
International
US reaches 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases
The milestone was reached as new cases run at about 54,000 a day. Cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most.
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Enormous explosion rocks Beirut, killing more than 100, wounding thousands
The dramatic blast was caught on numerous videos by people who had been filming a fire that was burning at an industrial port in Lebanon’s capital.
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‘I was asked if I stole my car’: Black diplomats describe harassment at US borders
Tianna Spears is one of a growing number to speak out recently about the special challenges faced by minority foreign service officers.
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WHO chief warns ‘there might never be’ a silver bullet for coronavirus
Despite progress made on a COVID-19 vaccine, "there's no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be," the World Health Organization's director-general warned.
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Ruling renews fairness debate in Boston Marathon bomber case
Even as the ruling opened old wounds, it raised familiar questions about whether Tsarnaev can receive a fair hearing in the city where the bombs exploded.
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Foreign threats loom ahead of US presidential election
As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the United States' electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.
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Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans
Doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.
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Pelosi, Dems cite election interference in request for info from FBI
Democratic leaders in the Congress asked the FBI for an all-lawmaker briefing about foreign election interference efforts that may be targeting the legislature this year.
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International students can study in the U.S. this fall — if they can get here
Many international students won’t be able to make it to their U.S. college campuses for the fall semester because of travel restrictions and closed U.S. consulate offices.
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UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
“It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all, the fiction that unpaid care work is not work."
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U.S. says Russian hackers are trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research
The hackers have been linked to Russian intelligence and were blamed for hacking Democratic Party emails in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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U.N. points to ‘alarming decline’ in child vaccinations
It warned of the first drop in 28 years for vaccinations against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis based on preliminary data from the first four months of 2020.
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You may be in sweatpants, but COVID-19 hasn’t stopped haute couture
In a fashion first, this season's collections were presented digitally, rather than in-person, in-Paris. It was an opportunity for designers to experiment in an online space.
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US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization
The pullout won’t take effect until next year, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration or if circumstances change.
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Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge coronavirus can spread in air
WHO has been criticized in recent weeks and months for its seeming divergence from the scientific community.
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