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Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging 45,000 euros ($50,400) each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday expressed his condolences after the reported death of Maria del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests.

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to "terminate" two advisers after The New York Times revealed they each earned "hundreds of thousands of dollars" advising a pro-Russia political party in Bosnia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that Western nations face critical choices over the coming decade that will decide whether they remain global leaders or face a "future of atrophy, servitude and decline."

The war in Iran has left 81 U.S. aircraft lost or damaged, which would cost $5.1 billion at full replacement prices, according to a Washington Times calculation using federal unit costs for 73 of them.

The dollar is winning, despite its detractors.

Former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood.

The World Health Organization says Russia must explain the death of a woman from a suspected case of pneumonic plague and whether there is an additional case.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz has significantly weakened in recent weeks, as oil flows approach prewar levels and the U.S. naval blockade intercepts Iranian tankers.

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their efforts to resolve mysterious mirror images in chemical molecules.