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Saudi Arabia seizes 4.5m amphetamine pills hidden in oranges

Netanyahu Is Out But Nothing Has Changed for Palestinians

No. 3 House Democrat Steps Into Ohio Race to Stop Nina Turner

‘Abuse and torture’: US reacts to Donald Rumsfeld’s death

Dozens of Sudden Deaths Reported as Canada Heat Hits Record 121°F

Haitian journalist, activist killed in Port-au-Prince shootings

Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court

Johnson & Johnson settles New York opioid lawsuit for $230 million

US Pacific north-west braces for ‘unprecedented’ sweltering heatwave

Oakland to divert $17M from police budget

Germany stabbing victims were all women

Department of Justice sues Georgia over voting law

12 German soldiers injured in Mali vehicle bomb attack

FTC Tells Marathon Petroleum, 7-11 to Divest Hundreds of Stores

Germany: 3 people killed in Würzburg knife attack

U.S. report on Pentagon-documented UFOs leaves sightings unexplained

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder

A Bad Government Infrastructure Deal Is Worse Than No Deal

Florida declares state of emergency after deadly Miami-area condo collapse

The Supreme Court just handed down disastrous news for unions

The Charities That Gave Flowers to the Poor

Council of Europe took criticizes French prisons and police stations

Canada: At least 600 graves found at Indigenous boarding school

New York Supreme Court suspends Giuliani's law license

Boston Dynamics is officially part of Hyundai Motor Group

Dozens killed after air strike on market in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Saudi Operatives Who Murdered Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in US

John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison

India Walton Declares Victory in Buffalo Mayoral Race

Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily prints final run

Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals

L.A.: Home to More Homeless Than Anyplace Else

COVID tracking: Google silently pushed app to users’ phones

Bitcoin forms ‘death cross’, hinting at more pain to come

Walgreens giving $25 to new vaccine recipients

Philippines' president threatens those refusing Covid-19 vaccine with jail

Luxury cars smashed to pieces in Philippines by customs control

A petition has been launched to stop Jeff Bezo from returning to earth

Fort Lauderdale Mayor says truck running into Pride parade was 'terrorist attack'

Ron Johnson booed at Juneteenth celebration in Wisconsin

Educators face fines, harassment over critical race theory

A Driver Crashed Into The Crowd At A Pride Parade In Florida, Killing One Man

Fugitive far-right Belgian soldier found dead

After Iraq War Authorization Repealed, Calls Grow to 'Do the 2001 AUMF Next'

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s next president?

US marks Juneteenth after recognizing it as federal holiday

Dear President Biden, you need to act on Palestine

UN chief Antonio Guterres sworn in for second term

James Baldwin and the FBI

Utah school omits teen with Down’s syndrome from cheer team photo

British food and drink exports to EU fall by £2bn in first quarter of 2021

Jury president Spike Lee turns Cannes Festival poster boy

António Guterres elected as U.N. secretary-general for second term

As the drug war turns 50, the US is still public enemy number one

US Congress passes bill to make Juneteenth a holiday marking end of slavery

Honolulu prosecutor charges officers with murder despite grand jury decision

Teen stabbed to death during dispute in NYC

First person of color named to Canada's top court

Student debt wiped for thousands defrauded by for-profit colleges

MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, donates another $2.7B

Amazon's relentless worker churn

US police shooting of Black man in Georgia echoes Breonna Taylor

Trump spied on journalists. So did Obama. America needs more press freedom now

Senate passes bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

EU Parliament Overwhelmingly Votes to End Caged Animal Farming

Israel launches air raids on Gaza Strip

2021 set to become deadliest year on record for trans Americans

US and Japan leave G7 stuck on coal

Anti-vax groups rack up victories against Covid-19 push

Car plows into protesters in Minneapolis

U.S. officials worry about Russia’s growing links to China

2 paratroopers found dead at Fort Bragg, drugs suspected

New Israeli government is just as bad as the last, says Palestinian PM

One woman dead, three injured after car plows into protesters in Minneapolis

The new wave of the opioid crisis sweeping California

AOC Says 'Elephant in the Room' Is Senate Democrats Blocking Their Own Party's Agenda

Remembering the Human Be-In

Teachers across the U.S. protest laws restricting racism lessons

People who fear COVID-19 are also more judgmental

Nearly all seniors are now prescribed drugs tied to falls

Netanyahu is out as new Israeli government survives confidence vote

Biden reaffirms support for Summer Olympics

Naftali Bennett: An Israeli kingmaker rises again

Mass shooting in Austin, Texas, leaves at least 14 injured

Facebook is a hub of sex trafficking recruitment in the US

Rupert Murdoch writes down value of Sun newspapers to zero

Teen who shot video of Floyd’s death receives Pulitzer honour

Leaked IRS Files: Billionaires Bezos, Musk, Bloomberg, Buffett Avoided Taxes as Wealth Soared

Oregon Oregon house expels Republican who helped far-right rioters enter capitol

‘Critical race theory’ becomes a flashpoint in US public schools

Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought

Israel crackdown spotlights Palestinian ‘icons’

Uproar after Argentina president says ‘Brazilians came from the jungle’

Company officially nixes Keystone XL pipeline

Hospital suspends 178 health care workers for failing to get COVID vaccine

Musk, Bezos, other billionaires pay little to nothing in US income tax

Civil Rights Leaders and Labor Advocates Turn Up the Heat on Joe Manchin

Poor People's Campaign to March Against Manchin Obstructionism in West Virginia

Russian court outlaws Alexei Navalny’s organisation

Canada anti-Muslim attack: ‘It could have been any one of us’

Attackers kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village raid

Lincoln Project co-founder: Trump's words 'will surely kill again'

Jen Psaki says Fox News reporters are like Russian and Chinese propagandists

America’s gun obsession is rooted in slavery

How Denmark became the NSA's listening post in Europe

Maher calls college a 'grift,' compares it to Scientology

7 US teens report heart inflammation after second Pfizer dose

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Maya Wiley for New York mayor

Chemical cargo ship sinks in one of Sri Lanka's worst-ever marine disasters

G7 nations sign historic pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

US Justice Dept says it will no longer seize reporters’ records

Hong Kong police arrest leading organiser of Tiananmen vigil

Abandoned strip mines are being rescued by sweet-smelling purple plants

Hero rat that sniffed out over 70 landmines retires

Israel's opposition parties agree to dump Netanyahu after 12 years

The Greatest Danger to American Democracy

Biden Says Tulsa Massacre 'Can't Be Buried, No Matter How Hard People Try'

'Not Another Nickel,' Says Progressive Jewish Group as Israel Plans to Request $1 Billion More in US Military Aid

Slaughterhouse closures spread after cyberattack on meat producer

Namibia chiefs reject "insulting" German aid offer over colonial killings

Kremlin critic Dmitry Gudkov detained

Biden suspends oil and gas leases in Alaska