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Mexico once embraced renewable energies. Now President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is doubling down on dirty fossil fuels such as coal.
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Voters in Ecuador appear to have turned to a conservative businessman in their presidential runoff election, rebuffing a leftist movement that has held the presidency for over a decade.
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The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man said he was shot by police Sunday before getting back in his car and driving away, then crashing the vehicle.
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Prince Andrew says the death of Prince Philip has left a ‘huge void’ in Queen Elizabeth II’s life. Princess Anne paid tribute to her father.
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Former President Trump went off script in a speech to GOP donors, with former Vice President Pence and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell among targets.
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Conditions have worsened at a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as loud rumbling, lightning and heavy ashfall were observed.
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About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery.
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The Republican Party’s bond with corporate America is fraying. That extends an opportunity to Biden and congressional Democrats.
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Iran’s underground Natanz nuclear facility has lost power just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium faster.
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The drive for vaccine certificates isn’t a matter of government overreach by out-of-control Democrats; it’s a product of the free-enterprise system.
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Chinese vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates,’ said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control.
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After serving in Johnson’s Cabinet, Clark set up a private law practice in New York in which he championed civil rights and fought the death penalty.
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Voters go to the polls in Ecuador and Peru on Sunday in contentious elections shaped by fallout from the pandemic.
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Reports say at least 82 people were killed in one day in the city of Bago in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters
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A U.S. Army second lieutenant is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him.
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More Black Americans say they are open to taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
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After a deadly year in New York’s nursing homes, state lawmakers passed legislation intended to hold operators more accountable for patient neglect .
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Republican state legislators have been in overdrive this year on so-called culture war bills.
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Britain’s Prince Charles says the royal family is ‘deeply grateful’ for the support they’ve received following the death of his father, Prince Philip.
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The trial of an ex-Minneapolis officer charged in George Floyd’s death has shown viewers defense and prosecution tactics aimed at swaying the jury.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man said he was shot by police Sunday before getting back in his car and driving away, then crashing the vehicle.
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Former President Trump went off script in a speech to GOP donors, with former Vice President Pence and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell among targets.
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Mexico once embraced renewable energies. Now President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is doubling down on dirty fossil fuels such as coal.
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Anti-coup demonstrators are abandoning peaceful protest for armed resistance as the deposed civilian government appeals to ethnic rebels to join the fight. The United Nations warns of a ‘bloodbath.’
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Who is Queen Noor? Royal drama emerges, nearly 43 years after an American’s marriage to Jordan’s King Hussein.
