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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said. They fell into the crevasse, thought to…

BERLIN — Germany's government presented scaled-back plans Wednesday to liberalize the country's rules on cannabis, including by decriminalizing possession of limited amounts and allowing members of nonprofit “cannabis clubs" to buy marijuana for recreational purposes. In a second step, German…

MOSCOW — The upper house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday swiftly approved a bill that would allow authorities to issue electronic summonses to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine. The Federation Council's vote was the last step needed…

BARCELONA, Spain — A plan to increase irrigation in an area adjoining one of Europe’s most prized wetlands is set to advance Wednesday with the approval of lawmakers in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. The proposal to rezone the…

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Three suspected Uzbek militants escaped from an immigration detention center in Indonesia’s capital after fatally stabbing an officer and seriously injuring four others, police said Wednesday. Two were later recaptured and the third drowned in a canal…