Tough trek for Central American migrant caravan heading through Mexico to U.S. border

Many had already learned they would not be received in towns with the same hospitality that greeted previous caravans.

      

 

 

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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

China’s ban on accepting the world’s used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil. Plastic now piles up in many countries.

      

 

 

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Woman arrested in killing of Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee

An Irish Republican Army splinter group admitted that one of its “volunteers” killed journalist McKee.

      

 

 

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4 Americans confirmed dead in Sri Lanka bombings; radical domestic group behind attack

Seven members of the radical Muslim group National Thowfeek Jamaath killed at least 290 people on Easter Sunday, Sri Lankan officials said.

      

 

 

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Mexican police crack down on migrant caravan in largest single raid since exodus began

Police targeted isolated groups at the tail end of a caravan of about 3,000 migrants who had hopes of reaching the U.S. border.

      

 

 

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For richer, for poorer: Global warming has made the world's rich richer and the poor poorer, study says

Due in part to rising temperatures from human-caused climate change, the gap between the world's poorest and richest people has increased in the past half-century.

      

 

 

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ASOS billionaire loses three children in Sri Lanka bombing attacks

Three children of Danish retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen were killed in a string of Sri Lankan bombings on Easter at churches and other sites.

      

 

 

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