Brazil's Lula gets to work vowing clean break with Bolsonaro
BRASíLIA - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held his first cabinet meeting Friday, vowing to work with Congress and run a government of traditional technocrats to "rebuild" Brazil after the "authoritarianism" of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
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29 killed in arrest of Mexico drug kingpin son: government
MEXICO CITY - Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects died in a massive operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican government said Friday, with a dramatic shootout damaging three planes and sowing terror at a local airport.
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China forecasts 2.1bn holiday-season trips
BEIJING: The Chinese government says it expects about 2.1 billion domestic journeys to be made in the country over a 40-day travel season that includes the weeklong Lunar New Year holidays beginning Jan 21, amid fears the large-scale human migration could further spread Covid-19.
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Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin's ceasefire order
Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36 hours.
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29 killed during Mexican drug kingpin's arrest
CULIACAN, Mexico: Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects were killed in the operation to arrest Ovidio Guzman, son of the jailed drug trafficker Joaquin &El Chapo& Guzman, the Mexican government said on Friday.
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Myanmar junta discusses elections with ethnic groups
Myanmar&s military junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said on Friday, as the military prepares for polls the United States has said will be a &sham.&
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