Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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The Latest: Debby's remnants hit New York and Pennsylvania with heavy rain and severe flooding

Though no longer a tropical storm, Debby continues lashing the East Coast with heavy rain and flooding as rivers overflow their banks and authorities call on the National Guard to help with high water rescues

The Latest: Debby's remnants hit New York and Pennsylvania with heavy rain and severe flooding
Europe|News|World

Video shows bodies on burnt-out Russian trucks in Kursk region as Ukrainian cross-border assaults rage

Video shows bodies on burnt-out Russian trucks in Kursk region as Ukrainian cross-border assaults rage

Video shows bodies on burnt-out Russian trucks in Kursk region as Ukrainian cross-border assaults rage
Celebrity|Entertainment|News|World

Iraqi teen arrested in Vienna after Taylor Swift terror attack plot thwarted

Iraqi teen arrested in Vienna after Taylor Swift terror attack plot thwarted

Iraqi teen arrested in Vienna after Taylor Swift terror attack plot thwarted
News|Technology|World

Iran steps up influence campaign aimed at US voters with fake news sites, Microsoft says

Iran steps up influence campaign aimed at US voters with fake news sites, Microsoft says

Iran steps up influence campaign aimed at US voters with fake news sites, Microsoft says
Europe|News|World

Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall

Russia has declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there

Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall
Africa|News|World

Somalia, Ethiopia to resume talks on port deal under Turkish mediation, Ankara says

The foreign ministers of Somalia and Ethiopia will meet in Ankara next week to discuss disagreements over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland

Somalia, Ethiopia to resume talks on port deal under Turkish mediation, Ankara says
News|World

Families flee new Israeli assault in Gaza's Khan Younis

Israeli tanks returned to the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Friday, forcing families to evacuate along congested roadways, as

Families flee new Israeli assault in Gaza's Khan Younis
Environment|News|Science|World

Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida's 10-day challenge

The annual Florida Python Challenge this year begins the competition between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons

Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida's 10-day challenge
News|Opinion|Sports|World

Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US

France’s distinctive anti-corruption legal framework made possible an Olympics free from major corruption scandals.

Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US
Americas|News|World

Tropical Storm Debby leaves trail of destruction

Tropical Storm Debby continues its deadly path on the eastern seaboard after making it's second landfall in the US.

Tropical Storm Debby leaves trail of destruction
MidEast|News|World

Pakistan says it will support all efforts to prevent Middle East escalation

Pakistan would support all efforts to prevent war escalating in the Middle East, its foreign ministry said on Friday, as fears grow of a wider conflict

Pakistan says it will support all efforts to prevent Middle East escalation
Crime|MidEast|News|Opinion|Political|World

International Criminal Court judges mulling arrest warrants consider legal arguments on jurisdiction

Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have filed legal arguments either rejecting or supporting the International Criminal Court’s power to issue arrest warrants in its investigation into the war in Gaze and Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel

International Criminal Court judges mulling arrest warrants consider legal arguments on jurisdiction
MidEast|News|World

Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinians flee parts of south Gaza as Israel launches a new assault

Palestinians are fleeing large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza where the Israeli military has begun a new assault after ordering another mass evacuation

Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinians flee parts of south Gaza as Israel launches a new assault
MidEast|News|World

Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza's Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks

Israeli troops have launched a new assault into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis

Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza's Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks
Africa|News|Sports|World

The scrutiny Khelif and Lin face over their sex at the Olympics is a repeating problem in sports

It’s been 15 years since a teenage runner from South Africa was publicly scrutinized over her sex at a major sports event

The scrutiny Khelif and Lin face over their sex at the Olympics is a repeating problem in sports
News|World

Nagasaki marks 79th A-bomb anniversary without U.S. and other ambassadors after excluding Israel

Nagasaki has marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony eclipsed by the absence of the American ambassador and other Western envoys in response to the Japanese city’s refusal to invite Israel

Nagasaki marks 79th A-bomb anniversary without U.S. and other ambassadors after excluding Israel
Asia|News|World

Philippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that criticized former president

A Philippine appeals court has reversed a regulator’s 2018 order to shut down a prominent news outlet, marking a legal victory for journalists who angered former President Rodrigo Duterte by reporting critically on his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and alarming human rights record

Philippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that criticized former president
Europe|News|Opinion|Uncategorized|World

Veteran human rights advocate freed in swap says Russia is sliding back toward Stalinist times

A human rights activist since the 1980s, Oleg Orlov thought Russia had turned a corner when the Soviet Union collapsed and a democratically elected president became leader

Veteran human rights advocate freed in swap says Russia is sliding back toward Stalinist times
News|Political|World

Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign

Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change
News|World

4 suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen, authorities say

Authorities say four suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea

4 suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen, authorities say
Asia|News|Travel|World

Japan's PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip after earthquake risk warning

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday cancelled plans to visit Central Asia and Mongolia this weekend, following an unprecedented advisory that the risk

Japan's PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip after earthquake risk warning
News|Sports|World

For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold

For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Games has always been about more than just winning gold

For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold
Environment|News|World

Maui remembers the 102 lost in the Lahaina wildfire with a paddle out 1 year after devastating blaze

Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina, Hawaii, on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed when the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century destroyed the historic town one year ago

Maui remembers the 102 lost in the Lahaina wildfire with a paddle out 1 year after devastating blaze
Education|News|World

3 Columbia deans resign after being removed earlier this summer for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages

3 Columbia deans resign after being removed earlier this summer for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages

3 Columbia deans resign after being removed earlier this summer for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages
Arts|News|Science|World

Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say

Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say

Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say

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