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Interpol joins the search by land and sea for 2 Spanish children

MADRID – Interpol published on Thursday on its website the photographs of two Spanish children that were allegedly taken by their father from the Canary Islands off West Africa.

The international criminal police issued so-called “yellow notices” for girls aged 1 and 6. That step is taken to help locate missing people, often minors, or to help identify people who………

Taliban Capture Key Prey in Afghanistan as Fighting Continues | Taliban News

Dahla Dam provides irrigation to farmers through a network of canals, as well as drinking water for Kandahar province.

The Taliban have captured Afghanistan’s second-largest dam after months of fierce fighting in their former stronghold of Kandahar, the group and officials said, as US forces have begun withdrawing their troops from the country after 20 years.

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Hong Kong touts ‘fake news’ label as media grapple with ‘worst of times’

HONG KONG – The brilliant police pamphlet, delivered to Hong Kong newsrooms, declared: “Get the Facts: Rumors and Lies Can Never Be Right.” With it was a letter addressed to the editors, denouncing the “perverse and slanderous attacks” against the police.

The 12-page magazine, distributed on Wednesday to news outlets such as The New York Times, he described police efforts to reject disinformation. In one case, the department countered rumors that officers had attended a banquet with gang members, saying that the police had held their own private dinner. 

France sends patrol boats as tensions rise with the UK over fish

LONDON (AP) – France dispatched two patrol boats Thursday as French fishermen angered by the loss of access to the waters off their coast gathered for a maritime protest off the island of Jersey, in the English Channel, the point of inflammation of the first great dispute between France and Great Britain over fishing. rights after Brexit.

Naval surveillance vessels Athos and Themis were sent to monitor the waters between France and Jersey, French maritime authorities for the English Channel and North Sea said. The deployment came after Britain on Wednesday……

Super Thursday: Britain heads to the polls in a series of elections

LONDON – Britain’s polling stations opened on Thursday for what is seen as the largest set of elections outside of general elections, local and regional contests that could have a big impact on the future of the UK.

In what has been called Super Thursday, tens of millions of voters are electing governments for Scotland and Wales, mayors of large cities, including London, as well as local authorities across the country.