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ANKARA, Turkey (HPD) — Turkish voters went back to the polls on Sunday to decide whether the country’s 20-year ruler extends his increasingly authoritarian rule for a third decade or …
WASHINGTON (HPD) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” Saturday to raise the country’s legal debt limit as they rushed to finalize a …
QUITO (HPD) — A cargo truck ran out of brakes Saturday on a slope and rammed smaller vehicles traveling on the Pan-American Highway north of the Ecuadorian capital, killing at …
AUSTIN, Texas (HPD) — After years of legal and ethics scandals surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives voted Saturday to in favor of subjecting …
CAIRO (HPD) — Egyptian antiquities authorities unveiled workshops and tombs on Saturday that they say were recently discovered in a pharaonic necropolis outside the capital Cairo. The spaces were discovered …
AUSTIN, Texas (HPD) — The Republican-led Texas House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on charges including bribery and breach of public trust, a sudden, historic …
MEXICO CITY (HPD) — Nicaraguan police announced Saturday that they are conducting an investigation of the local Catholic Church for alleged illegal acts “as part of a money laundering network” …
WASHINGTON (HPD) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday that Republican negotiators were “closer to a deal” to resolve the looming U.S. debt crisis, but had not yet reached it. …
VATICAN CITY (HPD) — Pope Francis resumed his normal schedule of activities Saturday after experiencing a fever that caused him to cancel his meetings the day before. The pontiff had …
HONG KONG (HPD) — One of Hong Kong’s few remaining pro-democracy parties voted Saturday to fold, joining a growing list of organizations that have dissolved as authorities crack down on …
KIEV, Ukraine (HPD) — Without presenting evidence, Ukrainian military intelligence says Russia is planning a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear plant it occupies in the country’s southeast to thwart an …
NEW YORK (HPD) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement address at West Point Military Academy, praised the cadets Saturday for their noble sacrifice in …