Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels | AP News

Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels | AP News

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s last remaining rebel groups announced Tuesday that they will start peace talks next month, and enter a 10-month cease-fire that is expected to decrease violence against civilians.The agreement between the Colombian government and the rebel group known as FARC-EMC comes as President Gustavo Petro

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A look at Canada’s relationship with India, by the numbers | AP News

A look at Canada’s relationship with India, by the numbers | AP News

Tensions between Canada and India have escalated since the assassination of a Sikh independence advocate in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was investigating “credible allegations” that Indian government agents were connected to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but India has rejected the allegations as “absurd.” India has long demanded that

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Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort | AP News

Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort | AP News

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist said Tuesday they had been revictimized by his superiors, saying Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate him publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a “publicity stunt.”In an open letter published on an Italian

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Polish police briefly detain lawmaker who interrupted prime minister’s speech | AP News

Polish police briefly detain lawmaker who interrupted prime minister’s speech | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police briefly detained an opposition Polish lawmaker on Tuesday, violating her parliamentary immunity, after she interrupted a campaign speech by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.Critics of Morawiecki’s right-wing government denounced the behavior of police, calling it an example of the deterioration of rule of law.The lawmaker, Kinga Gajewska was using a

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Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct | AP News

Colombian leader summons intense oratory for a bleak warning: that humanity is making itself extinct | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivered an ominous prophecy with grandiose language on Tuesday, painting a grim picture of what lies ahead if nations fail to swiftly redesign the way humans live on this planet.“It has been a year in which humanity lost and without hesitation has advanced the times of extinction,”

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Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market | AP News

Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market | AP News

Instacart’s shares surged Tuesday in the grocery delivery company’s stock market debut.The San Francisco-based company’s shares were up about 30% shortly after they started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “CART.” Instacart raised $660 million in its initial public offering, selling 22 million shares at $30 apiece. The pricing of the

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