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Maldives new president makes an official request to India to withdraw military personnel
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu officially requested India to withdraw its military personnel from the archipelago on Saturday, a day after being sworn in. The president's office said in a statement that Muizzu made the request when he met Kiren Rijiju,...
A series of powerful earthquakes shakes eastern Indonesia. No immediate reports of casualties
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A series of powerful and shallow earthquakes shook a sparsely populated island chain in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit an area 341...
Effort to replace Ohio's political-mapmaking system with a citizen-led panel can gather signatures
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to reform Ohio's troubled political map-making system got the go-ahead Thursday to begin signature-gathering. The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way when it agreed unanimously that the constitutional amendment proposed by Citizens Not...
Amendment aimed at reforming Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system edges toward 2024 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed amendment that would remake Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system, which repeatedly failed last year to produce maps that could pass constitutional muster, edged closer to the 2024 ballot on Monday. Republican state Attorney General Dave...
Brazil's Lula pitches his nation — and himself — as fresh leader for Global South
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — “Brazil is back.” That has been Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's refrain for the better part of the last year, with the president deploying the snappy slogan to cast Brazil — and himself — as a leader of the Global South no longer content to abide the world's outdated...
