of leisure vape use amongst younger Australians. To additional assist obtain th...

Oklahoma authorities trying to find two lacking youngsters have found the our bodies of seven folks at a property.Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice stated the our bodies had been believed to incorporate these of 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, together with Jesse McFadden, a registered intercourse offender authorities had stated the youngsters had been seen travelling with. He stated the state medical expert should verify the identities of the victims, however "we believe that we have found the persons"."Our hearts go out to the families and friends, schoolmates and everyone else."He stated the opposite our bodies seemingly included members of McFadden's household. He declined to supply additional particulars, together with how the seven died. ...

An American died whereas climbing up Mount Everest in Nepal, in accordance with officers. The U.S. Embassy in Nepal confirmed Tuesday that Dr. Jonathan Sugarman died on the mountain. The embassy didn't disclose what precipitated the 69-year-old American’s demise. ...