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Moroccan authorities plan new laws to combat art forgeries in growing market

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is planning on passing new laws and strengthening penalties to combat art forgeries in order to protect a multimillion dollar art market that officials believe will continue to grow.The North African nation’s chief prosecutor on Monday kicked off a series of meetings with the country’s…

4 bus and taxi drivers shot to death in violent southern Mexico city

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four bus and taxi drivers were killed Monday following apparently coordinated attacks by gunmen in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Pacific coast state of Guerrero.Drug gangs battling for control in the state have long been known to kill people for not paying…

El Salvador’s president, ‘world’s coolest dictator,’ wins landslide re-election, Blinken congratulates Bukele

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, self-described as the “world’s coolest dictator,” secured what global observers deemed a landslide re-election victory on Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on Monday congratulating Bukele on the win. “The United States commends the work of electoral observers and looks forward to working…

Resort balcony in Thailand collapses as group poses for photos, video shows

A group of women at a resort in Thailand were captured on video Sunday posing for photos on a second-floor balcony when part of the structure collapsed, and they tumbled to the ground.Twelve tourists, all of whom were women who volunteered at a local public health office, were snapping photos…

China sentences Australian democracy blogger to suspended death penalty

Yang Hengjun, a China-born Australian democracy blogger, received a suspended death sentence from a Chinese court on Monday.The Australian government, which has consistently advocated for Yang, expressed shock at the verdict.Yang was convicted of espionage and given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve, a common practice in China that…