Nobel Peace Prize winner says Olympics deserves the award
TOKYO — The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday.
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Hungary: Politicians demand inquiry into alleged spying
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Opposition lawmakers in Hungary's parliament have demanded an inquiry into findings by an international investigation that the country's right-wing government used...
UN experts alarmed by migrants’ hunger strike in Brussels
BRUSSELS — Two United Nations representatives urged Belgian authorities Monday to offer temporary residence permits to several hundred migrants who are on a hunger...
Graft trial resumes for South Africa’s jailed ex-president
JOHANNESBURG —
The corruption trial of former South African President...
Israel plans to tax disposable plastic in bid to reduce use
JERUSALEM — Israel's government Monday put forward a plan to double taxes on single-use plastics in a bid to reduce the proliferation of the...
American father, son sent to Japan prison in Ghosn escape
TOKYO — A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape...
With no summit, South Korean president to skip Olympics
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has decided not to visit Japan for the Tokyo Summer Olympics, citing a failure to...
Nicaragua marks 1979 revolution date with opponents jailed
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Nicaraguan government organized rallies and festivities Monday to mark the anniversary of the July 19, 1979, revolution that overthrew dictator...
Japan girds for a surreal Olympics, and questions are plenty
TOKYO — After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at...
Official: Sudan seeking debt relief from Gulf Arab nations
CAIRO — Sudan will seek relief from wealthy Gulf Arab nations, aiming to get as much as 60% of the African country's $30 million...