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William Burns backs CIA AI to counter China 2021-02-24 16:39:06William J. Burns, the veteran diplomat tapped to be the next CIA director, says he will follow through with the agency's plans to adopt artificial in

After mental health break, a turnaround at Detroit 2021-02-24 16:21:10DETROIT (AP) - Detroit Mercy’s men’s basketball team began the season with three games in five days. A week later, a matchup with Kentucky

Lawyer: French tourist detained in Iran on security 2021-02-24 15:56:49TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has detained a French tourist for nine months, his lawyer said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of detentions of foreigne

Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU 2021-02-24 13:51:21CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela’s government on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of the head of the European Union delegation in the South Am

For Israel's allies, road to vaccines runs through 2021-02-24 13:21:08JERUSALEM (AP) - When it comes to obtaining hard-to-get coronavirus vaccines, Israel's friends are discovering the road appears to run through Jerusa

Germany urges Iran to accept diplomacy in nuclear 2021-02-24 13:08:16BERLIN (AP) - Germany's foreign minister on Wednesday urged Iran to accept diplomatic overtures coming from the West in order to preserve the 2015 nu

Josh Gottheimer, Dem lawmaker, wants State Department to 2021-02-24 11:32:00The Proud Boys and other groups involved in storming the U.S. Capitol last month should be designated as terrorist entities, a member of the House Hom

Indonesia presses regional effort to resolve Myanmar crisis 2021-02-24 11:19:48BANGKOK (AP) - Regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis intensified Wednesday, while protests continued in Yangon and other

Massive COVID-19 vaccine-sharing push kicks off in Ghana 2021-02-24 08:27:15A shipment of 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses landed in Ghana on Wednesday, kicking off a global effort to supply 2 billion shots to countries that ris

US to seek seat on UN human rights 2021-02-24 08:20:44GENEVA (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the United States will vie for a seat at the U.N.'s human rights body, which woul

China says Japan-U.S. security treaty a product of 2021-02-24 05:37:54BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday called the Japan-U.S. mutual security pact a product of the Cold War following U.S. criticism of the presence of Chi

Ghana is first nation in world to receive 2021-02-24 05:23:55ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiat

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Merelize Van Der Merwe faces backlash for posing 2021-02-24 04:05:55A trophy hunter is facing furious backlash for posing with the heart of a giraffe she had just shot – describing the bloody organ as her “

Philippines offers to trade nurses to UK, Germany 2021-02-24 03:21:50The Philippines said this week it is willing to send more nurses to work in the United Kingdom and Germany if those countries send extra coronavirus v

Court orders husband to pay wife for years 2021-02-24 02:59:26A divorce court in Beijing ruled that housework “constitutes intangible property value,” and ordered a man to pay his wife $7,700 for five

North Korea and Iran teaming up again as 2021-02-23 19:29:56A leaked report on North Korean sanctions by a UN Security Council committee reportedly states that Kim Jong Un's regime and Tehran are working toget

UK moves to lift coronavirus lockdowns 2021-02-23 19:24:44For two long months, the UK has been in total lockdown – schools, hospitality, and non-essential shops shut – with people advised to stay

Russia's Putin, Belarus' Lukashenko spark backlash for skiing, 2021-02-23 15:40:44From Minsk to Moscow, there has been an extended season of discontent, so the images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarussian counterpa

Dogs are mysteriously turning blue and pink in 2021-02-22 16:32:50Packs of dogs in eastern Russia are inexplicably turning up pink and blue.

Iran cuts back on IAEA access to nuclear 2021-02-22 15:57:25It emerged this week that the Biden administration was already in talks with Iran – national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that Blink

Italian ambassador to Congo killed in attack on 2021-02-22 12:53:32The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabinieri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in

Israel beaches covered in tar after oil spill 2021-02-22 11:00:30Stormy weather last week carried out the oil and tar to Israel’s beaches.  Thousands of volunteers organized by various Israeli environment

Protests swell after Burma junta raises specter of 2021-02-22 09:02:07The military has threatened a crackdown on protesters even as it already takes action against demonstrations.

