A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began campaigning. Two authorities in the north-central state of Guanajuato said candidate Bertha Gaytán was shot to death on a street in a town just outside the city of Celaya. Mayorships in Mexico often included smaller surrounding communities. The authorities were not authorized to be quoted by name. Video of the scene posted on social media showed a small procession of people shouting "Morena!" — the name...

North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday‚ an indication that the country was continuing to develop missiles capable of targeting American military bases in the Western Pacific. The missile‚ launched from near Pyongyang‚ the capital of North Korea‚ did not fly over Japan‚ as have some of the IRBMs that North Korea has launched in the past. Instead‚ it fell in waters between the two countries after flying for 372 miles‚ the South Korean military...

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