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Meet the Fighting Cholitas, Bolivia’s indigenous women wrestlers who are battling for gender equality

Friday, November 29 by ABC News

Sarah Hucal/ABC News(LA PAZ, Bolivia) -- Polonia Ana Choque Silvestre, better known by her stage name of Carmen Rosa, was one of Bolivia's first female wrestlers.At 49, she is a grandmother and unlike many scantily clad American female wrestlers,... Read More.

Police responding to ‘incident’ on London Bridge

Friday, November 29 by ABC News

ABC News(LONDON) -- Police rushed to London Bridge on Friday afternoon to respond to "an incident.""We are in the early stages of dealing with an incident at London Bridge," the Metropolitan Police Service said on Twitter.The London Ambulance Service... Read More.

2 Americans among 7 killed in bus crash in Belize

Friday, November 29 by ABC News

News 5 Belize(BELIZE CITY, Belize) -- Two Americans were among seven people killed after an accident involving a tour bus in Belize, the State Department has confirmed.A third international traveler and four locals also died in the crash, authorities... Read More.

Dutch father who kept kids isolated for 9 years in a farmhouse, accused of sex abuse: Prosecutors

Thursday, November 28 by ABC News

VanderWolf-Images/iStock(LONDON) -- The father detained for holding six of his children against their will in a remote Dutch farmhouse for nine years is now suspected of sexually abusing two of his older children, according to Dutch prosecutors."In addition to... Read More.

Why exuberant Hong Kong protesters are waving American flags

Thursday, November 28 by ABC News

iStock(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters waving American flags filled the streets Thursday to celebrate President Donald Trump's signing of a law that supports their months-long movement.Images from the semi-autonomous city showed thousands of protesters out to praise... Read More.

Iran’s supreme leader blames US for protests over fuel costs as Mike Pompeo voices support for demonstrations

Wednesday, November 27 by ABC News

BalkansCat/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the widespread protests across the country in the past 12 days a "dangerous conspiracy" against the Islamic Republic plotted by the United States.Last week, thousands of Iranians took to the... Read More.

Apple catches heat for showing Crimea as part of Russia on local apps

Wednesday, November 27 by ABC News

200mm/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Apple is drawing international condemnation for changing some of its devices to now recognize Crimea as a territory of Russia in local apps, five years after the illegal annexation of the land from Ukraine.Crimea and the... Read More.

Bodies of victims found in refrigerated truck in UK arrive in Vietnam

Wednesday, November 27 by ABC News

MichaelPenhallow/iStock(LONDON) -- The bodies of some of the 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead in a tractor-trailer near London last month have been returned to their homeland."Today, the first victims have been repatriated by plane from London and are now... Read More.

Could this be the end of Black Friday in France?

Wednesday, November 27 by ABC News

iStock(PARIS) -- France's Former Minister of Ecology Delphine Batho wants to end Black Friday in France in the name of the fight against "overconsumption."Originating in the United States, Black Friday promotions have managed to conquer French storefronts and, in... Read More.

American held in Russian jail for 2 years over a cleaning product faces fateful court hearing

Tuesday, November 26 by ABC News

Gaylen Grandstaff(MOSCOW) -- A Moscow court on Wednesday will rule whether to uphold the release of an American man who was freed from a Russian jail in March after spending almost two years in detention while on trial over... Read More.

Doctor describes fighting to save her people in underground hospital ‘targeted’ by Assad regime

Tuesday, November 26 by ABC News

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In the western tip of Syria, airstrikes were a constant.President Bashar al Assad has waged war against his own people since 2011, aided by Russia's military. The scale of terror and loss of life has... Read More.

Search continues for jewel thieves after ‘targeted and prepared’ strike on German museum

Tuesday, November 26 by ABC News

huettenhoelscher/iStock(DRESDEN, Germany) — Dresden, Germany, is still reeling more than a day after a spectacular heist in which robbers made off with precious diamonds and jewels from one of the world's oldest museums.Police said it's unlikely the thieves who... Read More.

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Meet the Fighting Cholitas, Bolivia’s indigenous women wrestlers who are battling for gender equality

Police responding to ‘incident’ on London Bridge

2 Americans among 7 killed in bus crash in Belize

Dutch father who kept kids isolated for 9 years in a farmhouse, accused of sex abuse: Prosecutors

Why exuberant Hong Kong protesters are waving American flags

Iran’s supreme leader blames US for protests over fuel costs as Mike Pompeo voices support for demonstrations

Apple catches heat for showing Crimea as part of Russia on local apps

Bodies of victims found in refrigerated truck in UK arrive in Vietnam

Could this be the end of Black Friday in France?

American held in Russian jail for 2 years over a cleaning product faces fateful court hearing

Doctor describes fighting to save her people in underground hospital ‘targeted’ by Assad regime

Search continues for jewel thieves after ‘targeted and prepared’ strike on German museum

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