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Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to the West as it steps up military support for Ukraine.
Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters.
Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse when they are unable to freely consent.
Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting
The Israeli military said two soldiers were wounded, one severely, Saturday evening in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in months-long violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Brazil's Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential palace said on Saturday.
Israeli defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul
Israel's defense minister became the first ally in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to break ranks on Saturday as he called for an immediate halt to the far-right government's contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary.
Ruling halts oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish area via Turkey
Iraqi officials announced Saturday that Baghdad has won an international arbitration case that will halt oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region by way of Turkey.
Court bars Robinho from leaving Brazil
Former soccer star Robinho was ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine whether he should serve his nine-year sentence for rape in Brazil.
Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton
Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in ''moral damages'' for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.
Venezuela: 21 officials, businessmen arrested in oil scheme
Venezuela's attorney general said Saturday that 21 people, including senior officials in the government of President Nicolás Maduro and business leaders, have been arrested in connection with a corruption scheme involving international oil sales.
Yemen rebels restrict humanitarian flights arriving in Sanaa
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they were imposing severe restrictions starting Saturday on U.N. and other humanitarian flights arriving in the capital, Sanaa.
Mexico sanctioned for not protecting endangered porpoise
Mexico acknowledged Saturday it faces sanctions from the international wildlife body known as CITES for not doing enough to protect the vaquita marina, a small porpoise that is the world's most endangered marine mammal.
Mexican kid's comic Xavier López, 'Chabelo,' dies at 88
Xavier López, a Mexican children's comic better known by his stage name ''Chabelo,'' has died at 88, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote Saturday.
Finnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
Finland's leaders strongly condemned an assault on a Jewish lawmaker who was assaulted and punched in the face Saturday while campaigning for the country's April 2 general election.
French police, activists injured at anti-reservoir protest
French police and environmental activists fought violent pitched battles Saturday around a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir in rural western France.
Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after US strikes
Iran-backed fighters were on alert in eastern Syria on Saturday, a day afte r U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. The airstrikes came after a suspected Iran-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans on Thursday.
Hungary: Criticism makes it hard to cooperate with West
The West's steady criticism of Hungary on democratic and cultural issues makes the small European country's right-wing government reluctant to offer support on practical matters, specifically NATO's buildup against Russia, Hungary's foreign minister said.
Berlin vote could turbocharge German capital's climate plans
Voters in Berlin go to the polls this weekend to decide on a proposal that would force the city government to drastically ramp up the German capital's climate goals. Critics warn it could come with a steep price tag.
Russia 'largely stalled' in Bakhmut, shifting focus, UK says
The top commander of Ukraine's military said Saturday that his forces were pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut, and British military intelligence says Russia appears to be moving to a defensive strategy in eastern Ukraine.
Snowfall, heavy rain in Afghanistan kill at least 3
Snowfall and heavy rain killed at least three people in Afghanistan, including a child, a government spokesman said Saturday.