Burma protest against military coup leaves at least 2021-02-21 04:18:22At least two people were killed and dozens more injured in Burma on Saturday during protests against a Feb. 1 military coup that led to 

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GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into National Institutes Of 2021-02-23 16:20:16GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into National Institutes Of Health's Relationship With Wuhan Lab

Man Accused Of Plotting Terrorist Attack After Watching 2021-02-23 15:51:50'I was watching porn ten minutes later'

3 Endangered Giraffes Electrocuted To Death 2021-02-23 11:50:31'We regret this incident'

Facebook ‘Refriends’ Australia After Government Loosens Up Key 2021-02-23 09:59:57'Forced negotiation'

Richest Family In India Plans Construction Of World’s 2021-02-23 09:03:38The zoo will house nearly 100 species of animals, birds, and reptiles

Japan Creates ‘Minister Of Loneliness’ Cabinet Role Over 2021-02-22 18:17:52'Even more dangerous than obesity'

Rockets Fired Towards US Embassy In Baghdad 2021-02-22 14:25:45First hostile attack on U.S. military forces and installations since Joe Biden was inaugurated

Painter Of ‘The Scream’ Left A Barely Visible 2021-02-22 13:25:08The message said ‘could only have been painted by a madman’

Second Boeing Plane Fails Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing 2021-02-22 11:55:56'Sent out an emergency signal'

Chinese Spies Reportedly Used Code Developed By NSA 2021-02-22 11:14:18'dangerous place'

Sixth Night Of Violent Unrest In Barcelona Following 2021-02-21 21:48:02Hasel is accused of slander and the glorification of terrorism

Alexei Navalny Compares Putin To Voldemort After Court 2021-02-20 13:29:22'There is no law in Russia now'

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Last Statue Of Former Dictator Francisco Franco Removed 2021-02-24 09:09:34The Spanish government has made several high-profile removals off the back of the Historical Memory Law, including taking over Franco’s summer p

Prison Riots In Ecuador Leave Dozens Dead 2021-02-24 06:37:48Authorities said that two groups were trying to gain “criminal leadership within the detention centers” and 800 police officers have been

Buckingham Palace Reveals Cause Of Prince Philip's Hospitalization 2021-02-23 10:24:22The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London last week.

Prince William Gives Update On Hospitalized Grandfather Prince 2021-02-23 10:00:29Buckingham Palace said the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was expected to remain in the hospital into this week for a period of “observation and

Facebook Says It Will Lift Australian News Ban 2021-02-23 06:49:17Facebook’s cooperation is a major victory in Australian efforts to make the gateways to the Internet pay for the journalism that they use.

Norway Museum Says Edvard Munch Wrote ‘Madman’ On 2021-02-22 17:50:10The iconic painting features the sentence “can only have been painted by a madman” scribbled in the top left-hand corner.

Israel Closes Mediterranean Beaches After Oil Spill Devastates 2021-02-22 07:38:25An offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across Israel's coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst ecological disas

Myanmar Protests Grow After Junta Threatens Lethal Force 2021-02-22 05:20:46To date, three protesters have been fatally shot.

U.S. Deports Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To 2021-02-21 13:25:05Prosecutors have asked that Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, be questioned to determine whether accessory to murder charges could be brought against him.

Bitcoin Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap, Soars To 2021-02-19 12:09:20Bitcoin’s gains have been fueled by signs it is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and companies, from Tesla and Mastercard to BNY Me

Myanmar Protester Shot By Police Turned 20 In 2021-02-19 05:52:30The death of Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing adds to the growing fury over the military's Feb. 1 overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi's government.

