A decision by the United Nations to appoint Saudi Arabia as the chair of a gender equality forum has been criticized by…
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As the total solar eclipse, occurring across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, draws near, experts are reminding spectators…
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Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on…
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The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely unpunished” in a harrowing report released Thursday…
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World
Israeli Supreme Court orders government to stop funding religious schools that defy enlistment, in blow to Netanyahu
The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the government to stop funding religious schools whose students defy the country’s mandatory military service, posing…
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World
A potent planet-warming gas is seeping out of US landfills at rates higher than previously thought, scientists say
Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas.…
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A transitional presidential council in Haiti on Wednesday moved one step closer to instating a new prime minister to help stabilize the…
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Cuba’s repressive Communist dictatorship relies on more than brute force to oppress its people. The Castros and their successors keep Cubans in…
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Politics
Democratic leader has 2 words for Republicans looking to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., shared a brief post on social media Thursday evening, criticizing Republicans who are pushing to…
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Politics
As gray wolves terrorize farms and ranches, GOP lawmakers demand endangered species delisting
A group of 20 House Republicans is urging the Biden administration to roll back protections for the gray wolf, pointing to the…