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The New York Times
- In Los Angeles, the Grass Isn’t Always Greener This Year August 15, 2022Southern California residents are beginning to accept that lush lawns are unsustainable when reservoirs and rivers run low in a drought era.
- Giuliani Appears Before Atlanta Grand Jury Investigating Trump August 18, 2022The former New York mayor has been told that he is a target in the investigation concerning whether Donald J. Trump and his associates tried to illegally influence the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
- How Quitting a Job Changed My Work-Life Balance August 15, 2022We asked people who quit their jobs during the “Great Resignation” how it changed how they approach work. This is what they told us.
- Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor August 17, 2022Jesuits established a trust to answer for their history of enslaving Black people. But frustrated descendants tell Rome the order is “not delivering in deed.”
- Woman Charged With Murder, Accused of Passing Drugs in Prison With a Kiss August 18, 2022Rachal Dollard placed a balloon pellet filled with methamphetamine in her mouth and gave it to her inmate boyfriend by kissing him, the authorities said. He later died of an overdose.
- Ex-Kansas Police Officer Is Charged in a Long Series of Sex Crimes August 18, 2022Todd Allen, 51, had served on the Hutchinson Police Department for more than 20 years when he resigned in 2018 after the authorities disclosed a string of sexual assaults. He now faces two dozen criminal charges.
- Jan. 6 Grand Jury Has Subpoenaed White House Documents August 17, 2022The subpoena, issued in May to the National Archives, demanded all of the documents the agency had provided to the House committee’s parallel investigation.
- After Loss, Liz Cheney Begins Difficult Mission of Thwarting Trump August 18, 2022Liz Cheney is clear about her goal, but the path is murky: A presidential run is possible, she acknowledged, and she has a new political outfit aimed at the former president and his 2020 election lies.
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- Peak social media: Mount Kilimanjaro gets high-speed internet so climbers can Instagram ascent August 18, 2022Tanzanian government hails high-speed broadband connection as boon to tourists and portersTanzania has installed high-speed internet services on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, allowing anyone with a smartphone to tweet, Instagram or WhatsApp their ascent up Africa’s highest mountain.State-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation set up the broadband n […]
- ‘Colour of the skin’: WHO chief hits out over Tigray crisis indifference August 18, 2022Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ignores Ethiopian humanitarian disaster being inflicted on six million people by their own government The head of the World Health Organization described the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” as he wondered aloud if the reason global leaders had not responded was “the colour of the skin […]
- Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears August 16, 2022Guardian, BBC and Times seek release of documents about policy of sending asylum seekers abroadA Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, citing state surveillance, arbitrary detention, torture and killings by the country’s government, the high court has heard.The court has been asked to consider an application by […]
- Kenya opposition leader rejects election result as ‘null and void’ August 16, 2022Raila Odinga’s comments on poll he was declared to have lost come after some officials disown final tallyThe Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has rejected as “null and void” the result of a presidential election that he was declared to have lost, and pledged to challenge the outcome with “all constitutional and legal options”.Odinga said he would chan […]
- William Ruto declared winner of Kenya presidential election amid dispute August 15, 2022Electoral commission chair declares deputy president winner of tight race as other senior officials disown resultsWilliam Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, amid last-minute chaos as four senior election officials denounced the week-long count and disowned the result.Official results showed that Ruto, the current deputy presi […]
- At least 41 people killed in Egypt church fire, say officials August 14, 2022Security sources say majority of dead are children after blaze breaks out at Coptic Abu Sifin church in GizaA fire sparked by an electrical fault at a packed church in a working-class district of Greater Cairo has killed at least 41 people and injured another 45, Egyptian officials have said.About 5,000 people had gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in I […]
- US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’ August 17, 2022Arizona, Nevada and Mexico affected as federal government steps in after states failed to reach agreementAfter western US states failed to reach agreements to reduce water use from the beleaguered Colorado River, the federal government stepped in on Tuesday, issuing cuts that will affect two states and Mexico.Officials with the Bureau of Reclamation declared […]
- Journalist found dead in northern Mexico in bloody year for media August 16, 2022Body of Juan Arjón López, 14th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2022, identified by tattoos in border city of San Luis Río ColoradoAn independent journalist has been found dead in northern Mexico, bringing to 14 the number of reporters and media workers killed so far this year, which has been one of the deadliest ever for the profession.Prosecutors in th […]
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- Liz Cheney: Trump critic blasts Republican 'personality cult' after defeat August 17, 2022Liz Cheney criticises the former president after losing to a Trump-backed candidate in Wyoming.
- Kabul mosque attack: 'Many casualties feared' August 17, 2022A local hospital says five children, including a seven-year-old, are among those injured.
- Outrage as India rapists leave jail to hero's welcome August 17, 2022Eleven Hindu men convicted for her gang-rape and the murder of her family members have been freed.
- R. Kelly trial: Singer has dark side hidden from public - prosecutor August 17, 2022The singer faces charges of child pornography and obstructing justice in his second federal trial.
- US pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650m in Ohio opioids suit August 17, 2022It comes after a court found the chains helped create an oversupply of opioid pills in Ohio counties.
- Spanish fires: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejís August 17, 2022Ten people are injured, three seriously, as a train is caught up in a wildfire in eastern Spain.
- Israel and Germany condemn Palestinian leader's '50 Holocausts' claim August 17, 2022Israeli and German leaders express outrage after Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of "50 Holocausts".
- Water levels on Italy's Lake Garda at 15-year low August 17, 2022Parts of northern Italy are experiencing their worst drought in 70 years.
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