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July 24th, 2019

Putin and Xi's budding military alliance brings chaos to the Pacific: Putin and Xi's budding military alliance brings chaos to the Pacific

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China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time: China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a ti…
The Queen officially decides who becomes PM. Here's what else happens next: The Queen officially decides who becomes PM. Here's what else happens next

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After his parents' graves are vandalized, Hong Kong lawmaker says opponents walking 'path of not being alive': After his parents' graves are vandalized, Hong Kong lawmaker says opponents walk…

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A pro-Beijing lawmaker who has become a figure of hate among pro-democracy circles in Hong Kong has issued a direct threat to his opponents after vandals attacked his office and the graves of his parents. Read More
Twist in mysterious Canadian killings as missing teens named suspects: Twist in mysterious Canadian killings as missing teens named suspects

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Two Canadian teens who police said were missing last week are now considered to be suspects in the shooting deaths of a young American woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as the death of an unknown man. Read More

How Robert Mueller's day of answering questions on Capitol Hill might unfold

Why triad gangsters may have attacked pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters

China says it won't rule out using force to reunify Taiwan with mainland

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'I win, I win, you lose': Sun Yang confronts British swimmer after another podium snub
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1 forecast shows US topping medal table at Tokyo Olympics

If the Tokyo Olympics were opening today, the United States

Peaty, Hosszu extend dominance at world swim championships

Adam Peaty became the first man to win a third

Ledecky stunned in 400 free at worlds; Sun wins record title

Katie Ledecky is usually there in the end, her endurance

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How Robert Mueller's day of answering questions on Capitol Hill might unfold

Kenya’s finance minister denies fraud charges in dam project

Kenya’s finance minister on Tuesday denied fraud-related charges over multi-million-dollar

Pope urges concrete measures to protect Syrian civilians

Pope Francis has sent Syrian President Bashar Assad a letter

Pakistani hospital hit by female suicide bomber, 9 killed

A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan

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USDA rule could affect 3.1M food stamp recipients

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed tightening automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program, a change that could affect about 3.1 million people. The Agriculture Department said the rule

‘Our hearts are heavy’: Florida deputy killed in car crash while responding to domestic dispute

A Florida sheriff’s department is mourning one of its deputies who was killed in car crash as he was responding to a domestic dispute, authorities said. The Broward sheriff’s deputy

Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest

Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, with some of the marchers defacing a national Chinese emblem in their latest expression of

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seizes British-flagged, Liberian-flagged tankers in Strait of Hormuz

Iran‘s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have seized a British-flagged and a Liberian-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, Britain’s foreign secretary said, in what appeared

Midwest bracing for possible tornadoes as heatwave strikes US

Two tornadoes were reported on Thursday in South Dakota and Wisconsin, a waterspout was seen near New Orleans, and the Upper Midwest, especially Minnesota, could see more severe storms on

Iranian Republican Guard seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, state media says

Iran says it has seized a foreign tanker with 12 crew aboard that it accuses of smuggling oil in the Persian Gulf, according to a statement from the country’s Islamic

‘Game of Thrones’ breaks 25-year Emmy record Video

Now Playing: ‘Game of Thrones’ earns record-breaking 32 Emmy nominations for its final season Now Playing: ‘Game of Thrones’ breaks Emmy record Now Playing: ‘Modern Family’ star announces her engagement

2-year-old girl missing from campsite in northern Michigan

An urgent search is underway in a wooded area in northern Michigan for a 2-year-old girl who went missing at the end of a family camping trip. The family of

Woman, 2 kids dead in fiery freeway crash in Indianapolis

Authorities say a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters died in a fiery, seven-vehicle crash on an Indianapolis freeway. Indiana State Police say the crash happened about midday Sunday on

Barry moves inland with highest rainfall totals yet to come

Residents of Louisiana felt the full brunt of Tropical Storm Barry’s rainfall overnight as they woke to find localized flooding and tens of thousands without power across the state. Interested

Kenya’s finance minister denies fraud charges in dam project

Kenya’s finance minister on Tuesday denied fraud-related charges over multi-million-dollar contracts for the construction of two dams in the country’s west. This is the first time a finance minister in

Pope urges concrete measures to protect Syrian civilians

Pope Francis has sent Syrian President Bashar Assad a letter expressing his “profound concern” for the humanitarian situation in Syria and in particular the plight of civilians in Idlib province.

