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Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters, pointing at the scoreboard even before crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Saturday to... read more .

On August 4, 2020, the deadly Beirut port explosions devastated the historic Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum and some of its prized artworks. But a year later, one of the city’s most cherished museums is on its way to recovery.  Read more .

In 1910, a 21-year-old with a fiery spirit arrived on the shores of Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. He’d left his home in Jamaica unemployed, probably blacklisted, as an anti-colonial trade unionist who British authorities considered dangerous.  Read more.

 Ecosystem changes could be playing a part in the ongoing deaths of gray whales along the west coast of North America, according to researchers.  Read more .

 A record number of manatees have died in Florida so far in 2021, in a mortality event described as "unprecedented."  Read more .

The Hudson Yards development in midtown Manhattan is facing calls to dismantle the Vessel, its huge sculptural centrepiece, after a fourth person in...read more.

 Tsar Peter the Great presided over an actual fashion police. His inspectors stalked the streets of St. Petersburg, shaving beards and snipping inches off coats.  Read more.

Bush is a mass murderer. He should be sharing a bunk bed with Ratko Mladic at The Hague, not giving interviews on Afghanistan in Maine.  Read more.

Some 3,000 security forces deployed around the French capital for a third weekend of protests against a health pass that will be needed to... read more.

The Energy Information Administration, the primary authority in the federal government on energy numbers, concludes that renewables, primarily hydro, wind and solar, rose to... read more .

The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison, judges said, in a watershed ruling with... read more .

The Delta variant spreads much faster, is more likely to infect the vaccinated, and could potentially trigger more severe illness in the unvaccinated compared with all other... read more .

The U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has updated its mask guidance to recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors when in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of COVID-19. The CDC also want... read more .

The highly contagious Delta variant is causing a rise in cases around the world, from the Olympics in Tokyo to Russia, Indonesia and the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines... read more .

Congressional aides and visitors to the House side of the Capitol will face arrest if they're not wearing masks, the head of the U.S. Capitol Police announced this week.  Read more .  

Google is requiring workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus if they are returning to work on the company’s campuses.  Read more .

Close to 500 current and former employees of “Assassin’s Creed” publisher Ubisoft are standing in solidarity with protesting game developers at Activision Blizzard with a letter... read more .

 T he ancient Palestinian village of Lifta sits on a quiet hillside minutes from Jerusalem’s bustling modern centre. Abandoned when its residents fled...read more.

The United States will return to Iraq some 17,000 archaeological treasures dating back 4,000 years and looted in recent decades in an “unprecedented” restitution... read more .

President Joe Biden’s top federal health officials made a forceful case Wednesday for the administration’s newly altered mask guidance — arguing both vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans, as well as the... read more .

 New York will require state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested weekly, a mandate that will go into... read more .

For 69-year-old Maria Eugenia Aguilera, her weekly shop has come with nasty sticker shocks over the last year. Prices have risen “suddenly”, she says, for basic staples like tortillas – the corn-based flatbread that is ubiquitous on dining tables across Mexico.  Read more.  

A Chinese court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years in jail on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes including “provoking trouble” after the outspoken billionaire and grassroots rights supporter was tried in secret.  Read more .

Assange fled to Ecuador’s embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to the US, but his asylum status was later revoked.  Read more.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Paris owed “a debt” to French Polynesia over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific territory between...read more.

President Biden on Tuesday said that requiring the federal workforce to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is "under consideration."  Read more .

Salmon are headed to a point of no return throughout the US west. And the impact on Native American communities could be devastating...read more.

 People advised to shield in the first wave of the pandemic were five times more likely to die after a confirmed Covid infection than those considered at... read more .

T he recent heatwave that broiled the US Pacific north-west not only obliterated temperature records in cities such as Seattle and Portland – it also put a torch to a comforting bromide that the... read more .

The California State University (CSU) system will be requiring the coronavirus vaccine for faculty, students and staff for the upcoming school year... read more .

Two person have been killed and five others are missing after an explosion rocked an industrial park housing several chemical companies in Germany’s western... read more .

The United Nation's cultural organisation (UNESCO) said on Tuesday that it had added the French Mediterranean city of Nice to its world heritage list.  Read more .

