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- Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose. But She’s Not Ready to Quit. August 7, 2022The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week. Restoring a “very sick” G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.”
- Killings of 4 Men in Albuquerque Leave Muslim Community in Fear August 8, 2022As the authorities appeal to the public for help in their investigation, many Muslim residents are experiencing a “managed panic.”
- Killings of Three Muslim Men in Albuquerque May Be Linked, Police Say August 7, 2022The authorities also suspect the deaths could be connected to the homicide of a Muslim man in 2021.
- Drop Box for Babies: Conservatives Promote a Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously August 6, 2022After Roe, groups are seeking to expand safe haven laws, which allow women to surrender babies with minimal interference. But these laws pose their own problems.
- Uvalde Postpones Decision to Fire School Police Chief Pete Arredondo July 22, 2022The South Texas school district said it would delay a decision on terminating the chief who led the schools’ response to a school shooting.
- California Counties, Cities Restrict Airbnbs Amid Pandemic Tourism July 23, 2022San Diego, Marin County, San Bernardino County and more have approved rules this year to restrict short-term rentals.
- Newsom to Sign Bill Allowing Residents to Sue Over Illegal Guns July 24, 2022Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation that would provide a minimum $10,000 award to residents who successfully sue makers of illegal guns.
- He Built a Home to Survive a Civil War. Tragedy Found Him Anyway. July 22, 2022C. Wesley Morgan once believed that the place he built, which included a 2,000-square-foot bunker, was the safest house in Kentucky.
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- London museum to return 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria August 7, 2022Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897A London museum is to return 72 treasured artefacts, including its collection of Benin bronzes, to Nigeria in what experts described as an “immensely significant” moment.The Horniman museum said it would transfer the ownership of the historic objects […]
- Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war August 7, 2022Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThree billboards in the Ural city of Ekaterinburg shine a light on what was once one of Russia’s most shadowy organisations, the private military contractor Wagner.“Motherland, Honour, Blood, Bravery. WAGNER”, one of t […]
- Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch-hunt’, say campaigners August 6, 2022Country’s government says Sexual Minorities Uganda ‘operating illegally’ in east African nationThe Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of operating illegally in the east African nation, in a move campaigners condemned as “a clear witch-hunt”.The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) – […]
- Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president August 6, 2022Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960sBritish cold war propagandists smeared Kenyan vice-president Oginga Odinga in the 1960s in “black” propaganda operations, newly declassified files reveal.The Foreign Office’s propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), targeted th […]
- Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers August 5, 2022With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region Fears of a new wave of violence in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are growing after weeks of deadly protests against UN peacekeepers and rising regional tensions.Thirty-six people, including four UN peacekeep […]
- ‘It’s an illusion of choice’: why young Kenyans are boycotting the election August 5, 2022As presidential elections approach, engagement appears low among under-35s – but some see staying away from the polls as a form of protestA growing number of 18- to 35-year-olds say they are not planning to vote in Kenya’s presidential elections next week.About 40% of the 22 million people registered to vote in Tuesday’s elections are aged 18 to 35. Under-35 […]
- Fire in Cuban oil depot leaves 121 injured and 17 firefighters missing August 6, 2022Body found after 800 people evacuated as smoke billows towards Havana following lightning strike at Matanzas supertanker baseFire started by a lightning strike has engulfed an oil storage facility in the Cuban city of Matanzas, setting off explosions and injuring 121 people. Seventeen firefighters were missing and one body had been found, Cuban authorities s […]
- Five more people arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira August 6, 2022Suspect already in custody is likely leader of illegal fishing mafia based in Amazon region, police sayBrazilian police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira on Saturday, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal […]
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- Israel-Gaza: Hopes as Gaza ceasefire comes into effect August 7, 2022Israel and Palestinian militants have agreed to a Egypt-mediated truce to take effect late on Sunday.
- Climate change: Tears of joy as US bill clears Senate hurdle August 7, 2022The plans - which aim to reduce US carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 - still needs House approval.
- Colombia: New left-wing leader wants global drugs rethink August 8, 2022President Gustavo Petro is demanding a new global strategy to tackle his nation's drugs industry.
- Extreme drought: Dried-up Italian river reveals unexploded WWII bomb August 8, 2022Extreme drought and historic heat have caused the River Po's water levels to drop dramatically.
- Ukraine war: Four more grain ships leave Ukraine as hopes grow for export stability August 7, 2022Four vessels leave Ukrainian ports via a safe maritime corridor set up under a deal with Russia.
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu great Leandro Lo shot in head in Sao Paulo club August 7, 2022The athlete has been declared brain dead and police say the suspect is on the run.
- Taiwan: US hits out at 'irresponsible' China amid attack rehearsal claims August 7, 2022The US has accused Beijing of "provocative" actions after Taiwan said China rehearsed an attack.
- Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria August 7, 2022The chair of the Horniman Museum said it was "moral" to return items taken by "force" years ago.
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