International
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
His foundation announced his death in Switzerland on Saturday in a tweet , saying that he died after a short unspecified illness.
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Nearly 2 million Muslim pilgrims are gathering in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.
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Turkey Counterpunches By Raising Tariffs On U.S. Goods
Just days after President Trump tweeted his decision to double tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum, Turkey has announced that it, too, is ratcheting up retaliatory tariffs.
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India aims for the world’s biggest health care overhaul
In his annual Independence Day speech on Wednesday, Narendra Modi is expected to unveil the biggest government health care program in the world.
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Uh-oh, Germany is rapidly running out of beer bottles
In Germany, beer consumption is up as temperatures remain unusually high. This is good and bad news for the beer industry.
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The toll of wars in the Middle East
Guests: Nasser Arrabyee, Lee Keath, Shireen Al-Adeeimi, Joshua Landis Dozens of children were killed in a Saudi-l ...
Air Date: August 14, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Car crashes into security barriers at U.K. Parliament; At least 3 injured
A vehicle crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London early Tuesday
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For Berlin, invasive crustaceans are a tough catch and a tough sell
In a shaded stream in the middle of Berlin's rambling Tiergarten park, fisherman Klaus Hidde lowered himself into the water recently.
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Rand Paul goes to Russia and delivers letter for Trump, marking our era of irony
Many have also seen the visuals of Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul hobnobbing in Moscow this week with members of the Russian Council, sometimes called his "counterparts."
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U.S. braces for possible cyberattacks after Iran sanctions
U.S. intelligence agencies have singled out Iran as one of the main foreign cyber threats facing America
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Student voice: ‘Then one day a bomb exploded during my geometry class’
Fleeing Syria to pursue safety, education and a socially just world.
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Babies who seem fine at birth may have Zika-related problems later, study finds
Since Zika emerged as a threat to babies, it's been a mystery exactly how much of a danger the mosquito-borne virus poses to children.
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Powerful quake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island, 39 dead
A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and shaking neighboring Bali.
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Venezuelan officials say president Nicolás Maduro is unharmed after drone ‘attack’
Maduro was giving a live televised speech in the capital city of Caracas on Saturday when, a government spokesman said, explosive-carrying drones went off near the president.
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