Kolkata Testifies to the Grace of Mother Teresa, Its New Saint and other top stories.

• Kolkata Testifies to the Grace of Mother Teresa, Its New Saint

  Photo Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India, watched a live broadcast of the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa on Sunday. Credit Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters KOLKATA, India — When Mother Teresa’s canonization took place on Sunday, a battered-looking audience gathered in front of a screen some 4,500 miles east of St. Peter’s Square: men with caved-in chests, weeping sores wrapped in gauze, extremities missing entirely, legs so thin you could encircle..

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• French Prosecutor Requests Criminal Trial for Sarkozy

  

  PARIS — A French prosecutor has requested former President Nicolas Sarkozy be sent to trial over suspected illegal overspending on his failed 2012 re-election campaign.The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday it has asked investigating judges to send Sarkozy and 13 others to court in the criminal case. It's now up to the judges to decide whether Sarkozy must stand trial.Sarkozy announced his bid for next year's presidential election last month and faces a primary in November against a dozen..

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• You should read Japan's Brexit note to Britain — it's brutal

  

  Theresa May at the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfonri/Pool/File Photo You should read Japan's message to Britain on Brexit. Especially if you supported Leave. It's a brutal, lengthy, detailed dissection of all the potential economic damage leaving the EU will do to the UK. The message is addressed to everyone in Britain, not just some government official in Theresa May's Department for Exiting the European Union. Its ti..

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• Rescuers: 2 Dead in Tel Aviv Building Collapse

  

  TEL AVIV, Israel — A multilevel underground parking garage collapsed at a Tel Aviv construction site on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring some 17 others, according to police and rescue workers.The midday collapse sent a large plume of dust floating over the area. TV images showed a large, crater-like hole in the ground, and twisted support beams as rescue teams, accompanied by search dogs, dug through the rubble for survivors. The cause of the collapse was under investigation...

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• ASEAN Summit May Bow to Chinese Pressure on South China Sea

  

  VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asian leaders are likely to avoid any official mention at a summit this week of an arbitration ruling that shot down China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, according to a draft of their final declaration, in a victory for Beijing's diplomatic clout.But the draft also expresses strongly stated concern about Beijing's construction of man-made islands in the South China Sea, which Southeast Asian countries fear could destabilize the region.The d..

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• Merkel refugee policy blamed for CDU German regional defeat

  

  Media captionIs Germany's AfD racist? German Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies have urged her to change course on refugees after her governing CDU party was beaten in a regional election by an anti-immigrant party. The right-wing AfD party, only formed three years ago, came second in the chancellor's home state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, polling 21%.One senior CDU figure blamed the mass influx of refugees without documents.Some 1.1 million refugees and migrants entered Germany in 2015. ..

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• Middle East|Multiple Bomb Blasts in Syrian Cities Kill at Least 43

  

  DAMASCUS, Syria — A string of bombings, including a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State group, struck in and around several Syrian cities on Monday, killing at least 43 people, mainly in government-controlled areas.The SANA news agency reported blasts around the coastal city of Tartus, the central city of Homs, the suburbs of the capital Damascus, and the northeastern city of Hasakeh. The attacks were timed closely together, but authorities have not determined whether they were linke..

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• Diplomatic Jostling Characterizes an Inconclusive G20 Summit

  

  There was a renewed pledge to cut greenhouse gases by the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest polluters. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiled for the cameras in a make-up session for previous chilly meetings. But for all of Beijing’s assiduous preparation for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hangzhou that convened world leaders in the lakeside Chinese city, diplomatic wrangles and unrealized ambitions dominated the proceedings. The Chinese government g..

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• North Korea fires three ballistic missiles; China opposes THAAD

  

  The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju county, in North Hwanghae province, towards the Sea of Japan, South Korea's military said in a statement. Officials said the launch was believed to be of mid-range Rodong missiles, and flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) "without giving any prior navigational warning." That missile entered Japan's air defense identification zone, the first time that has happened. Monday's launch also fired missiles into the Japanese defense zone, again witho..

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