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2b681bd011acc96d282de1bc433e53ea | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/07/iran-qasem-soleimani-funeral-procession-deaths/2830680001/ | Stampede at Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani's funeral kills at least 56 | Stampede at Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani's funeral kills at least 56
Iranian state TV reported Tuesday that at least 56 people were killed and 213 injured in a stampede at a funeral procession for the nation's slain Gen. Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman in southeastern Iran.
Soleimani was killed in a U.S.... |
615c8455e71456597181c85e2cd9dc65 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/07/iran-says-u-s-military-pentagon-terrorists-qasem-soleimani-killing/2830669001/ | Iran OKs bill calling U.S. military, Pentagon terrorists after Qasem Soleimani killing | Iran OKs bill calling U.S. military, Pentagon terrorists after Qasem Soleimani killing
The Iranian Parliament approved a bill Tuesday designating the entire U.S. military and Pentagon terrorist organizations after the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq.
Lawmakers also backed a motion allocating $220 million to the... |
32b4e91f5ea1ef5b0fe3ec048ac7e0b3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/08/australian-fires-over-1-billion-animals-feared-dead-experts-say/2845084001/ | Over 1 billion animals feared dead in Australian wildfires, experts say | Over 1 billion animals feared dead in Australian wildfires, experts say
The death toll for animals in Australia continues to go up.
The World Wildlife Fund in Australia estimates that as many as 1.25 billion animals may have been killed directly or indirectly from fires that have scorched Australia.
"The fires have bee... |
3d2153d37f5fd88d5d54ce1cfd4a20be | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/11/iraq-iran-trump-middle-east-tensions/2853510001/ | Tug of war: In Trump vs. Tehran, Iraqis caught in the middle | Tug of war: In Trump vs. Tehran, Iraqis caught in the middle
The lyrics from a song by a Scottish folk-rock band that was popular several decades ago might seem like an unusual and absurdly specific cultural frame through which to view the tensions that have engulfed the United States and Iran in recent times.
But for ... |
e5aa2fd4dfe40881c0da72f9b694baed | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/11/puerto-rico-earthquake-6-0-magnitude-quake-causes-damage-ponce/4441511002/ | Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Puerto Rico and causes landslide in Peñuelas | Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Puerto Rico and causes landslide in Peñuelas
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday morning, causing a landslide in the southern municipality of Peñuelas.
The quake at 8:54 a.m. local time struck 8 miles southeast of Guanica at a shallow depth of 3 miles, according to th... |
c52649f951337464ab416977d2ce1ab7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/15/australia-fires-google-earth-nasa-tracks-smoke-around-world/4476126002/ | Dark smoke from Australia fires is circling the Earth, NASA says | Dark smoke from Australia fires is circling the Earth, NASA says
The unprecedented masses of smoke created by bushfires in Australia returned to their continent of origin after drifting across the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigating the globe, NASA said.
Google Earth images from the agency show the trail of brown smoke ... |
112f7513ff70d72121698bc4dc846274 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/15/delta-dumps-fuel-expert-defends-pilots/4476137002/ | FAA: Delta pilots didn't seek permission before dumping fuel that rained on school kids | FAA: Delta pilots didn't seek permission before dumping fuel that rained on school kids
The Delta pilots who bombarded elementary school playgrounds with jet fuel before making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport failed to notify air traffic control of the need to jettison fuel and did not dump it... |
52f9ac99ca17470c9d06014cc9e392e2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/15/russian-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-cabinet-resigns/4476322002/ | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, entire Cabinet resign | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, entire Cabinet resign
In a surprise move, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned along with the country's entire Cabinet, Russian state news agency Tass reported Wednesday.
Medvedev made the announcement after Russia's President Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of consti... |
0d70c4c83d290d98083cad60c4997b0f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/16/us-troops-treated-injuries-after-iran-missile-attack/4496310002/ | 11 US troops treated for injuries after Iran missile attack | 11 US troops treated for injuries after Iran missile attack
WASHINGTON – Several U.S service members were injured during Iran's missile assault on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq last week that houses U.S. troops and coalition forces.
U.S. Central Command in the region said in a statement that "several were treated for concuss... |
cdf689ef7e0a4a23492e982cbf998b8b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/20/china-coronavirus-transmission-between-humans-confirmed-200-cases/4523222002/ | Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China's coronavirus outbreak; 200 cases reported | Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China's coronavirus outbreak; 200 cases reported
BEIJING – The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possibility that it could spread more quickl... |
a20ac67e686761b615c194a61880525c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/21/china-coronavirus-outbreak-symptoms-transmission-cdc-sars/4528555002/ | What is coronavirus, and should Americans be worried? What to know about the outbreak in China | What is coronavirus, and should Americans be worried? What to know about the outbreak in China
A new virus gaining traction in China has begun a global spread, and the world is taking notice.
China has reported more than 500 cases of the virus since December, most of them in the city of Wuhan. At least 17 deaths are bl... |
593d90f1a771bacb8b568c79ad603177 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/21/sudan-lions-starving-khartoum-spark-campaign-save/4529839002/ | These Sudanese lions are so starved their bones show. A campaign to save them went viral | These Sudanese lions are so starved their bones show. A campaign to save them went viral
After a series of devastating photos showed five malnourished and sick lions in Sudan, efforts are ramping up globally to save the cats.
