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4 U.S. service members are killed in a plane crash during a NATO exercise in Norway
Four U.S. service members were killed in the crash of a U.S. Marine Corps V-22B Osprey aircraft during a NATO exercise unrelated to the Ukraine war, officials said.
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After 10 years fighting in the bush – it’s time to go home
Foreign combatants with armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can find it hard to return home once they decide to stop fighting. The UN Mission in the country (MONUSCO) is helping them to demobilize, and adjust to a new life.
CARACAS, Mar 18 (IP
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Biden tells China’s Xi of the implications of assisting Russia in call, official says
A White House official declined to lay out the specifics of any potential U.S. response, but said that Biden was “detailed” and “direct” with the Chinese leader.
(Image credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Informal Workers Face Up to the Crisis in Latin America
CARACAS, Mar 18 (IPS) – Doris Martínez was a cook in a Venezuelan restaurant that closed its doors; she emigrated to Colombia, got sick from working long hours standing in front of a stove, and returned to her country where, together with her husband and children, she runs a busy fast food kiosk on a road in Valles del Tuy, near the Venezuelan capital.
Read the full story, “Informal Workers Face Up to the Crisis in Latin America”, on globalissues.org →
UNITED NATIONS, Mar
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