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US staff, German ambassador evacuated as gang violence torments Haiti
With Haiti's capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from the United States and the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince Sunday.
Top Haitian gang leader warns of civil war, genocide
A powerful Haitian gang leader warned Tuesday that the chaos engulfing the capital Port-au-Prince will lead to civil war and "genocide" unless Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down.
How planting trees is bringing clean water to a tropical nation
Reynoso and her neighbours, who live in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, would go without running water for 22 days
Türkiye issues new ambassador appointments, including to S. Arabia
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed ambassadors to five countries, including regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
Keeping tabs on the Aegean’s and the world’s cetaceans
The sight of a humpback whale in the Mediterranean is rare. Just 45 have been spotted, photographed and recorded over the past decades.
Serbia beat Dominican Republic to reach basketball world cup quarter-finals
MANILA - Serbia are through to the quarter-finals of the FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating the Dominican Republic 112-79 (29-15, 27-20, 31-18, 25-26) in the second phase of the competition's group stage on Sunday.
Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 20 points, Vanja Marinkovic and Nikola Milutinov each scored 16 points and Filip Petrusev added 14 points.
Serbia lose to Italy at basketball world cup
MANILA - Serbia lost to Italy 78-76 (23-19, 17-23, 19-20, 19-14) in the first game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 second phase in Manila on Friday.
Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 18 points, three rebounds and four assists and Nikola Milutinov added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
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Basketball World Cup 2023: How to watch, who’s playing, who’s favored and more
The Basketball World Cup - FIBA's biggest tournament - starts Friday, spread out across three countries for the first two rounds before all the biggest games get played in Manila to decide which nation will go home with gold medals and the Naismith Trophy on Sept 10.
Pešić announced the list, officially, Serbia without Jokić!
Serbia will play in Manila in Group B with South Sudan, China and Puerto Rico.
The top two teams will form a new group in the second round with two teams from Group A, which includes Angola, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Italy.
Cuba’s traditional casabe bread seeks recognition
When Julio César Núñez was a child, he helped his grandmother make casabe from scratch, using artisanal tools - and an ancient cooking method - to turn grated yuca root into a thin, white, crispy flatbread.
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