Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders, human rights workers
OTTAWA (REUTERS) - Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters...
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Biden faces mounting blame for Afghanistan debacle The Taleban's stunning advances in Afghanistan threaten to be a stain on President...
Former Brazil congresswoman goes to jail on charges of killing husband
RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) - Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, a former Brazilian congresswoman accused of orchestrating the execution of...
Once southernmost glacier in Europe risks melting away
GRAN SASSO D'ITALIA, ITALY (AFP) - The Calderone ice formation in central Italy once laid claim to being the southernmost...
UK names former education official Damian Hinds as Security Minister
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Downing Street appointed former Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds as the new minister of security....
Banksy admits British seaside ‘spraycation’
LONDON (AFP) - Banksy, Britain's most famous street artist, on Friday (Aug 13) confirmed what many had already suspected -...
Mystery attacks on US diplomats leave scores of victims but still little evidence
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - President Joe Biden's top aides were told that experts studying the mysterious illnesses affecting scores of diplomats,...
New York Governor Cuomo’s top aide resigns amid sexual harassment scandal
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Sunday (Aug 8) in the wake...
Climate change is speeding up, key warming threshold set to be breached by 2030s: IPCC report
SINGAPORE - Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying with some impacts, such as sea level rise, now irreversible over...
CDC recommends a third COVID shot for some immunocompromised people – CNET
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The Centers for...