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Four teachers, two students stabbed in Brazilian school
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SAO PAULO) -- A 13-year-old student stabbed four teachers and two other students at a school in São Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, officials said. Elisabete Tenreiro, 71,...
Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News Mar 28, 2023

Thirty-nine dead, 27 injured after fire breaks out at migrant detention center in Juarez, Mexico
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing 39 people, officials said. The blaze began as the result of a prote...
Kevin Shalvey and Anne Laurent, ABC News Mar 28, 2023

Here's why Israelis are protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan
Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Tens of thousands of people are marching in the streets in Israel on Monday, the latest day in a series of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netan...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Mar 27, 2023

Prince Harry makes surprise appearance in UK court for tabloid lawsuit
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, made an unexpected appearance in a United Kingdom courtroom on Monday. Harry, who now lives in California with his wife Meghan ...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Mar 27, 2023

Israel delays controversial judicial reform bill until next session amid protests
200mm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israel's controversial judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delayed until the parliament's next legislative session, according to...
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Mar 27, 2023

Russian jets of newer generation increase 'dominance' in combat zone, Ukrainian official says
Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Newer generation fighter jets are giving Russia "increasing dominance" in the skies over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, according to a senior Ukra...
Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News Mar 27, 2023

Putin says he'll move nukes to Belarus, prompting Ukrainian alarm; US says no sign of imminent risk
Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- U.S. officials and lawmakers reacted with a mix of caution and concern this weekend in the wake of comments from Russian ...
Adam Carlson, ABC News Mar 26, 2023

'I wish I could tell you I am shocked, but I'm not. I am tired': Uganda's Parliament passes tough anti-LGBTQ bill
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(LONDON) -- In the days after Ugandan Parliament passed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills, members of the country's LGBTQ community who spoke to ABC N...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Mar 26, 2023

Vice President Harris arrives for historic Africa trip, focused on investment and empowerment
Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images(ACCRA, Ghana) -- Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday, kicking off a weeklong trip on the continent that will also take her to Tanzania and ...
Justin Gomez, ABC News Mar 26, 2023

American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'
Toussaint and Imbert Family(TAMARAC, Fla.) -- An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Tous...
Meredith Deliso and Desiree Adib, ABC News Mar 24, 2023
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