Brazil's impeachment proceedings -- just what is going on? and other top stories.

• Brazil's impeachment proceedings -- just what is going on?

  

  The mess that is Brazil's current political situation took another twist Monday when the new chief of parliament's lower house said he wanted to strike down impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.The motion to impeach Rousseff was first initiated in December, and in April the lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly to begin proceedings. Parliament's upper house -- the Senate -- is supposed to vote on it Wednesday.But, in a move that angered and bewildered many, the lower..

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• The Improbable Happiness of Israelis

  

  The World Happiness Report 2016 Update ranks Israel (Jews and Arabs) 11th of 158 countries evaluated for the United Nations. Israel also shines as No. 5 of the 36 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries on the OECD’s Life Satisfaction Index—ahead of the U.S., the U.K. and France. How can this be so? Israelis live in a hostile and volatile neighborhood, engaged in an endless conflict with the Palestinians and under the threat of nuclear annihilation by Iran. If you crunch..

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• Drug kingpin 'El Chapo' can be extradited to US, Mexican judge rules

  

  A Mexican judge says the extradition of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can move ahead, but the country's foreign ministry must still approve it and the defense can appeal. The federal Judiciary Council said Monday the judge had agreed that the legal requirements laid out in the extradition treaty between the two countries had been met. The judge was not named. The ministry has 20 days to decide whether to approve Guzman's extradition to the United States. Any extradition attempt can be del..

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• Pakistan Says US-Afghan Raid Rescues Son of Pakistani Ex-PM

  

  ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's foreign ministry says a joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces has rescued the son of a former Pakistani prime minister from a three-year Taliban captivity in Afghanistan.The Foreign Office says the Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar told Pakistan's foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, in a telephone call that Ali Hiader Gilani was found on Tuesday and is safe.Gilani, believed to be in his 30s, is the son of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza..

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