Thirty-nine people, including civil rights champions Revs. Jesse Jackson and William J. Barber II, were arrested Monday during a sit-in outside the Phoenix office of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a conservative Democrat whose opposition to filibuster reform is enabling... read more . 

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's website, navalny.com, as well as 48 websites of people and... read more .

It is not a secret that I struggle to live with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both stem from my childhood experience growing up in a rural mountain community and were compounded by exposure to combat... read more .

At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous... read more .

TA sandstorm caused a huge 22-vehicle pileup on a highway in the Mountain West US state of Utah that left eight people dead, including children, authorities said.  Read more .

Just days before the 56th anniversary of Medicare being signed into law, advocates for creating a public, universal health insurance program in the... read more .

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail time while leading Black voter registration drives in the American south during ... .read more.

Iraq will provide Lebanon with one million tonnes of fuel oil for its power plants in exchange for medical services, under a deal signed on... read more .

In the north-east Spanish region of Catalonia, an enormous bull called Pedro is poking his head over a barn door to look at some sheep. He’ll stay there for two hours if the... read more.

A New York City statue of George Floyd that was vandalized last month just days after it was unveiled for Juneteenth will be moving to Manhattan as part of a... read more .

Thousands of Hungarians marched in Budapest's biggest Pride parade on Saturday, amid tension sparked by a series of anti-gay steps by prime minister Viktor Orban.  Read more.

French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday as clashes erupted during protests in central Paris against COVID-19 restrictions and... read more .

 Dolly Parton, an icon for rural Appalachians, especially those from Tennessee, is perhaps the most famous musician from the region. Millions of people recognize her telltale twang. Parton has several...read more.

 In 2014 a German animal-rights group called SOKO Tierschutz planted a caretaker in the laboratory of Nikos Logothetis, a neuroscientist working at the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen. The infiltrator secretly filmed around 100 hours of lab work over six months, some of which was later broadcast on German television. Read more .

Real estate investor Tom Barrack paid a federal court a bond of $250 million to get out of jail on Friday while awaiting trial after he was arrested and charged with acting as an...r ead more .

US President Joe Biden has authorised up to $100m from an emergency fund to meet “unexpected urgent” refugee needs stemming from the situation in... read more.

A former CEO of the student loan lender Sallie Mae says the cost of tuition at U.S. universities is “criminal,” but acknowledges that he played a role in their rising, according to a forthcoming book.  Read more.

Mercedes-Benz AG said it is gearing up to go all-electric by the end of the decade, the latest move by an auto maker to accelerate its transition to plug-in cars.  Read more .

 Eric Clapton has said he will not perform at any venues that require attendees to show proof of vaccination.  Read more.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday pledged that there would be no mask mandates in schools or Covid-related lockdowns this fall even as the virus surges in the state and across the nation.  Read more .

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying the sales are “inconsistent with... read more .

Several of the same corporations and law firms that publicly condemned the passage of Georgia's voter suppression law in March also contributed thousands of dollars this year to state lawmakers and officials who supported ... read more.

Devastating floods and landslides caused by days of heavy rainfall in China's central province of Henan have killed at least 25 people and displaced roughly... read more .

The United States imposed sanctions on a senior Cuban security official and an interior ministry brigade following a crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this... read more .

Halima Aden, the Muslim model who became a trailblazer for wearing her hijab on the catwalk and in photoshoots, has hit out at the fashion industry and its exploitation of young models.  Read more .

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. on Monday announced a voluntary recall of 26 muffin and muffin-related products available nationwide over  concerns of possible listeria contamination.  Read more .  

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team were fined because their shorts were too long, British Paralympian Olivia Breen was told by an official that her briefs were too short and Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing won’t be allowed to wear a swimming cap for natural black hair at the...r ead more .

 The NFL warned clubs and players on Thursday that Covid-19 outbreaks among unvaccinated players in 2021 could cause forfeits without pay to either club and teams liable for financial losses.  Read more .

The Italian government, looking to contain a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, announced on Thursday that from next month people must... read more .

 A fter extraordinary revelations that the Israeli company NSO Group’s mercenary cyber-surveillance tool, Pegasus, was allegedly used to target political dissidents, human rights... read more .

The Guardian has identified an Alaska assistant attorney general as a supporter of the Mormon-derived extremist group the Deseret nationalists who has... read more .

