South Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the needy, his group says

South Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the needy, his group says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean held in Russia on an espionage allegation is a missionary dispatched there to support the needy and spread the gospel, a South Korean Christian aid group said Wednesday, calling the spying suspicion “preposterous.”Russia’s state news agency Tass said Monday that the South Korean was detained “at the

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Vlada Kosova naložila da se manastiru Dečani prenese imovina prema odluci Ustavnog suda

Vlada Kosova naložila da se manastiru Dečani prenese imovina prema odluci Ustavnog suda

Kosovo | 13.03.2024 | access_time 12:20 Foto: Beta/ARMENIJA ZAJMI BESEVIC Vlada Kosova je na današnjoj sednici naložila da se manastiru Dečani vrati imovina u skladu sa odlukom Ustavnog suda Kosova.Kako je objavio  koha.net na sednici Vlade doneta je odluka da nadležne institucije Kosova obezbede ostvarivanje odluke Ustavnog suda Kosova iz maja 2016 godine koji je

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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert.Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries climbing deep into the mountains of northern Argentina in search of a simple substance: Fresh drinking water.Here, in one of the most

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U.N. atomic agency chief visits Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, inspects operations | AP News

U.N. atomic agency chief visits Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, inspects operations | AP News

The head of the U.N. atomic agency visited Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power on Wednesday and examined its ongoing discharge of the treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima on Wednesday that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at

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Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest

Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon.From a record harvest of 296 million kilograms (326,000 tons) last year

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US envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to take tough decisions to restart talks on normalizing ties

US envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to take tough decisions to restart talks on normalizing ties

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official on Wednesday reassured top officials in Kosovo that the burdens of normalizing relations with longtime rival Serbia would be borne by both sides.Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met with officials in Kosovo in the latest American effort to restart talks on normalizing ties between Kosovo

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