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Strikers in Spain seek more public funding for schools

  MADRID / AP Thousands of high school and university students have marched in cities across Spain to urge the government to invest more in education and to repeal a controversial education bill. The protests on Thursday were called by the State Platform in Defense of Public Education, which includes associations of parents and students, as well as teachers’ unions. In ...

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Hawaii files lawsuit over Trump’s revised travel ban

  HONOLULU / AP Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the US government on Wednesday in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, ...

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Top UN court dismisses Bosnian appeal against Serbia

  SARAJEVO / AFP The United Nations’ top court has dismissed a request by Bosnia to reconsider its 2007 ruling that cleared Serbia of blame for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The International Court of Justice informed Bosnia’s tripartite presidency on Thursday that it could not allow the appeal of its ruling because the request to do so was ...

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