The lions are being held in Al-Qureshi Park in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The park is m... |
c6b7330e149a05aa95b4e0e6958f6c6d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/25/coronavirus-grave-crisis-us-diplomats-ordered-leave-wuhan/4574189002/ | Coronavirus death toll rises to 56 in China as US diplomats prepare to leave Wuhan | Coronavirus death toll rises to 56 in China as US diplomats prepare to leave Wuhan
As the U.S. closed its consulate in Wuhan and prepared to extract all its diplomats, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday of a "grave situation" in the rapid spread of the coronavirus that has claimed 56 lives.
The virus, which b... |
8fd8d982ca40e7d80dc69781efefbc31 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/30/coronavirus-death-toll-hits-170-countries-scramble-respond/4618844002/ | WHO declares coronavirus global emergency; State Department raises travel warning to highest level | WHO declares coronavirus global emergency; State Department raises travel warning to highest level
As the death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 213, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Thursday and the U.S. Department of State upped its travel warning on China to the highest level.
... |
b756a112b51ba28db4d6514cd8a80361 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/31/coronavirus-symptoms-britain-russia-who-wuhan-emergency/4620574002/ | Federal quarantine order issued for 195 Americans who returned from China | Federal quarantine order issued for 195 Americans who returned from China
For the first time in a half-century, U.S. health officials have issued a federal quarantine order, compelling all 195 Americans evacuated from China to remain at an air base in California for 14 days.
A flight carrying the Americans arrived Wedn... |
77bb8a1a662f4db2a5af6dffb56137c7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/02/coronavirus-first-death-outside-of-china-philippines/4639200002/ | Coronavirus: China apologizes for comparing travel bans to treatment of Jews during Holocaust | Coronavirus: China apologizes for comparing travel bans to treatment of Jews during Holocaust
A 44-year-old Chinese man hospitalized in the Philippines became the first known fatality outside China from the new virus that has killed more than 300 people and prompted a global health emergency, authorities said Sunday.
A... |
8806a82dcd9c89dbe6d1e1f793f989be | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/03/coronavirus-outbreak-china-says-us-spreading-fear/4643737002/ | 'A very bad example': China accuses US of spreading fear about coronavirus after travel advisory | 'A very bad example': China accuses US of spreading fear about coronavirus after travel advisory
WASHINGTON – China's foreign ministry said Monday that the U.S. has not helped contain the outbreak of coronavirus that began in the city of Wuhan but has instead spread fear by imposing travel bans.
"There is no reason for... |
784a2243b4723b72d4fd7fb7365aa3a5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/03/coronavirus-photos-show-wuhan-huoshenshan-hospital-built-10-days/4643377002/ | China built a hospital in 10 days to battle coronavirus. These 19 photos show how it got done | China built a hospital in 10 days to battle coronavirus. These 19 photos show how it got done
Patients arrived Monday at Wuhan's Huoshenshan Hospital, the 1,000-bed treatment center constructed in 10 days as China battles the deadly coronavirus outbreak spreading around the world.
State media reported that the first pa... |
9d7d3ffd09d9e68bed87027e54eaf165 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/07/coronavirus-american-citizen-china-death-toll-cases/4699514002/ | American dies in China coronavirus case | American dies in China coronavirus case
The death toll from the coronavirus in mainland China spiked 23 percent Wednesday amid new counting methods adopted by Chinese health officials, who eased their criteria for confirmed cases.
Deaths rose by 252, to a total of 1,367 worldwide. All but two of those deaths have been ... |
da8526a4b9db6cb618e8cb69fb1ce39c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/12/wildlife-photographer-year-mice-fight-london-photo-wins-award/4735613002/ | Mice fighting over crumbs in subway station wins wildlife photo award in stunning image | Mice fighting over crumbs in subway station wins wildlife photo award in stunning image
Mice in a subway may be a typical sight on your commute to work, but one wildlife photographer captured the moment two were brawling in an award-winning photograph.
Titled "Station squabble," Sam Rowley's photograph of two mice appa... |
11653a5a9a016e4b9289f029fec47de5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/14/us-taliban-reach-afghanistan-truce-agreement-official-says/4761042002/ | Defense Secretary Esper: US has reached a deal with the Taliban to reduce deadly attacks | Defense Secretary Esper: US has reached a deal with the Taliban to reduce deadly attacks
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has reached an initial deal with the Taliban for a reduction in the deadly attacks that have ravaged Afghanistan for years, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters on Friday.
