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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Just beyond Ukraine's battlefields, NATO's elite forces prepare for what could come next

Sat, 14 May 2022 04:15:54 EDT
Transgender youth in Alabama can get gender-affirming medical care, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.

Fri, 13 May 2022 14:36:11 EDT
2 arrested after fire at New Delhi commercial building claims at least 27 lives
Police arrested two owners of a company that manufactures and sells security cameras after a massive fire reportedly started in their office in a four-storey commercial building in the Indian capital,...

Fri, 13 May 2022 20:03:07 EDT
North Korea reports 21 new fever deaths amid country's 1st COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population.

Fri, 13 May 2022 13:44:06 EDT
Israeli police push and hit mourners carrying slain Al Jazeera journalist's casket
Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an out...

Fri, 13 May 2022 14:42:08 EDT
Character actor Fred Ward, known for role in The Right Stuff, dead at age 79
Veteran film and television actor best known for playing gruff, tough-guy roles in movies such as Tremors, Escape from Alcatraz, and The Right Stuff, died on Sunday, his publicist said on Friday. No c...

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:12:50 EDT
The U.S. is running out of baby formula. Here's what's going on
Many parents are hunting for infant formula because of a combination of short- and long-term problems that has hit most of the biggest U.S. brands. Here's a look at what's behind the problem, as well ...

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:26:24 EDT
While global aid is diverted due to Ukraine, children are starving in Nigeria
The impact of the war in Ukraine — and the diversion of global humanitarian funds to help those fleeing — is having an impact in northern Nigeria, where agencies warn of soaring malnutrition. ...

Fri, 13 May 2022 12:04:24 EDT
Czech Republic welcomes 1st visitors to world's longest suspension footbridge
Fear and adrenaline were among the initial feelings as the first tourists stepped out on the world's longest suspension footbridge, spanning a mountain valley in the Czech Republic.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:38:13 EDT
Elon Musk says Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold'
Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion US purchase of Twitter is "temporarily on hold" pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of i...

Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Will abortion upend American politics? Here's what the early polling tells us
Early polling on the abortion issue in the United States shows subtle attitude shifts among the public and tells us about whether it has any potential to shape the midterm elections in November. ...

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:42:46 EDT
Giraffe calf walks tall after getting leg brace
Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:44:17 EDT
Detention of WNBA's Brittney Griner in Moscow extended for 1 month
The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner says her pre-trial detention in Russia is extended by one month. Griner's lawyer Alexander Boykov told The Associated Press he believed the relatively short ex...

Thu, 12 May 2022 20:02:48 EDT
A day after admitting COVID-19 outbreak, North Korea says nearly 190,000 people in quarantine
Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread "explosively" across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a COVID-19 outbreak for the first ti...

Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
I unlearned a lifetime of Russian propaganda to figure out what information to believe
After Tatiana Lebedeva moved to Canada, she came to the uncomfortable realization that information she’d grown up hearing on Russian news wasn't exactly truthful.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:04:36 EDT
Pressure builds for Europe to secure gas supplies from outside Russia
Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday as Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom a day after Ukraine stopped a major gas transit ...

Thu, 12 May 2022 10:58:10 EDT
U.S. surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the numbers
Reported COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed one million, according to tracking from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

Thu, 12 May 2022 16:53:55 EDT
New Zealand targets supply management system to get better access to Canada's dairy market
Canada’s dairy industry will soon be defending a new front, in its ongoing battle to preserve its supply management system in the face of international trade challenges.

Thu, 12 May 2022 09:30:22 EDT
Astronomers reveal first photograph of a monster black hole at the heart of our galaxy
In another historic first, astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope have taken the first image of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, named Sagittarius A*.

Thu, 12 May 2022 17:26:09 EDT
'Holy cow ... are you kidding me?' Scientists stunned to see plants grow in soil from the moon
Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The results stunned them. ...



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