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• Trust in single power line played role in Argentine outage June 20, 2019
  Overconfidence in the capacity of a single transmission line may have played a role in a massive power outage that left Argentina and parts of Uruguay and Paraguay in the dark three days ago, experts said Wednesday.
  ALMUDENA CALATRAVA
• China's Xi heads for NKorea for state visit, talks with Kim June 20, 2019
  Chinese state media say President Xi Jinping has departed for his state visit to North Korea, which he has said will strengthen the countries' strategic ties.
• Ex-France president Sarkozy to face trial on charges of corruption, influence-peddling June 20, 2019
  Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, will stand trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling after the country’s highest court rejected his final appeal Tuesday.
  Frank Miles
• Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity June 19, 2019
  Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot in the back by a gunman who mistook him for the real target, another man who was seated at the same table at an outdoor cafe, Dominican officials said Wednesday.
  DANICA COTO
• Dominican tourism expert warns of 'catastrophe' if authorities stonewall in death probes June 19, 2019
  The picturesque, sandy beaches of the Dominican Republic have become the backdrop for a rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at luxury, all-inclusive hotels.
  Lucia Suarez Sang
• UN envoy: Goal now must be Afghan-Taliban peace negotiations June 19, 2019
  The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan says all peace efforts including a new initiative by Germany and Qatar for talks among Afghans must be directed at starting formal negotiations between the government and the Taliban.
• Hong Kong protesters plan to hit the streets again over extradition bill June 19, 2019
  Protesters say they plan to hit the streets in the coming days.
  Greg Palkot
• Mexico's senate approves trade deal with US, Canada June 19, 2019
  Mexico's Senate has voted to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the first of the three countries to gain legislative approval.
• Brazil's Moro says 'nothing to hide' about leaked messages June 19, 2019
  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said Wednesday there is nothing improper about alleged conversations he had with prosecutors when he was a crusading anti-corruption judge.
• Mexico gets tough with illegal immigrants, deports within 24 hours June 19, 2019
  Unprecedented and inconvenient, the influx of thousands of National Guard into southern Mexico is nevertheless being welcomed by many residents near the Guatemala border.
  William La Jeunesse
• UN human rights chief makes first visit to Venezuela June 19, 2019
  The United Nations' top human rights official is visiting Venezuela amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro.
  SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN
• Mexico's migrant shelters overwhelmed in crackdown June 19, 2019
  Thin mattresses cover every inch of floor each night at the Good Shepherd shelter near the Mexico-Guatemala border, even spilling into the kitchen and the chapel, as an over-capacity crowd of migrants tries to find space to sleep.
  MARÍA VERZA
• Dominican Republic's health ministry calls mysterious deaths 'fake news' as official lashes out in interview June 19, 2019
  Dominican Republic public health officials called reports of the rash of deaths of U.S. tourists at luxury resorts “fake news” aimed at undermining their tourism industry.
  Elizabeth Llorente
• ICC prosecutor: Sudan authorities should hand over ex-leader June 19, 2019
  The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged Sudan's transitional authorities on Wednesday to hand over or prosecute ousted President Omar al-Bashir and four others for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
  EDITH M. LEDERER
• 75 rescued migrants allowed to dock in Tunisian port June 19, 2019
  The International Organization for Migration said an Egyptian ship carrying 75 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea docked in Tunisia's southern port of Zarziz.
• Ex-Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was murdered, Turkey's Erdogan claims June 19, 2019
  Egypt's first democratically elected president and top Muslim Brotherhood official Mohammed Morsi didn't die of natural causes but instead was killed, Turkey's leader claimed Wednesday.
  Travis Fedschun
• Tourist douses fire in Austrian church with holy water June 19, 2019
  Vienna's famous Dominican Church was saved from possible disaster after a tourist spotted two confessional boxes on fire and doused the flames with holy water.
• Whales from Chinese sea park starting retirement in Iceland June 19, 2019
  Conservationists and logistics experts in Iceland have celebrated the arrival of two beluga whales that previously lived at a sea park in China.
• Residents of Norwegian island where sun doesn't set for 69 days in a row want to go 'time-free' June 19, 2019
  Residents of a Norwegian island where the sun doesn't set for 69 days of the year want to go "time-free" and have more flexible school and working hours to make the most of their long summer days.
• Media in Russia's south protest journalist's arrest June 19, 2019
  Journalists in southern Russia are protesting the arrest of a newspaper editor on charges of terrorism widely seen as trumped up.