“The United St... |
f0deea51f2168da281bc1be120286c49 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/16/iran-sanctions-create-some-problems-talks-possible-conditions/4779285002/ | Iran: US sanctions 'create some problems'; talks possible with conditions | Iran: US sanctions 'create some problems'; talks possible with conditions
The U.S. "maximum pressure" policy aimed at isolating Iran will not work, but the regime would be willing to negotiate if the Trump administration returns to the Iranian nuclear deal and drops economic sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said Sun... |
8284477e16cf3bdab7355a8fe0de0a34 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/23/coronavirus-south-korea-president-orders-red-alert/4849614002/ | Not in my backyard: Alabama balks at plan to house coronavirus patients as global death toll tops 2,600 | Not in my backyard: Alabama balks at plan to house coronavirus patients as global death toll tops 2,600
A federal plan to house cruise ship passengers who tested positive for the coronavirus at a facility in Alabama was met with a resounding no thanks by state officials who may have forced authorities to shelve the ide... |
109572f42dfa717e5cf7502e8727e61b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/23/julian-assange-whats-stake-if-u-s-prosecutes-wikileaks-founder/4734934002/ | Julian Assange: He infuriated Washington. Now he's facing life in prison | Julian Assange: He infuriated Washington. Now he's facing life in prison
LONDON – His hosts claim his indoor soccer games destroyed embassy equipment. And that he liked to ride a skateboard in the halls. Nearly a year after British police officers dragged him – heavily bearded, disheveled and resisting – into a waiting... |
b766ba60126cd78a692e6631eba7020e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/24/man-drives-car-into-germany-carnival-crowd-volkmarsen-30-injured/4860079002/ | 30 people injured after man drives car into Carnival crowd in Germany; suspect arrested | 30 people injured after man drives car into Carnival crowd in Germany; suspect arrested
BERLIN – A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, injuring around 30 people including children, officials said Monday.
The driver, a 29-year-old German citizen who lived l... |
2487216a606a4c55044a275d1433e0b5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/24/trump-wikileaks-julian-assange-extradition-hearing/4857467002/ | Assange extradition hearing opens with claims of retribution against the media, danger to U.S. informants | Assange extradition hearing opens with claims of retribution against the media, danger to U.S. informants
LONDON – On the opening day of Julian Assange's U.S. extradition hearing here a lawyer for the U.S. government alleged that the WikiLeaks founder's publication of classified documents revealed the names of informan... |
135abdd6e1aa5cc6d108c748d212b5cf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/25/antarctica-heat-wave-melts-island-snow/4867504002/ | A heat wave melted 20% of an Antarctic island's snow in only 9 days | A heat wave melted 20% of an Antarctic island's snow in only 9 days
A heat wave this month in Antarctica sent temperatures soaring into the mid- to high-60s across northern portions of the normally frigid continent.
Surprisingly, the warmth melted about 20% of an Antarctic island's snow in only nine days, according to ... |
e32dfa334171598aca89a5c6b24e190c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/25/gerald-corrigan-terence-whall-guilty-wales-crossbow-killing/4865955002/ | 'Barbaric, medieval-style execution': Man found guilty of killing retired lecturer with crossbow | 'Barbaric, medieval-style execution': Man found guilty of killing retired lecturer with crossbow
A man was found guilty of the "barbaric, medieval-style execution" of a retired lecturer who was shot with a crossbow outside his Welsh island home as he tried to fix his TV satellite.
Gerald Corrigan, 74, was fatally injur... |
43dc17cd0b5be3cef6efca222ca9f14a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/25/hosni-mubarak-dies-former-egypt-president-91/4865902002/ | Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91, state television reports | Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91, state television reports
CAIRO – Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced by the military to resign amid upheaval in 2011, died Tuesday, state-run TV said. He was 91.
Throughout his rul... |
94b412962dcc4abe3be82a2dd25f0e76 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/25/jakarta-floods-2020-indonesia-capital/4865913002/ | Thousands caught in floods in Jakarta, Indonesia's sinking capital | Thousands caught in floods in Jakarta, Indonesia's sinking capital
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Floods that have crippled much of Indonesia's capital worsened Tuesday, inundating thousands of homes and buildings, including the presidential palace, and paralyzing transport networks, officials and witnesses said.
Overnight rains... |
a34b63df420263cb88311e26b3868263 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/02/26/greta-thunberg-meets-malala-yousafzai-tweets-heartwarming-photo/4878763002/ | Greta Thunberg snaps heartwarming photo with her hero, education activist Malala Yousafzai | Greta Thunberg snaps heartwarming photo with her hero, education activist Malala Yousafzai
Role models have role models, too.
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg met Malala Yousafzai Tuesday and posted a picture on Twitter to commemorate the occasion. In her post, she referred to Yousafzai as her role model.
Yousafz... |
7fafa23ea0b7af03ebac8c24f4d15973 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/09/coronavirus-international-developments/4998528002/ | China reports fewest number of coronavirus cases since it started tracking disease in January | China reports fewest number of coronavirus cases since it started tracking disease in January
Authorities in China reported the fewest number of new cases of coronavirus since infections started being tracked in January, but the epidemic is continuing to spread rapidly elsewhere around the world Monday, rattling global... |
483fb7e6dfb47dcb3b448c60e0d4b5a7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/10/44-dead-iran-drinking-toxic-alcohol-fake-coronavirus-cure/5009761002/ | At least 44 dead from drinking toxic alcohol in Iran after coronavirus cure rumor | At least 44 dead from drinking toxic alcohol in Iran after coronavirus cure rumor
Iranian media reports that at least 44 people have died from alcohol poisoning and hundreds have been hospitalized after consuming bootleg alcohol in an effort to treat the coronavirus.