President Joe Biden said late Wednesday that he remains opposed to eliminating the legislative filibuster even as the Senate GOP uses the archaic procedural tool to... read more .

New York City air quality was among the worst in the world as cities across the eastern US were shrouded in smoke from wildfires raging several thousand miles away on the country’s west coast.  Read more .

Israeli authorities refuse to grant licenses to Palestinian water authorities to operate freely in areas under complete... read more .

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a law passed in Arkansas that would ban nearly all abortions.  Read more.

Like most activity in the modern stock market, Elon Musk's sudden reversal to stop accepting bitcoin as payment for Tesla has little basis in reality—except for speculators in cryptocurrencies and Tesla stock.  Read more .

Three-time swimming gold medalist Becca Meyers will not travel to Tokyo for the 2021 Paralympic Games, because the deaf-blind Timonium resident’s mother will not be...r ead more .

China unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kph on Tuesday, state media said.  Read more.

In a Monday statement , a uthorities said  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio has pleaded guilty to one count of destruction of property and one count of attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device.  Read more .  

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, the eve of... read more .

A federal judge ruled Monday that Indiana University could maintain its COVID vaccination mandate for incoming and returning students.  Read more .

The US Capitol rioter who breached the US Senate chamber on January 6 carrying a Trump campaign flag and posed for selfies, was sentenced Monday to eight months behind...read more.

The push to drain China’s influence from the U.S. economy has reached America’s farm country, as congressional lawmakers from both parties are looking at measures to crack down on... read more .

At least 56 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, leaving 11 dead.  Read more.  

Ahmad Barakat has spent the past five years of his life trying to understand how social media companies think. He’s a digital marketing consultant based in Jerusalem who specializes in helping his... read more .

One week ago, like everyone else in the world, I awoke to the news that Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti, had been assassinated in his home.  Read more .

Far from the tourist traps and high-end shopping establishments that line the route the Pride Parade once took through the... read more.

A series of attacks on paramedics, firefighters and police on Sunday left five people shot, several children missing and one person dead in... read more.

Black Swan Records, the first large-scale Black-owned record label in the United States, is getting a lot of attention lately. Started by Harry Pace in 1921, Black Swan only lasted three years, but its legacy laid the groundwork for many Black-owned labels to come.  Read more .

When Amazon announced that it would buy mini-major movie studio MGM in an $8.45 billion deal, I surmised that the real goal here was to raise the cost of acquiring filmed entertainment for its competitors, making Amazon’s bundled Prime Video option look more attractive. I also nodded... read more .

Joyous and revelling in success after a gladiatorial victory in the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton ran to his adoring crowd clutching the union flag, arms spread wide as if he would bellow: “Are you not entertained?” They were indeed, on their feet... read more .

With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western US and Canada on Sunday, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grew again and... read more .

F ox Corp. PAC, a political action committee for Fox News parent Fox Corporation, has donated to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-West Virginia) re-election campaign, according to a recent... read more .

 A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park has left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues, authorities said.  Read more.

Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of... read more .

France will ban from next year the killing of male chicks by crushing or gassing, a practice denounced as barbaric by animal welfare groups, and will... read more .

When you walk into a US grocery store the shelves seem to be teeming with choice, with countless brands appearing to offer every type of food and drink.  REad more .

Germany/WASSENBERG, Germany, July 17 (Reuters) - The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 170 on Saturday after...r ead more .

South African authorities in the port city of Durban said Saturday they were investigating a coastal chemical spill that may have been caused by a warehouse fire... read more .

Protesters took to the streets in France on Saturday following new COVID-19 measures that French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday in an effort to curb the...r ead more .

 Two men have died in an apparent double suicide at the former Versace mansion in Miami Beach the day before the anniversary of fashion designer Gianni Versace’s murder on the premises.  Read more.

The COVID -19 pandemic has fueled a sharp increase in the number of people going hungry worldwide, along with conflict and the impacts of climate change. A new report on the state of food security and nutrition in the...r ead more .

The Biden administration on Thursday launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program in a half century, sending monthly payments for the first time to help most...read more.

The U.S. government owes reparations to the civilians of Afghanistan for the past twenty years of war and brutal impoverishment.  Read more .

