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Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for a second time since a shaky cease-fire ended last month’s 11-day war.
A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.
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Adding a crew to China’s new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power.
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The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called ‘Juneteenth.’
Authorities are trying to determine whether a detained suspect was responsible for the drive-by shootings in cities west of Phoenix.
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Scientists have determined that the coelacanth, a giant weird fish from the time of dinosaurs, live to be 100 years old. Pregnancies can last five years.
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The United States is devoting more than $3 billion to speed development of treatments for COVID-19 and other diseases caused by dangerous viruses.
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Biden signs legislation making June 19, or Juneteenth, the 12th federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in this country.
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Supreme Court sides with Nestle and Cargill in a suit that claimed they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labor.
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Iranians choose a new president Friday as major issues loom over their country, including its tanking economy, but indifference is widespread.
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It’s easy to say this with the benefit of hindsight, but “In the Heights” was never going to live up to its expectations. Framing a work of art as the Latinx anything is a doomed endeavor from the start.
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Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the U.S. this year.
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New research has found a 22% drop in humidity across the Southwest since the 1970s.
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President Biden said his meeting with Vladimir Putin was “frank,” but the Russian leader deflected criticism.
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Harris tells Guatemalans “do not come” to the U.S. It’s not that simple.
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A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew has docked with China’s new space station, a milestone in the country’s ambitious space program.
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The House approved legislation to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force in Iraq. It next goes to the Senate.
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The DOJ may prefer to focus on immediate issues, but it’s getting pushed toward a truth-and-reconciliation agenda against the last administration.
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A preliminary report on the collapse of a Mexico City elevated subway line, which killed 26 people, blames poor welds in support beams.
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Hong Kong police use a sweeping national security law to arrest five editors and executives of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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The pinching hand symbol has become a point of contention in a charged battle over gender and anti-feminist backlash by men’s rights groups.
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Biden signs legislation making June 19, or Juneteenth, the 12th federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in this country.
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Two new studies say the nation’s housing availability and affordability crisis is expected to worsen significantly following the pandemic.
