Brazil's new president set to get tough on, well ... everything

Jair Bolsonaro will be inaugurated Tuesday as the fifth elected president since Brazil returned to democracy after the 1964-85 military dictatorship that Bolsonaro himself once praised.

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Brazil's new president set to get tough on, well ... everything

Jair Bolsonaro will be inaugurated Tuesday as the fifth elected president since Brazil returned to democracy after the 1964-85 military dictatorship that Bolsonaro himself once praised.

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Mozambican ex-finance minister held in South Africa on U.S. charges: police

Mozambique's former finance minister, Manuel Chang, has been arrested in South Africa at the request of the United States, a police spokesman said on Monday.

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Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran's clout grows

Iran could use its growing clout in Iraq to turn it into a springboard for attacks against Israel, the chief of Israeli military intelligence said on Monday.

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Man held at Amsterdam airport after bomb threat, departure hall reopens

A departure hall at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was briefly cleared on Monday after a man claimed to have a bomb, national police said in a statement.

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Britain deploys extra patrol boats as migrant crossings rise

Britain is recalling two patrol boats from overseas deployments to help deal with an increase in the number of migrants trying to reach the country from France, interior minister Sajid Javid said on Monday.

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Mexican president decrees tax cuts for U.S. border region

Mexico's new leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday decreed tax cuts for northern states that he says will help power economic growth and deter migration to the United States.

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Seven dead, dozens trapped under rubble after Russian gas blast: agencies

As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in a gas explosion on Monday, killing at least seven people, news agencies reported.

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Both sides claim lead in Congo's chaotic election

Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition said on Monday it expected one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on early vote tallies, but the ruling coalition said it was confident its candidate had won the chaotic contest.

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Stocks just about everywhere fell in 2018

Global stocks have closed out a dreadful year with a whimper, signaling more potential declines in 2019.

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Malta rescues 249 migrants in 24 hours; NGO boats held offshore

Malta's armed forces saved 180 migrants in two rescue operations in the Mediterranean on Monday, less than 24 hours after picking up another group of 69.

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Security forces fire teargas at protesters in Khartoum: witnesses

Security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of people trying to march to President Omar al-Bashir's Nile-side palace in Khartoum on Monday to protest against soaring prices and demand he step down.

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Stocks just about everywhere fell in 2018

Global stocks have closed out a dreadful year with a whimper, signaling more potential declines in 2019.

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Trump defends decision to withdraw US troops from Syria

President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying he is "just doing what I said I was going to do" during his presidential campaign.

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Congo opposition candidate slams irregularities in presidential vote

An opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained of voting irregularities following Sunday's long-awaited presidential elections.

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Congo opposition candidate slams irregularities in presidential vote

An opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained of voting irregularities following Sunday's long-awaited presidential elections.

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Kuwait expects more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus: KUNA

Kuwait said on Monday it expected more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in "coming days" but added that the move would need a green light from the Arab League, which suspended Syria's membership seven years ago.

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Italy's 5-Star shows ruthless streak, expels four parliamentarians

The ruling 5-Star Movement expelled four parliamentarians from the party on Monday, including a former coast guard official who once famously ordered the captain of a sinking cruise liner to return to his doomed ship.

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Brazilian businesses seek quick action from Bolsonaro on deficit

Brazil's business community will give far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro little in the way of a honeymoon as it presses him to make good on campaign promises to tame the country's bureaucracy and erase a yawning public deficit.

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Trump defends decision to withdraw US troops from Syria

President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying he is "just doing what I said I was going to do" during his presidential campaign.

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Dutch judge extends custody of attack plot suspects

A Dutch judge on Monday extended the detention of four men suspected of plotting a militant attack in the Netherlands, two days after they were arrested in Rotterdam, police said.

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