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President Rodrigo Duterte’s televised remarks Monday night were among his clearest acknowledgement of the prospects that he could face a deluge of criminal charges for the bloody campaign he launched after taking office in mid-2016. Nearly 6,000 killings of drug suspects have been reported by polic…

The mass demonstration in Karachi was the second in three days launched by Pakistan Democratic Movement or PDM, formed last month by nine major opposition parties to begin a nationwide agitation against the government. Under Khan, Pakistan has experienced mounting censorship of the media and a crac…

Thai protesters are learning a whole new language, developed within days to coordinate among crowds of thousands of people at demonstrations that have swollen in defiance of a government ban and despite the arrest of many protest leaders. “Everyone has been helping each other out,” said 19-year-old…

The justices, divided 4-4, left in place a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in favor of state Democrats that had extended the deadline for state election officials to receive mail-in ballots postmarked by the evening of Election Day until three days later. The brief court order noted that four of …

Some 27.9 million Americans have already cast ballots either by mail or in person ahead of the Nov. 3 election, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida. The record-shattering figure is being driven in part by concerns about crowds at polling sites on Election Day during…

Flosse, 89, and the current president, Edouard Fritch, who is also Covid-19 positive, appealed last year’s joint conviction for abusing public funds. Fritch, 68, has been fined $50,000 while Flosse had been given a suspended two-year jail sentence and banned from holding public office. The tw…

Citizens of the FSM can expect that the ship will sail to Yap within 390 calendar days. The ship has a designed cruising range of no less than 2,500 nautical miles, and the endurance of the vessel is to be no less than 15 days. Included within the contract is an agreement that, starting from the se…

The Reuters tally is based on official reporting by individual countries. Experts believe the true numbers of both cases and deaths are likely much higher, given deficiencies in testing and potential under-reporting by some countries. The Reuters data shows the pace of the pandemic continues to pic…

Pelosi, the top elected U.S. Democrat, said she wanted a bill passed before the Nov. 3 presidential election between Republican Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, but acknowledged an agreement would have to come within 48 hours for that to happen. “I’m optimistic because, again, we’ve been back and fort…