Pakistani hospital hit by female suicide bomber, 9 killed

A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan on Sunday as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed

The Latest: Iran says it twice warned aggressive US drones

The Latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 7 p.m. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard

Thai court accepts complaints against PM, opposition leaders

Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted complaints against the prime minister and two opposition party leaders Friday in cases that could disqualify them from office. The court said it has accepted a

Judge set to decide whether Jeffery Epstein gets bail

A federal judge in New York is set to decide Thursday whether to grant bail to financier Jeffrey Epstein while he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges . Federal prosecutors

Kenya’s finance minister denies fraud charges in dam project

1 forecast shows US topping medal table at Tokyo Olympics

If the Tokyo Olympics were opening today, the United States would top the overall medal count and the gold-medal count. That’s the forecast released Tuesday by Gracenote Sports, which supplies

US attorney general says encryption creates security risk

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday that increased encryption of data on phones and computers and encrypted messaging apps are putting American security at risk. Barr’s comments at a

B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar going up for auction

Her name was “Lucille,” and in B.B. King’s hands she gave voice to the “King of the Blues.” Julien’s Auctions announced Tuesday that King’s black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is

CBS blackout is the latest frustration for TV viewers caught in the middle of price wars

More than 6.5 million CBS viewers found their screens dark on Saturday, after a dispute with AT&T led to the network’s feed getting blacked out in markets from Los Angeles

USDA rule could affect 3.1M food stamp recipients

B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar going up for auction

Her name was “Lucille,” and in B.B. King’s hands she gave voice to the “King of the Blues.” Julien’s Auctions announced Tuesday that King’s black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is

Scion of wealthy NYC family, Morgenthau was DA for decades

He seemed almost like he was out of central casting — tall and patrician, with a cultivated above-the-fray presence. And in fact, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau inspired

Portman is Thor, Ali is Blade and more from Marvel’s Phase 4

“Avengers: Endgame” may have closed a chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the blockbuster factory is not slowing down and only expanding in scope and diversity. Interested in Marvel?

Trump offers to guarantee A$AP Rocky’s bail in Sweden

U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Sweden’s prime minister Saturday about jailed rapper A$AP Rocky and “offered to personally vouch for his bail.” Trump tweeted that during a

Painting, stolen by Nazi soldier, is back in Florence museum

A Dutch still-life painting, stolen by retreating Nazis and sent by a German soldier as a present to his wife, came back to a Florence museum on Friday, thanks largely

Suspected arson in Japan anime studio leaves up to 13 dead

A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack

Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
on July 23, 2019 at 11:19 pm
Girls in Ethiopia are being given solar lamps to help stop child marriage and keep them in school. […]
Tokyo 2020: Meet the Olympic and Paralympic robots
on July 23, 2019 at 4:55 pm
With a year to go until the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, meet the robots that will be used on site at the events. […]
Nasa Moon lander vision takes shape
on July 23, 2019 at 11:17 am
Nasa has outlined more details of its plans for a landing craft that will take humans to the Moon's surface in the 2020s. […]
Chris Kraft: Key Apollo 11 director dies days after anniversary
on July 23, 2019 at 10:39 am
Nasa's first flight director played a critical role in the first Moon landing 50 years ago. […]
'Important' Iron Age settlement found at Warboys dig
on July 22, 2019 at 11:40 pm
Roman and early Saxon finds were also discovered at the settlement, which was previously unknown. […]
'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change
on July 22, 2019 at 4:23 pm
Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change. […]
Chandrayaan-2: India launches second Moon mission
on July 22, 2019 at 12:16 pm
The $145m Chandrayaan-2 aims to become the first space mission to land on the Moon's south pole. […]
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: The Silicon Valley space race
on July 22, 2019 at 1:29 am
The battle between two billionaires vying to take us to the Moon and beyond. […]
Why 3D printing could be key to a Moon base
on July 21, 2019 at 11:21 pm
Construction materials, ceramics and food could all one day be printed on the lunar surface. […]
Teen kayaker clocks up 100 miles in Norfolk Broads clean-up
on July 21, 2019 at 2:39 am
Will Darling has paddled more than 100 miles in his search for rubbish. […]