German authorities said late Thursday that at least 58 people had likely died in massive storms and flooding in the country's west, an increase on the... read more .

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) unveiled draft legislation on Wednesday to decriminalize marijuana at... read more.

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday visited the White House in her diplomatic swan song, a trip underlining how important the veteran German leader has been to the... read more .

Outgoing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a report to parliament that the Biden administration has agreed to lift almost all U.S. sanctions on Iran to secure a...read more.

Violence and looting has raged in South Africa for the sixth day running, stoking fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to...r ead more .

More than 5,000 anti-vaccine protesters, some them waving Greek flags and wooden crosses, rallied in Athens on... read more .

 Large cruise ships will be banned from sailing into the centre of Venice from August 1, Italy announced Tuesday after years of warnings they risk causing... read more .

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government reported on... read more

Norwegian Cruise Line on Tuesday sued Florida’s surgeon general over a state law prohibiting cruise ships from requiring passengers to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination, marking the latest development in Florida’s battle with the... read more .

More than 150 corporate giants, including Target, PepsiCo and Google, urged Congress to strengthen voting rights for minority voters in a letter released Wednesday .  Read more .  

Jennifer Farmer, a campaign surrogate for Ohio congressional candidate Nina Turner, spoke out Wednesday against the influx of big money in the race, calling it... read more .

A man accused of harassing Black neighbors used a slingshot and ball bearings to cause more than $2,350 in damage to two vehicles... read more.  

Miles of beaches in Los Angeles were closed to swimmers Monday as 17 million gallons of sewage from the city's largest treatment plant spilled into... read more . 

President Biden didn’t hold back in his speech Tuesday afternoon on the urgent need for voting rights protections, labeling the onslaught of restrictive voting laws in states with... read more .  

Police say a man who was arrested for making a false bomb threat at a Florida airport was angry about a baggage fee.  Read more .

Dozens of Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives fled the state on Monday in an attempt to prevent quorum and block Republicans from passing new voting... read more .

Each year has its own fad: the hoverboard, the pet rock, the… X-ray? As the Victorian studies scholar Sylvia Pamboukian writes, for one brief moment at the end of the... read more .

Angela Holt was about three months pregnant when police arrested her in January 2020 after she got into a physical altercation with a man she says... read more .

Pope Francis appeared in public on Sunday for the first time since undergoing intestinal surgery a week ago, stepping out on a balcony at...r ead more .

Countries should be able to tax a quarter of big multinationals' profits no matter where they are earned, France proposed on Saturday at a G20 finance... read more .

Police in Bangladesh have arrested on murder charges the owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a massive fire, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.  Read more .

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, nearly four years after white supremacist protests over plans to remove it led to clashes in... read more.

In early May, more than 50 Jewish families packed their bags and moved to a hilltop in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory.  Read more .

Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer who shot to fame representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against Donald Trump before a swirl of criminal charges ended his legal career, was sentenced to... read more.

After months of controversy, acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has announced that she will join the faculty at Howard University, one of the country’s most prestigious historically Black universities, instead of joining the faculty at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she went to... read more .

The next mayor of New York City will likely be the Brooklyn borough president and former police officer Eric Adams, according to a newly released tally in the Democratic primary race which accounts for most absentee ballots.  Read more .

Japan announced Thursday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will not have spectators in attendance, reversing course amid a rise in new coronavirus cases ahead of the... read more.

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, due to its failure to enter the gunman's criminal history into a federal background check... read more .  

Thirty-seven U.S. state and district attorneys general sued Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday, alleging that the search and advertising giant violates antitrust law in running... read more . 

The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd’s life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injstice said her uncle has died in... read more .

Swedish Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven was narrowly re-elected as prime minister by parliament on Wednesday after leading the country in a caretaking capacity since his... read more .

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has contributed $200,000 to beat back an effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, deepening the governor's substantial... read more .

Mona Williams was 21, queer, and had been kicked out by their family when they first arrived at the quaint little lesbian bar on a street corner in... read more .

Israeli forces demolished the Palestinian Bedouin community of Humsa al-Baqai’a in the Jordan Valley on Wednesday, including living and farming structures provided by the international community.  Read more .

 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams clinched the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor Tuesday night, maintaining a narrow lead over former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia in the latest ranked-choice voting... read more .