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At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain's Canary Islands
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain's Canary Islands, and survivors said five other people died and were put overboard, maritime rescuers and the Red Cross said Tuesday. ...
GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap
MIAMI (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday urged the Justice Department to release its investigative file on a key fixer for Venezuela's socialist government pardoned by President Joe Biden ahead of trial on money laundering charges. Alex Saab, 52, was released from...
Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent's key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises. ...
Blinken's latest diplomatic trip will take him to Africa as crises continue to vex US foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to visit four African countries as the Biden administration tries to keep its eyes on all corners of the world while being consumed by crises in Ukraine, the Mideast and the Red Sea. The State Department announced on...