The Middle Eastern country, which has been especiall... |
fea1d1a91604058d6be21e6e5d72684a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/11/climate-change-world-way-off-track-dealing-global-warming/5021961002/ | Planet is 'way off track' in dealing with climate change, UN report says | Planet is 'way off track' in dealing with climate change, UN report says
The planet is "way off track" in dealing with climate change, a new United Nations report says, and experts declared that climate change is a far greater threat than the coronavirus.
"It is important that all the attention that needs to be given t... |
810f8dc88b2d78119101cd099977505f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/12/coronavirus-european-union-leaders-slam-trumps-travel-ban/5030008002/ | European Union leaders slam Trump's sweeping coronavirus travel ban | European Union leaders slam Trump's sweeping coronavirus travel ban
LONDON – The European Union on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump's decision to "unilaterally" impose a sweeping ban on travel from European countries to the United States as part of efforts to stop the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
"The corona... |
ef7337c9b7c338c7b4f03d1c72eaffe7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/13/coronavirus-world-waits-learn-if-political-leaders-have-virus/5041758002/ | Trump joins small group of world leaders who have tested positive for COVID-19 | Trump joins small group of world leaders who have tested positive for COVID-19
President Donald Trump, 74, and first lady Melania Trump, 50, tested positive for COVID-19, the president tweeted early Friday, just hours after Trump announced that Hope Hicks, one of his closest advisers, tested positive for the new corona... |
b18e758ae2363f6b264a599d4712ddcf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/15/coronavirus-us-couple-limbo-after-being-forced-off-viking-cruise/5053446002/ | Americans stuck in Cambodia amid pandemic say they are 'being detained,' not quarantined | Americans stuck in Cambodia amid pandemic say they are 'being detained,' not quarantined
When Ryan Knapp and his wife booked a Viking River cruise along the Mekong Delta, they thought it would be a dream trip – a chance to finally see Angkor Wat, the stunning Buddhist temple complex, and explore other parts of Cambodia... |
42b358b93810d0449cb88625c5d8330f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/17/coronavirus-how-countries-across-globe-responding-covid-19/5065867002/ | These countries are doing the best and worst jobs fighting coronavirus | These countries are doing the best and worst jobs fighting coronavirus
LONDON – Keep calm and carry on, said Britain, the country with the least restrictive coronavirus measures in Europe (before sharply altering course March 16 amid a new "catastrophic" warning about how many people could die). Batten down the hatches... |
6dadbbfb836cf02eed6a037a740c8f14 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/19/coronavirus-stranded-americans-frustrated-with-state-department-amid-global-lockdowns-quarantines/2870419001/ | 'I can't help but feel we are abandoned': Stranded Americans seek US help amid global lockdown | 'I can't help but feel we are abandoned': Stranded Americans seek US help amid global lockdown
Kristin Monesmith is stranded in Peru with no way to get back to North Carolina, where the ER nurse is desperately needed at her local hospital.
Arizona resident Gabrielle Almeter and her parents are marooned in Marrakesh aft... |
66fd7cb8e36dc63b7153ec0f1545b1b3 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/19/coronavirus-therewithyou-uk-newspapers-unified-front-page/2881417001/ | UK newspapers run unified front page amid coronavirus pandemic: We're #ThereWithYou | UK newspapers run unified front page amid coronavirus pandemic: We're #ThereWithYou
Dozens of newspapers in the United Kingdom ran the same front page Friday morning to launch the #ThereWithYou campaign, an effort to reassure readers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Archant, Reach, JPI Media, Newsquest and Iliffe are i... |
51b5fae38342b9175b19eec8c7e72aaf | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/19/first-day-spring-tokyo-dc-athens-flowers-blooming/2873172001/ | The first day of spring is here. See flowers blooming around the world | The first day of spring is here. See flowers blooming around the world
The start of spring doesn't stop for anything. Amid a coronavirus pandemic, flowers are beginning to sprout new life. And they are actually doing it earlier than ever recorded across portions of the U.S.
"We’ve known for over a decade now that clima... |
48ab847fc210f4d4e0f76ba2f7ea4f41 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/21/coronavirus-stranded-americans-peru-told-border-close-sunday/2889675001/ | U.S. Embassy working with Peru to charter flights for Americans stranded amid pandemic | U.S. Embassy working with Peru to charter flights for Americans stranded amid pandemic
The United States Embassy in Lima said Monday it is “working in close coordination with the Peruvian Government to explore charter repatriation flights” for hundreds of Americans stranded amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It's a situati... |
b4dcd0b1d4ccfa70b4e54b72ef13fe16 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/23/coronavirus-what-happens-if-italys-lockdowns-dont-work/2897362001/ | 'Every part of me hopes it doesn’t come to that': What if Italy's coronavirus lockdowns don't work? | 'Every part of me hopes it doesn’t come to that': What if Italy's coronavirus lockdowns don't work?
ROME — This could be the week Italy receives some desperately needed sustained good news about the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the country. If it doesn’t, it may have to tighten one of the strictest peacetime lockdowns... |
81f623a25ef36e5855ffe41f2b7dc8ac | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/25/coronavirus-greta-thunberg-says-extremely-likely-she-had-covid-19/5076804002/ | Greta Thunberg says it's 'extremely likely' she had coronavirus after her trip to central Europe | Greta Thunberg says it's 'extremely likely' she had coronavirus after her trip to central Europe
Young climate change activist Greta Thunberg told her followers that it was “extremely likely” she had the novel coronavirus as she urged the public to stay at home.