World Leaders Applaud America's Formal Return To Paris 2021-02-19 04:49:31While Friday’s return is heavily symbolic, world leaders say they expect America to prove its seriousness after four years of being pretty much

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Capitol police failed to properly lock down Congress 2021-02-24 16:36:01Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection did not properly lock down the building and were unsure of the rules for

Biden, Trudeau agree to 'safeguard' caribou calving grounds 2021-02-24 14:53:37U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to work with Canada to protect the North's Porcupine caribou herd — marking another shift away from the pol

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the 2021-02-24 10:30:55The first big real-world study of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is 94 per cent effective at preventing COVID

Single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 2021-02-24 09:43:31Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents pu

Australian bid put on IOC fast track to 2021-02-24 09:01:50The Australian state of Queensland became the strong favourite to host the 2032 Olympics after the IOC gave it the status of its preferred bidder on W

Tiger Woods survived near-fatal crash, but his career 2021-02-24 08:55:12The bad news is that the career of the world's greatest golfer — at least on the game's biggest stages — is probably over.

Space fans crack secret message on NASA's Mars 2021-02-24 07:18:05The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

First COVID-19 vaccine doses dispatched by COVAX arrive 2021-02-24 05:01:01The World Health Organization's global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX delivered its first COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, as the race to get doses to the

Canadian legal luminaries sign letter accusing Iranian courts 2021-02-24 04:00:00The rulings of a court in a rural corner of northeastern Iran have brought together a Who's Who of Canada's legal profession to denounce the mistrea

Online booking complicates COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Washington 2021-02-23 22:21:00People 65 or older are now allowed to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Washington state, but many are hindered by the online booking system which some compla

Rochester, N.Y., police officers involved in death of 2021-02-23 17:35:11Rochester, N.Y., police officers seen on body camera video last March holding down a naked and handcuffed Black man named Daniel Prude until

Security officials blame bad intelligence, contradict each other 2021-02-23 15:50:29Faulty intelligence was to blame for the Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and halted certifi

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For Some Teens, It’s Been a Year of 2021-02-24 09:18:53During the pandemic, suicidal thinking is up. And families find that hospitals can’t handle adolescents in crisis.

Johnson & Johnson One-Shot Vaccine Is Said to 2021-02-24 09:14:46The initiative known as Covax plans to deliver some two billion doses worldwide this year, the largest mass inoculation operation in history. Coronavi

Biden Readies Executive Order to Bolster Critical Supply 2021-02-24 09:12:49The order is intended to start an effort to insulate the American economy from future shortages of critical imported components.

Berkeley Moves Closer to Ending Police Traffic Stops 2021-02-24 08:53:21Wednesday: A look at one city’s effort to remake policing. Also: Xavier Becerra’s confirmation hearings; and remembering Lawrence Ferlingh

Biden Doesn’t Shy From Early Fights to Move 2021-02-24 08:52:03President Biden’s administration is plunging into battles over his stimulus proposal and cabinet nominees this week. Here’s the latest on

‘Climate Change’ Is Back, ‘Illegal Alien’ Is Out. 2021-02-24 08:42:15“The president has been clear to all of us — words matter, tone matters and civility matters,” said Jen Psaki, the White House press

Anime Is Booming. So Why Are Animators Living 2021-02-24 08:27:46The workers who make the Japanese shows the world is binge-watching can earn as little as $200 a month. Many wonder how much longer they can endure it

Tiger Woods Out of Surgery and ‘Recovering’ After 2021-02-24 08:17:20The greatest golfer of his generation sustained leg injuries in the accident that, along with a recent back surgery, could raise questions about the f

What We Know About Tiger Woods' Car Accident 2021-02-24 08:13:38Woods was said to have been driving at a “greater speed than normal” when his S.U.V. went over a median strip and rolled over several time

GameStop Finance Chief to Depart After Stock-Trading Frenzy 2021-02-24 08:11:24GameStop’s chief financial officer, Jim Bell, is leaving after chaotic stock trading that briefly sent shares surging. Here’s the latest o

How to Beat Covid Insomnia 2021-02-24 08:02:34Can the “five S’s” used to calm fussy babies — swaddle, side or stomach position, shush, swing and suck — also help grow

Fading Sri Lankan Hopes for Justice Rest on 2021-02-24 07:53:30The government, strongly tied to the military, is blocking inquiries into wartime atrocities, undermining efforts to learn the fates of thousands of m