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Police detained a person of interest after a manhunt across the Chicago area. The shooting, in which seven people were killed, sent a chill across the suburb.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
‘Swimming Wasn’t for Us’ July 4, 2022
The nation’s first Black-owned pool club aims to teach hundreds of children to swim this summer, helping to close a dangerous racial gap in the process.
Once a Crucial Refuge, ‘Gayborhoods’ Lose L.G.B.T.Q. Residents in Major Cities July 4, 2022
Many are choosing to live elsewhere in search of cheaper housing and better amenities. They are finding growing acceptance in other communities after decades of political and social changes.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 30, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

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Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles July 5, 2022
Soaring inflation piling pressure on country already struggling with shortages and stirring memories of Mugabe chaosZimbabwe will start issuing gold coins as legal tender in late July, its central bank has said, as the country battles to control runaway inflation that has considerably weakened the local currency.The inflation rate more than doubled last mont […]
Villagers massacred in western Ethiopia, says state-appointed body July 5, 2022
Prime minister Abiy Ahmed blames Oromo Liberation Army but group says government-allied militias behind attacksAn unknown number of villagers have been killed in an ethnically motivated massacre in western Ethiopia, the country’s state-appointed rights body said, in the latest wave of violence following a mass killing in mid-June.The Oromia region, where the […]
Female trafficking survivor targeted for UK removal to Rwanda, says charity July 5, 2022
Exclusive: Women for Refugee Women says it is in touch with first woman considered for removalA woman in immigration detention has been targeted for removal to Rwanda, a UK refugee charity has said.Women for Refugee Women said it was in touch with a survivor of trafficking who was recently issued with a notice of intent that she was being considered for remo […]
Anger as families of US detainees in Middle East left off Blinken call July 5, 2022
‘Infuriating’ exclusions made just weeks before Joe Biden’s Saudi visit and expected rapprochement with the crown princeFamily members of several US nationals who are being held in Saudi Arabia and Egypt were not invited to attend a recent call with Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, in a move that was called “infuriating and discriminatory” by one crit […]
Neglect Africa now and we will face labour shortages globally, IMF warns July 5, 2022
West’s response to effects of Covid and Ukraine war condemned as shortsighted ‘collective failure’ to invest in future human capitalThe international community would be “playing with fire” if it failed to help Africa recover from Covid and the impact of the Ukraine war, the International Monetary Fund’s director for the continent has said.Failure to invest a […]
Two women killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea July 3, 2022
A Romanian and an Austrian die within 600 metres of each other south of city of HurghadaTwo women have been killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian environment ministry has said.Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-y […]
Toronto: Sikh guards fired or demoted over ‘humiliating’ facial hair policy July 5, 2022
Staff at homeless shelters required to be ‘clean-shaven’ to ensure N95 masks fit but for Sikh facial hair is key expression of faithMore than one hundred Sikh security guards in Toronto have lost their jobs or been demoted after refusing to cut their beards in order to wear a face mask, highlighting a city policy that critics describe as discriminatory and “ […]
Twin brothers named as armed robbers killed in Canada bank heist July 4, 2022
Heavily armed 22-year-olds died in shootout that left six police officers injured in Saanich, British ColumbiaPolice in Canada have identified the heavily armed culprits of a brazen bank robbery last week as twin brothers whose social media posts showed an obsession with guns and fears of government “tyranny”, and an interest in infamous bank heists.On Satur […]

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Chicago shooting: Suspect planned attack for weeks, police say July 5, 2022
Police believe the gunman targeted victims at random, with no clear racial or religious motive.
Nick Kyrgios to appear in court over common assault allegation July 5, 2022
Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios is set to appear in court in Australia next month in relation to an allegation of common assault.
Sydney floods aftermath: 'Everybody is traumatised' July 5, 2022
More than eight months of rain have fallen in the Sydney area over four days, turning roads into rivers.
Ukraine war: Market hit as Russians shell frontline city Slovyansk July 5, 2022
Russian artillery pounded the eastern city of Slovyansk and set a market on fire, Ukraine says.
Belgium reveals aid worker held for months in Iran July 5, 2022
Olivier Vandecasteele's plight emerges as Belgian MPs are asked to back a prisoner swap treaty.
Twelve religious group members arrested over Australian girl's death July 5, 2022
The 12 members of a religious group denied the girl medical treatment for six days, police say.
British Airways cancels 1,500 more flights July 5, 2022
The airline cancels more flights in July, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.
Brittney Griner: US basketball star held in Russia asks Biden for help July 5, 2022
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