The 17-year-old Swede said in an Instagram post Tuesday t... |
2b9edde031f4cbd4bdde8d1671f2a562 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/25/new-zealand-mosque-shootings-white-supremacist-changes-plea-guilty/5084751002/ | New Zealand mosque shootings: Australian white supremacist changes plea to guilty | New Zealand mosque shootings: Australian white supremacist changes plea to guilty
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – One year after killing 51 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused of the slaughter changed his plea to guilty on Thursday.
Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, pleaded guilty to 5... |
455c91081c0b0780d9de83e91e68b2b6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/26/bbc-dad-talks-work-home-kids-during-coronavirus-pandemic/2915486001/ | BBC dad interrupted by kids in viral video opens up about work from home during coronavirus pandemic | BBC dad interrupted by kids in viral video opens up about work from home during coronavirus pandemic
If there's one person any parent working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic can relate to, it's the BBC dad.
Robert Kelly, a political science professor in South Korea, was hilariously interrupted by playful childr... |
f48d04aeeee3c77f89b495da188d7417 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/26/coronavirus-global-response-falters-virus-spreads-trump-lashes-out/2913342001/ | Global response to coronavirus falters as pandemic worsens and Trump lashes out at China | Global response to coronavirus falters as pandemic worsens and Trump lashes out at China
WASHINGTON – After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concluded a "virtual" summit on Wednesday with top diplomats from six other countries, he struck a note of solidarity with U.S. allies as the world faces down a common enemy: the co... |
259b2f9749535463c59d149f6652d0d7 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/27/coronavirus-africa-preparedness-rising-covid-19-infections/5076620002/ | Africa's paradox: It may be the worst and best place to ride out coronavirus | Africa's paradox: It may be the worst and best place to ride out coronavirus
LAGOS, Nigeria – After President Donald Trump touted an anti-malaria drug called chloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus, thousands of Nigerians started taking the medicine, some of them overdosing in a rush to "prevent" infection.... |
7a1cc522ad3ec7b39a8b3d9337fed7de | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/06/ireland-prime-minster-leo-varadkar-work-doctor-amid-coronavirus/2952997001/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=exchange&utm_content=news&fbclid=IwAR3cSz28_pQ3iHtyGbsXmZHJIncBYP19v7RjnFkrOSY8_KmJS__hqqwAqy0 | Ireland's prime minister to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic | Ireland's prime minister to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic
Ireland's prime minister plans to work one day a week as a doctor to help amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Leo Varadkar studied medicine and trained to be a doctor at King’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin. He worked as a doctor for seven years befo... |
d3cdd3a0374171527a3b7a238d72085a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/07/pandas-finally-mate-hong-kong-zoo-closed-due-coronavirus/2960449001/ | Two pandas tried to mate for a decade. With the zoo closed due to coronavirus, they finally did it | Two pandas tried to mate for a decade. With the zoo closed due to coronavirus, they finally did it
All it took was some peace and quiet.
As a zoo in Hong Kong closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic, two giant pandas who hadn't mated after a decade of attempts finally did the deed Monday morning.
Ocean Park ... |
f72c177f3350d4b9fef70b167bde501f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/05/22/climate-change-antarctica-has-green-snow-due-warming-temperatures/5242543002/ | Climate change is turning the snow in Antarctica bright green. Scientists are able to see it from space. | Climate change is turning the snow in Antarctica bright green. Scientists are able to see it from space.
The snow in Antarctica is turning green and scientists say climate change may be to blame.
According to a study published in the peer-reviewed Nature Communications, microscopic algae blooms across the surface of th... |
c0571e0cc01d1e949d35dcb17e823e81 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/06/15/black-lives-matter-protestor-patrick-hutchison-carries-injured-white-counter-demonstrator-safety/3190049001/ | 'We saved a life today': Black Lives Matter protester rescues injured counter-demonstrator | 'We saved a life today': Black Lives Matter protester rescues injured counter-demonstrator
LONDON – "We saved a life today," Patrick Hutchinson posted on a social media account after a photo of him emerged carrying a man to safety following a weekend clash here between anti-racism protesters and a suspected right-wing ... |
8ba704cb9164f2a52818be4ba152ff8d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/07/21/greta-thunberg-wins-gulbenkian-prize-humanity-donate-money/5478938002/?fbclid=IwAR2ZzY7K6d7-R4hLK_XGTxbfrAbP9R_veuUk_SbpVS3EuaL1d2oO2QvyPn0 | Greta Thunberg won a $1.15M humanitarian prize. She's donating it all to environmental groups. | Greta Thunberg won a $1.15M humanitarian prize. She's donating it all to environmental groups.
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is pledging to donate $1.15 million she's won in prize money to groups working to fight climate change.
Thunberg was selected to win the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity fro... |
1c11c0dd45acf3a411e8673091e8bdb5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/07/27/st-bernard-dog-named-daisy-rescued-englands-scafell-pike/5516752002/ | St. Bernard dog named Daisy rescued from England's highest peak | St. Bernard dog named Daisy rescued from England's highest peak
An "adorable" St. Bernard dog with rear leg pain was rescued from England's highest peak on Friday, emergency officials said.
