SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's President Michel Temer announced late on Sunday new measures to reduce operating costs for truckers in a bid to end a weeklong protest that has severely hampered the flow of food, fuel and key exports in Latin America's largest economy.
Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the deaths of four Russian soldiers in clashes with extremists in eastern Syria in a statement on Sunday.
KINSHASA, DR Congo - More awareness is being urged among the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo amid the rising number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola in the northwestern part of the country.
DUBLIN - Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered in the court of an 18th century government building complex in the downtown area of the Irish capital Dublin on Saturday evening.
ROME - The political standoff in Italy continued on Saturday over President Sergio Mattarella's refusal to approve the euroskeptic coalition's choice for economy minister.
NEW YORK - Morgan Freeman says he likes to compliment people to make them feel at ease around him but that he has never sexually assaulted women.
SALALAH, Oman - Oman on Sunday advised all private sector establishments in Dhofar region to shut down for three days after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern part of the Gulf Arab country, causing extensive damage that halted operations at Salalah port.
CANBERRA - Record numbers of Australian parents with outstanding child support debts are being stopped from traveling overseas, with more than one parent a day being prevented from boarding planes or ships until they pay.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday discussed a post-World War II peace treaty and agreed to keep on searching for solutions to related issues, according to the Kremlin.
CARACAS - Venezuelan Minister of Communications Jorge Rodriguez announced on Saturday that the nation's judiciary had freed US citizen Joshua Holt and his wife, who had been arrested and charged with espionage and illegally carrying weapons.
SEOUL - The wife of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho is expected to be questioned by police on Monday over allegations that she used verbal and physical violence against the company's workers.
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