A Bolivian artist carves faces of the departed onto Day of the Dead bread

During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November, Latin Americans honor their departed loved ones by setting up altars adorned with food, flowers and ...

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Ukraine only beginning to grapple with impact of widespread but unspoken abuse . Russian troops tortured Oleksii Sivak for weeks, applying electric shocks to his genitals in a freezing basement in ...

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Atleti face 15-day stadium ban for derby chaos

Spain's Anti-Violence Commission has proposed a two-week total closure of Atlético Madrid's Metropolitano stadium, and a €65,000 fine as punishment for the incidents which saw last month's derby ...

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Bonds are facing a make-or-break moment over the next 10 days or so

The rise in long-dated Treasury yields has been a major preoccupation for investors since the Federal Reserve delivered its jumbo cut to its policy-rate target in September.

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FirstFT: Ukraine’s troops could face North Korean forces ‘in days’

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"Mornings Memory": Carving pumpkins with Martha Stewart

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‘The people are stampeding’: Desperate Gazans fight for bags of bread

NBC News filmed the distressing scene in Khan Younis as crowds of starving civilians struggled to reach the front and pay inflated prices for a meagre supply of bread to feed their families. Many ...

In stampeding hungry crowd, children wait in vain for bread

As fears of starvation mount across of Gaza while Israel's war with Hamas rumbles on, in the city of Khan Younis, people hoping for bread crowd around a bakery.

Back from the dead: Scientists rebuild the face of 400-year-old Polish 'vampire'

Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead.

Former Bolivian president Morales claims he survived assassination attempt

Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claims he survived an assassination attempt after unidentified men opened fire on his car.

Evo Morales accuses Bolivian government of trying to kill him

Ex-leader implicates former ally Luis Arce after his vehicle hit by gunfire amid rising unrest in country. Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales has accused the government of his one-time ally Luis ...

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Ex-Bolivian president says car shot at in assassination attempt

His party said it held President Luis Arce's government responsible. Arce condemned violence in politics and pledged an investigation.

Bolivian minister accuses Evo Morales of ‘staged’ assassination attempt

Interior minister ridicules ex-president’s claim that government tried to kill him by firing shots at his car. Bolivia’s government has accused former president Evo Morales of staging an attempt on ...

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After 67 days adrift, a Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead

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After 67 days adrift, a Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead

A Russian man has been rescued in the Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for two months in an inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have died

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