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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepalese officials say they’re adding more medical staff at Mount Everest’s base camp and will speed up rescue efforts during the current climbing season. The moves come after 16 local guides were killed by an avalanche last year in the deadliest disaster ever on the world’s highest …

SAO PAULO – President Dilma Rousseff has announced a series of anti-graft measures following Sunday’s massive nationwide rallies that protested rampant corruption in Latin America’s largest country and called for her impeachment. In a speech aired nationwide, Rousseff said Wednesday “we have the duty and obligation to fight impunity and …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Southeast Asian nations have finalized a key agreement allowing qualified banks to operate freely in each other’s countries in a push toward greater financial and economic integration. The regional banking integration framework is part of efforts to create an economic community by the end of the …