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Tip of the Iceberg? Taliban Captures Key Afghanistan Cities, US Maintains Studied Silence & World Looks On
Fighting in Afghanistan's long-running conflict with Taliban has intensified since May, when foreign forces began the final stage of a withdrawal due to be completed later this month.
UN Science Panel To Release Key Report On Climate Change
A U.N.appointed panel of experts is releasing a key report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information on climate change.
Stanford's Rachel Heck Reaches US Women’s Amateur Semifinals
NCAA champion Rachel Heck of Stanford advanced to the U.S. Womens Amateur semifinals Friday, beating Kan Bunnabodee of Thailand 3 and 2 at Westchester Country Club.
Widely Debated Cases Help Spark Federal Phoenix Police Probe
The case of a homeless Black Muslim man who died while being restrained by officers after he tried to carry his tiny service dog into a public bathroom may have helped prompt the U.S. Justice Department this week to launch a widespread civil rights probe...
No End To Greek Inferno As Wildfires Rage Into The Night
Authorities struggled with 154 wildfires across the country on Friday with the biggest fronts still burning in the north of Athens
Russian Court Hands Suspended Sentence To US Investor
A court in Moscow convicted a prominent U.S. investor on charges of embezzlement and handed him a suspended sentence on Friday.
Colorado Mine Owner Seeks US Compensation Over 2015 Spill
The owner of an inactive southwestern Colorado mine that was the source of a disastrous 2015 spill that fouled rivers in three Western states has sued the U.S. government, seeking nearly $3.8 million in compensation for using his land in its cleanup.
Head of Afghanistan Govt Media Department Assassinated Days After Taliban's 'Warning'
Interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said the 'savage terrorists' had committed a cowardly act again.
South Korea Extends Social Distancing Curbs to Reduce Covid-19 Cases
South Korea will extend its social distancing curbs by two weeks as the government contends with outbreaks nationwide and more people fall severely ill, Prime Minister Kim Bookyum said on Friday.
Coast Guard Searching For Plane With 6 On Board In Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard was responding Thursday to an emergency alert from a sightseeing plane with six people on board in the area around southeast Alaska's Misty Fjords National Monument, a spokesperson said.
Dancers Allege Instructor, Wife, Sexually Abused Them
Two professional dancers have filed a lawsuit alleging that the husband of a former principal dancer with the Boston Ballet sexually assaulted young dancers he was instructing, and that his wife aided in the abuse.
What Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Accusers Felt, In Their Own Words
Violated, demeaned, humiliated, a horror movie: Those are some of the words 11 women used to describe how Gov. Andrew Cuomo made them feel when he touched, kissed or hugged them or asked invasive questions.
Jurisdictional Question Revived In Suits Over Coastal Loss
The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts, as local parish governments want, or in federal courts, as the oil companies want, has been revived by a federal ap...
Intel Agencies Scour Reams of Genetic Data from Wuhan Lab in Covid Origins Hunt
The giant catalog of information contains genetic blueprints drawn from virus samples studied at the lab in Wuhan, which some officials believe may have been the source of the Covid-19 outbreak.
'Was a Huge Mistake': Bill Gates Says He Regrets the Time Spent with Sex Trafficking Accused Jeffrey Epstein
Bill Gates said he only met with Jeffrey Epstein in the hopes of raising more money to deal with global health issues.
Flight from Moscow Shattered China's Covid Defence. Now, It's a Race Against Time to Contain the Virus
China has reported 485 locally transmitted cases with symptoms between July 20 and August 3, although it's not immediately clear how many involve the Delta variant.
