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Attack in northern Mali kills 50, wounds dozens more

  GAO / AP A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked a camp in northern Mali on Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens of soldiers and former fighters now trying to stabilize the region. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion quickly fell on the extremist groups operating in the area which oppose the 2015 ...

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Trump’s populism won’t work, says former Treasury chief

  DAVOS / AP Lawrence Summers, the former US Treasury Secretary, has warned that Donald Trump’s threats to firms using Mexico as a manufacturing base will be counterproductive and could lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs. Summers told a panel at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that the president-elect’s “rhetoric and announced policies” over Mexico ...

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Israeli Arab, policeman killed in clashes over demolitions

  JERUSALEM / AP An Israeli Arab rammed his vehicle into a group of police officers on Wednesday, killing one of them before he was shot dead during clashes in southern Israel over a court-ordered operation to demolish illegally built homes, police said, while local residents accused the police of using excessive force against demonstrators. The conflicting accounts, and ensuing confrontations ...

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