Daisy, a roughly 120-pound St. Bernard out for a hike with her owners, collapsed while descending from the summit of Scafell Pike ... |
d9a5f8f8e8367831002e81b583161f99 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/10/belarus-election-protestor-dies-second-night-clash-authorities/3340316001/ | Protester dies in second night of clashes after disputed Belarus vote | Protester dies in second night of clashes after disputed Belarus vote
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A protester died amid clashes between police and thousands of people gathered for a second straight night Monday in Belarus after official results from weekend elections — dismissed by the opposition as a sham — gave an overwhel... |
5a08cf9decd7cb446122e34f01c3ef5e | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/17/lego-piece-stuck-new-zealand-boys-nose-two-years/5598449002/ | Boy finds missing Lego piece in his nose — two years after it got stuck | Boy finds missing Lego piece in his nose — two years after it got stuck
A New Zealand boy found a missing Lego piece in his nose — two years after it was stuck there, local media reported.
How? After a big sniff of cupcakes.
According to the New Zealand Herlad, Mudassir Anwar's 7-year-old son, Sameer, lost a piece of L... |
32946b309d2efac139e097a4640bdb19 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/18/new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-hits-back-donald-trump-over-covid-19-remarks/3392023001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Trump slams New Zealand's 'big surge' of 13 COVID-19 cases. More than 400 US counties reported more than that in a day | Trump slams New Zealand's 'big surge' of 13 COVID-19 cases. More than 400 US counties reported more than that in a day
At a campaign rally on Monday President Donald Trump said that despite New Zealand claiming to have succeeded in wiping out COVID-19, the South Pacific country was in fact in the grip of a "terrible" u... |
d20486471dc08d0c7daae22fc519db48 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/23/coca-cola-bottled-poison-mexico-finds-covid-19-villain-soda/5607741002/ | Soda or 'bottled poison'? Mexico finds a COVID-19 villain in sugary drinks | Soda or 'bottled poison'? Mexico finds a COVID-19 villain in sugary drinks
MEXICO CITY – While touring southern Chiapas state last month, Mexico’s coronavirus czar took aim at a vice he considers culpable for the country’s pandemic problems: rampant soda consumption
Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell tried to conn... |
1054c190998ba7fc25ab13e6d747a40a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/27/covid-family-fights-get-fathers-remains-after-he-died-overseas/5633546002/ | 'Help me bring my daddy home': Months after a man died of COVID-19 overseas, his family can't get his remains | 'Help me bring my daddy home': Months after a man died of COVID-19 overseas, his family can't get his remains
WASHINGTON – “Your dad is dead. To much sick.”
That blunt, misspelled message is what Charleen Shakman woke up to May 12. Her father, Charles Pyles, 77, a lifelong Kentuckian, had been in the Philippines when h... |
1330c9ebd07c1f8a61488ca8af866bf6 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/10/02/trumps-coronavirus-infection-draws-sympathy-putin-merkel/5892529002/ | President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of schadenfreude | President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of schadenfreude
There was widespread international sympathy but also something that resembled schadenfreude after President Donald Trump announced Friday on Twitter that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the new ... |
9bedd7a565324ac4e309ed6215832f5d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/10/22/pope-francis-video-same-sex-civil-union-endorsement-raises-doubts/3727785001/ | Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions in an interview. Where did the footage come from? | Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions in an interview. Where did the footage come from?
VATICAN CITY — Questions swirled Thursday about the origins of Pope Francis’ bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its ent... |
f16703b9b93b395ac69ed16fadbd3dc1 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/11/theodore-mccarrick-abuse-survivors-react-reported-church-missteps/6254248002/ | 'So many opportunities to stop him’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report | 'So many opportunities to stop him’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report
RICHMOND, Va. – Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed disgust, frustration and outrage after an internal Vatican report outlined what was known about the clergyman’s behavior — an... |
3ea1ced29780f12fbc0437ca8f83f3a4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/23/astrazeneca-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-oxford-university/6388023002/ | AstraZeneca says its COVID-19 vaccine is 'highly effective' in preventing disease | AstraZeneca says its COVID-19 vaccine is 'highly effective' in preventing disease
LONDON – AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine with Oxford University was up to 90% effective in preventing disease.
The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil of a vacc... |
83d60e1c86a7f8e16a4e5b960f88263c | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/23/china-moon-mission-change-5-lunar-rock-earth/6388140002/ | China's most ambitious moon mission yet attempts to bring back lunar rock | China's most ambitious moon mission yet attempts to bring back lunar rock
WENCHANG, China — Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface in what would be a major advance for the country’s space program.
Chang’e 5 is China's most ambitious lunar m... |
1b9cdb179086ce7960722e495850f90a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/24/even-trump-critics-say-he-may-have-gotten-some-foreign-policy-right/6353491002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Even Trump's fiercest critics say he may have gotten some world affairs right | Even Trump's fiercest critics say he may have gotten some world affairs right
On the world stage, many foreign policy experts say President Donald Trump has slashed and burned his way through international agreements and commitments on climate change, trade, troop deployments, public health, nuclear weapons and more.
