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The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.

The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.

By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.

The man said he did not know Gisèle Pelicot had been drugged. Her ex-husband, who admitted drugging and raping her and inviting strangers to join him, testified that the man knew.

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say.

Five young people spearheading efforts around the world to bolster and restore democratic principles share what they have learned — and what needs to change.

At a forum in Athens, leaders discussed challenges to democracy that they said stemmed from both internal and external forces.

As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.

A global swing by governments seeking to assert control has meant repercussions for women, including attempts to delegitimize them and limit their rights, experts said.

The Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa told attendees at the Athens Democracy Forum that holding fast to “truth” was critical in restoring democracy.