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Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:00:19 EDTLiz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-backed candidate
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump's fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a Republican primary on Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former U.S. president in a contest...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:00:24 EDTUkraine hints at involvement in another Crimea explosion roiling Russia
Moscow denounced sabotage and Ukraine hinted at responsibility for new explosions on Tuesday at a military base in Russian-annexed Crimea that is an important supply line for Russia's invasion of Ukra...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:48 EDTWyoming's dedication to Donald Trump likely means the end of the road for Liz Cheney
Despite being a staunch conservative and part of a political dynasty, Trump supporters are likely to deliver a final punishment to Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney during the state's Republican primar...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTCanada eyes cash for critical minerals in Biden's big new climate bill
A historic climate bill just passed by the U.S. Congress could have implications in entrenching Canada's role in the shift toward clean transportation. That legislation includes hundreds of millions o...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:36:27 EDTWolfgang Petersen, filmmaker behind Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, dead at 81
Wolfgang Petersen, who rode his acclaimed German-language film Das Boot into a career directing Hollywood blockbusters such as In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm and Troy, ha...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:52:53 EDTSarah Palin could join U.S. Congress, as her ex in-laws hold fundraiser for opponent
Alaska voters get their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office.
Wed, 4 Aug 2021 20:38:17 EDTAs Afghans go hungry, the West contends with the Taliban's broken promises
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:34:42 EDTFatal film-set shooting by actor Alec Baldwin was an accident, medical investigator finds
A New Mexico medical investigator ruled the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, but it remains unclear why the gun was loaded with live a...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:34:31 EDTSeparated by India's partition 75 years ago, brothers just want to spend remaining time together
Social media and the work of younger generations are helping relatives in India and Pakistan separated by the violence of the partition of India in 1947 and a hostile border find each other. We spoke ...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:22:26 EDTPolice investigate son of prime suspect in New Mexico killings of Muslim men
Police believe the son of the prime suspect in the killings of four Muslim men may have played a role in the murders, which have shaken the Muslim community in New Mexico's largest city.
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:37:31 EDTFresh shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant as UN supports site inspection by energy watchdog
Pressure grows for International Atomic Energy Agency to visit Europe's largest nuclear power plant amid concerns that ongoing military attacks could have catastrophic consequences beyond Ukraine and ...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:52:51 EDTDOJ urges court not to release Trump raid affidavit, cites concerns about witnesses, investigation
The Department of Justice says the affidavit supporting the FBI's search of former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home contains "highly classified" material and "sensitive information" about...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:24:52 EDTKenya's Ruto declared president as some election officials disown results
After last-minute chaos that could foreshadow a court challenge, Kenya's electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over fi...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:13:03 EDTMonkeypox outbreak 'shows signs of slowing' in Britain, health officials say
British health officials say the monkeypox outbreak across the country “shows signs of slowing,” but that it’s still too soon to know if the decline will be maintained.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:29:30 EDTTrump ally Rudy Giuliani targeted in election probe, lawyer says
Prosecutors in Atlanta on Monday told lawyers for Rudy Giuliani that he's a target of their criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-president Donald Trump and others to interfere...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:22:53 EDTBritish regulator 1st to authorize Moderna's updated COVID booster
British health authorities are the first to approve Moderna's combination "bivalent" COVID-19 vaccine.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:03:00 EDTWildfire rages through southeastern Spain
About 1,200 people have been driven out of their homes in parts of Valenicia, Spain as firefighters in the southeast try to contain three separate wildfires.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:06:27 EDTChina announces new military drills near Taiwan as U.S. delegation visits Taipei
China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the self-governing island's president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday. The move threatens to renew tensions be...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:10:06 EDTIran denies involvement in attack on author Salman Rushdie
An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country's first public comments on the attack.
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:30:00 EDTA year after Taliban takeover, advisers still pleading for help to bring families to Canada from Afghanistan
Some 45 language and cultural advisers were directly recruited by Canada's Department of National Defence to carry out dangerous assignments during the war in Afghanistan. Now, the Taliban is chasing ...