B... |
f6db55321dbd44ad519e1fa23be0e027 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/07/mystery-illness-andhra-pradesh-india-200-hospitalized-one-dead/3855842001/ | Unidentified disease in India leaves hundreds hospitalized, 1 dead | Unidentified disease in India leaves hundreds hospitalized, 1 dead
NEW DELHI – At least one person has died and 200 have been hospitalized because of an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday.
The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, an ancient city famous fo... |
bdb1e75b91ecd863c88449b250d4b7af | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/14/blood-donation-uk-eases-restrictions-gay-and-bisexual-men/6536817002/ | UK eases restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men in 'landmark change' | UK eases restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men in 'landmark change'
Health officials in the United Kingdom announced Monday that blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men will be relaxed next year in what the government called a "landmark change."
Under the new guidelines, which will take effect... |
500b302b35839a387918252d26aab073 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/15/russias-vladimir-putin-congratulates-joe-biden-on-us-election-win-after-electoral-college-victory/3901405001/ | Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulates Joe Biden on winning election | Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulates Joe Biden on winning election
Just hours after the Electoral College elected Joe Biden the next president, formalizing the former Democratic vice president's win in the Nov. 3 election, Russia's leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday acknowledged Biden's victory, saying he "wished ... |
aedba53aa11be794f91cd1218bb99d42 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/21/new-covid-strain-us-health-officials-say-no-need-uk-flight-ban/3993897001/ | US health officials: No need to ban flights from UK even as it battles new coronavirus variant | US health officials: No need to ban flights from UK even as it battles new coronavirus variant
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials say they do not yet see a need to halt flights from the United Kingdom, even as a growing number of other countries ban British travelers amid the rapid spread of a new variant of coronaviru... |
e2576baffa8abd02c1396a6fc4d25354 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/22/spanish-christmas-lottery-el-gordo-held-under-covid-restrictions/4004873001/ | Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with more than $2.9 billion in winnings amid coronavirus restrictions | Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with more than $2.9 billion in winnings amid coronavirus restrictions
MADRID – Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school have begun calling out prize-winning numbers in Spain’s bumper Christmas lottery known as “EL Gordo” (the fat one), which is being held under tight conditions bec... |
f34db6eda5e611065d49462ec61a538d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/03/greta-thunberg-18th-birthday-climate-activism-sunday-times/4121533001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomworld-topstories | On 18th birthday, Greta Thunberg says 'we shouldn’t be relaxing' on climate change. She wants new headlights for her bike, too. | On 18th birthday, Greta Thunberg says 'we shouldn’t be relaxing' on climate change. She wants new headlights for her bike, too.
Greta Thunberg had two wishes for her 18th birthday on Sunday.
The first was a “promise from everyone that they will do everything they can” for the planet, she said in an exclusive interview ... |
1a76b1bf4819099a8021bba6aba32ede | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/04/uk-judge-rejects-us-extradition-request-for-wikileaks-julian-assange-over-suicide-risk/6536678002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomworld-topstories | British judge denies US extradition request for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, citing suicide risk | British judge denies US extradition request for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, citing suicide risk
A British judge ruled Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States on espionage charges because he is a suicide risk, in a move that touches on media freedoms and the internationa... |
0fe6f5dea184a0a65c1273ccdebfa31a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/06/naked-fugitive-stuck-australia-crocodile-habitat-found-fishermen/6560998002/ | Fishermen heard a man yell for help. It was a naked fugitive trapped in a crocodile habitat. | Fishermen heard a man yell for help. It was a naked fugitive trapped in a crocodile habitat.
CANBERRA, Australia — Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat.
Cam Faust said Wednesday he and fellow recreational fisher Kev Joiner heard Luke Voskres... |
fc8dbae49133fc89fb2f3d438da425f2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/15/least-34-dead-indonesia-earthquake-topples-homes-buildings/4172015001/ | At least 34 dead as Indonesia earthquake topples homes, buildings | At least 34 dead as Indonesia earthquake topples homes, buildings
MAMUJU, Indonesia — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people.
More than 600 people were injured during the magnitude 6.2 ... |
f530cafd9f2bf7898bed4f1433b48115 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/17/alexei-navalny-putin-critic-returns-moscow-after-poisoning/4197823001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomworld-topstories | Putin critic Alexei Navalny detained upon return to Moscow after poisoning allegedly linked to Kremlin | Putin critic Alexei Navalny detained upon return to Moscow after poisoning allegedly linked to Kremlin
MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday at a Moscow airport as he tried to enter the country from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning that he bla... |
a2fc9428fea55b379961db7e183a419f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/19/mike-pompeo-says-chinas-policies-muslims-amount-genocide/4213686001/ | Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’ | Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON — On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province constitute a “genocide.”
Pompeo made the determination on Tu... |
2203ac78478f719e26b11e8af5c53dc4 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/20/greta-thunberg-trolls-donald-trump-twitter/4239615001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories | Greta Thunberg ends Twitter feud with 'very happy old man' Donald Trump as he leaves White House: 'So nice to see!' | Greta Thunberg ends Twitter feud with 'very happy old man' Donald Trump as he leaves White House: 'So nice to see!'
