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Bolivian President Luis Arce talks to the media during a press conference in La Paz on June 27, 2024. - Bolivia's government said on June 27, 2024, that 17 people, including active and retired military personnel and civilians, have been arrested over a failed coup against President Luis Arce. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Bolivia president denies conspiracy after failed coup

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied conspiring with his former army chief, who was arrested after deploying troops and tanks to the heart of the capital La Paz, where they tried
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporizhzhia Sich" fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region, on June 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Russian oil depot on fire after Ukrainian drone strike

A Ukrainian drone hit a petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said, adding that the strike took place hundreds of miles from the border. Maxim Yegorov,
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US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)

Faltering Biden struggles in fiery debate with Trump

A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults.
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Riot police stand guard outside the government palace following an attempt on the eve by a military movement to seize the palace by force, in La Paz, on June 27, 2024. - Two Bolivian army leaders have been arrested after soldiers and tanks took up position in Plaza Murillo, the historic square where the presidency and Congress are situated, on the eve in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Bolivia arrests 17 as failed coup deepens instability

Bolivian authorities on Thursday paraded handcuffed detainees in front of the media, announcing 17 arrests after a botched coup d’etat that has deepened political turmoil in a country mired in severe economic
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(FILES) Former Peru's President (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori sits between his children Kenji (L) and Keiko upon his release from the Barbadillo prison in the eastern outskirts of Lima, on December 6, 2023. - Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 85, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a hip fracture in a domestic accident, his family announced on June 26, 2024. (Photo by Renato PAJUELO / AFP)

Peru’s ex-president Fujimori breaks hip in fall

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 85, is in intensive care after breaking his hip in a fall at home, his daughter Keiko said Wednesday. He is due to undergo surgery in the
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A supporter of Julian Assange holds a banner with an image of the WikiLeaks founder after he arrived in Canberra on June 26, 2024, following his guilty plea at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Julian Assange ‘marvelling’ at freedom in Australia

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is “rediscovering” life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said Thursday. The 52-year-old landed in Canberra the
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