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USDA rule could affect 3.1M food stamp recipients

‘Our hearts are heavy’: Florida deputy killed in car crash while responding to domestic dispute

A Florida sheriff’s department is mourning one of its deputies who was killed in car crash as he was responding to a domestic dispute, authorities said. The Broward sheriff’s deputy

Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest

Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, with some of the marchers defacing a national Chinese emblem in their latest expression of

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seizes British-flagged, Liberian-flagged tankers in Strait of Hormuz

Midwest bracing for possible tornadoes as heatwave strikes US

Two tornadoes were reported on Thursday in South Dakota and Wisconsin, a waterspout was seen near New Orleans, and the Upper Midwest, especially Minnesota, could see more severe storms on

Iranian Republican Guard seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, state media says

Iran says it has seized a foreign tanker with 12 crew aboard that it accuses of smuggling oil in the Persian Gulf, according to a statement from the country’s Islamic

‘Game of Thrones’ breaks 25-year Emmy record Video

2-year-old girl missing from campsite in northern Michigan

An urgent search is underway in a wooded area in northern Michigan for a 2-year-old girl who went missing at the end of a family camping trip. The family of

Woman, 2 kids dead in fiery freeway crash in Indianapolis

Authorities say a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters died in a fiery, seven-vehicle crash on an Indianapolis freeway. Indiana State Police say the crash happened about midday Sunday on

Barry moves inland with highest rainfall totals yet to come

Residents of Louisiana felt the full brunt of Tropical Storm Barry’s rainfall overnight as they woke to find localized flooding and tens of thousands without power across the state. Interested

World

Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
on July 23, 2019 at 11:19 pm
Girls in Ethiopia are being given solar lamps to help stop child marriage and keep them in school. […]
Tokyo 2020: Meet the Olympic and Paralympic robots
on July 23, 2019 at 4:55 pm
With a year to go until the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, meet the robots that will be used on site at the events. […]
Nasa Moon lander vision takes shape
on July 23, 2019 at 11:17 am
Nasa has outlined more details of its plans for a landing craft that will take humans to the Moon's surface in the 2020s. […]
Chris Kraft: Key Apollo 11 director dies days after anniversary
on July 23, 2019 at 10:39 am
Nasa's first flight director played a critical role in the first Moon landing 50 years ago. […]
'Important' Iron Age settlement found at Warboys dig
on July 22, 2019 at 11:40 pm
Roman and early Saxon finds were also discovered at the settlement, which was previously unknown. […]
'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change
on July 22, 2019 at 4:23 pm
Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change. […]
Chandrayaan-2: India launches second Moon mission
on July 22, 2019 at 12:16 pm
The $145m Chandrayaan-2 aims to become the first space mission to land on the Moon's south pole. […]
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: The Silicon Valley space race
on July 22, 2019 at 1:29 am
The battle between two billionaires vying to take us to the Moon and beyond. […]
Why 3D printing could be key to a Moon base
on July 21, 2019 at 11:21 pm
Construction materials, ceramics and food could all one day be printed on the lunar surface. […]
Teen kayaker clocks up 100 miles in Norfolk Broads clean-up
on July 21, 2019 at 2:39 am
Will Darling has paddled more than 100 miles in his search for rubbish. […]