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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 08:30:22 EDT
NASA ready for 2nd attempt to launch Artemis I mission to the moon

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After Afghanistan's fall, a Canadian veteran turned his grief into hope for Ukraine
After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Canadian combat veteran John Lowe felt he had a choice between 'anger' and action. He chose action — through a charity supplying civilian hospitals in Ukraine ...

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
As Britain awaits a new prime minister, its cost-of-living crisis mounts
The votes are being tallied as British Conservatives wait to see whether it will be Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as the country's new prime minister. Whoever wins is inheriting an economic mess. ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:08:52 EDT
8 migrants die trying to cross Rio Grande into Texas: U.S. Border Patrol
At least eight migrants were killed as dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday.

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:24:38 EDT
Serena Williams falls at U.S. Open to Tomljanović in likely final match
Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night, eliminated from the U.S. Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanović 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 befor...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:03:17 EDT
Russia's Gazprom says it can't restart key gas pipeline to Germany
Russian energy giant Gazprom said it couldn't resume the supply of natural gas through Nord Stream 1, a major pipeline to Germany, in an announcement made just hours before it was due to resume delive...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 20:21:54 EDT
'Several people' injured in North California wildfire as crews battle blazes in South
The Northern California blaze destroyed multiple homes Friday and forced as many as 7,500 residents to leave immediately, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labour Day weekend. ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 15:49:21 EDT
Detailed inventory shows 10,000 documents, classified records found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
FBI agents who searched former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material m...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 18:40:26 EDT
Warnings over condition of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant should be taken seriously, says nuclear expert
The international community should take the warnings about the physical condition of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seriously, said a former official with the International Atomic Ene...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 11:21:04 EDT
Pakistan rescues 2,000 from floods as UN warns of more child deaths to come

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 16:30:46 EDT
Suspect arrested in apparent assassination attempt on Argentine vice-president
A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's politically powerful vice-president, and President Alberto Fernandez ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 20:09:48 EDT
VIDEO: Earthquakes rattle Liechtenstein as parliament debates quake insurance
Two earthquakes hit Liechtenstein just as lawmakers in the tiny Alpine principality were debating the pros and cons of quake insurance.

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 15:29:56 EDT
Sri Lanka's ousted president returns home 7 weeks after fleeing massive protests
Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country's economic crisi...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 07:34:17 EDT
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 3 years on charges of election fraud
A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment with labour after finding her guilty of election fraud, adding more jail time to the 17 years she is ...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 07:40:23 EDT
At least 18 killed in Afghan mosque blast, including prominent cleric
An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding at least 23 others, Taliban officials and a local medic said.

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 11:29:20 EDT
G7 nations pledge system to cap Russian income from oil sales
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia's income from oil sales, an idea that the nations' leaders had promised to...

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Why NASA puts up with lightning and hurricanes at Kennedy Space Center
The Kennedy Space Center's location on the east coast of Florida may leave many wondering exactly why NASA chose this spot. After all, it’s the lightning capital of the country and is prone to hurri...

Thu, 1 Sep 2022 21:33:59 EDT
Biden calls Trump and MAGA Republicans a threat to 'the very foundations of America'
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that "equality and democracy are under assault" in the U.S, sounding an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and "MAGA Republican" adherents. ...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
UN inspectors collect data from Ukraine nuclear plant, plan continued presence

Thu, 1 Sep 2022 19:37:25 EDT
U.S. welcomes, China slams UN report on Uyghur rights abuses
The United States on Thursday welcomed a United Nations report that said China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, saying it deepened Washington's concerns about what it calls a ge...



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