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WIKILEAKS said its website was under attack from computer hackers ahead of another planned document dump that US officials say could damage diplomatic relations and put lives at risk. “We are currently under a mass […] […]

RIO DE JANEIRO—Rio police backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles invaded a shantytown complex long held by traffickers on Sunday, quickly taking over the key drug gang stronghold, a top official said. Black-clad officers from […] […]

Question: When I left my husband in 2008, our son, 22, was living on his own, and our daughter, 12, was at home. My husband and I had met a kind man (as a friend), […] […]

RIO DE JANEIRO—Rio saw its calmest night in a week, with only one volley of gunfire heard overnight in a dangerous slum where police and soldiers have trapped hundreds of drug gang members, preparing for […] […]

Soldiers and police fought with gangsters in the alleys of a sprawling shantytown, blocking the escape of drug traffickers in a confrontation that promised residents of Rio de Janiero a dangerous weekend. Brazilian authorities did […] […]

WASHINGTON—It is a hallmark of cross-border diplomacy to keep all the bruises hidden, whenever and wherever possible. Or at the very least wait a generation before the fading scars are shown. That’s why today, nearly […] […]

A MAN accused of torturing his girlfriend and slicing her tongue in half, in a case described by a magistrate as the worst she has seen in her 10 years on the bench, has been […] […]

An unlicensed optician who for years illegally prescribed and then sold eyeglasses to customers across the GTA has been sentenced to one year in jail for civil contempt. Bruce Bergez — founder of the Great […] […]

AUSTIN, Texas—Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay—once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress—was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Jurors deliberated for […] […]