Greta Thunberg struck the last blow in a Twitter clash with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
The Swedish climate change activist, 18, tweeted a photo of Trump departing the White House for the ... |
2e259fe106cad31623d7a772077b8df8 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/20/inauguration-day-world-watches-trump-exits-biden-takes-over/4209958001/ | Biden promises to 'repair alliances' as world questions U.S. strength, commitment | Biden promises to 'repair alliances' as world questions U.S. strength, commitment
LONDON – Relief and skepticism in Europe. Anger in China over a parting shot. And concern in Russia over what the next four years herald for Moscow's activities on the world stage.
The whole world watched Wednesday as Joe Biden was sworn ... |
72df78e422d6f8d928360c95399634ee | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/24/china-miners-11-rescued-after-being-trapped-underground-2-weeks/6692994002/ | 11 miners rescued in China after being trapped for 2 weeks after explosion | 11 miners rescued in China after being trapped for 2 weeks after explosion
BEIJING – Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface Sunday.
State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one by one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, their eyes shie... |
945d699c54e89ef9c908350e16659d69 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/25/9-workers-found-dead-china-mine-explosion-toll-now-10/6698140002/ | Nine workers found dead in China mine explosions, raising death toll to 10 | Nine workers found dead in China mine explosions, raising death toll to 10
BEIJING – Chinese rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers killed in explosions at a gold mine, raising the death toll to 10, officials said Monday.
Eleven miners were rescued a day earlier after being trapped underground for two weeks at ... |
b87690a1278fc50d6f97718afbe94686 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/25/spanish-woman-died-covid-nursing-home-mix-up/6698214002/ | Woman who 'died' of COVID-19 returns to Spanish nursing home after identity mix-up | Woman who 'died' of COVID-19 returns to Spanish nursing home after identity mix-up
A family in Spain is in disbelief after their 85-year-old relative returned to her nursing home 10 days after they were told she had died of COVID-19, local media reported Sunday.
Officials from a nursing home in Xove in northern Spain t... |
3e09eb1091e5e4f9094bf51aaa2c177a | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/26/india-republic-day-farmers-storm-red-fort-tractor-rally/4257399001/ | Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in huge tractor rally as nation celebrates Republic Day | Angry farmers storm India's Red Fort in huge tractor rally as nation celebrates Republic Day
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated ... |
6da2dc06389a7231768676d95a01bfad | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/27/linda-thomas-greenfield-biden-pick-ambassador-un-gets-hearing/4253389001/ | Republicans grill Biden's pick for UN ambassador over speech at Confucius Institute at HBCU | Republicans grill Biden's pick for UN ambassador over speech at Confucius Institute at HBCU
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said she regretted giving a speech in 2019 at a Chinese-funded institute in Savannah – remarks that quickly became ... |
e600a1b458891decb9683c46c7b643d2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/28/daniel-pearl-death-pakistani-court-release-acquitted-beheading/4289953001/ | Pakistani court orders release of man accused in beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl | Pakistani court orders release of man accused in beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The court also dismissed an appeal of Ah... |
c72f4b0891f9fc7edbc93f7246ffe127 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/28/iran-diplomat-says-window-closing-biden-rejoin-nuclear-deal/6678137002/ | Exclusive: Iran diplomat says 'window is closing' for Biden to rejoin nuclear deal | Exclusive: Iran diplomat says 'window is closing' for Biden to rejoin nuclear deal
WASHINGTON – Iran's highest-ranking diplomat in the USA warned the Biden administration it "must act quickly" to return to the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by President Donald Trump "because the window is closing" for Washington to lift e... |
f3f0dba3c6f6e4d64748a09aa6e38f97 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/01/31/alexei-navalny-russia-arrests-thousands-backing-opposition-leader/4330628001/ | Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Alexei Navalny | Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Alexei Navalny
MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattl... |
192e550f614f8724c1c18f0c77115f3b | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/08/uttarakhand-india-glacier-burst-what-to-know/4434591001/ | How does a glacier burst? Flooding in India leaves at least 31 dead and 165 missing. | How does a glacier burst? Flooding in India leaves at least 31 dead and 165 missing.
At least 31 people are dead and 165 are missing after a flood hit northern India on Sunday. The flood was caused when part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris down a mountain, sweeping away everything i... |
9f09dabd37367e432273e8b1eb5f8897 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/12/stonehenge-mystery-rebuilt-stone-circle-wales-research/6735719002/ | Was Stonehenge moved? New clues suggest the prehistoric monument was first built in Wales | Was Stonehenge moved? New clues suggest the prehistoric monument was first built in Wales
Origins of the prehistoric Stonehenge remain a mystery 5,000 years later, but new research suggests that its bluestones may actually be a dismantled Welsh stone circle.
Archaeologists at University College London recently found th... |
1c8bff2b26272fcac437214fedec4387 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/13/young-americans-may-get-covid-vaccine-before-poorer-nations-elderly/6721043002/ | 'Unethical and unconscionable': Richer nations getting more COVID-19 vaccines than poorer | 'Unethical and unconscionable': Richer nations getting more COVID-19 vaccines than poorer
While images of people lined up for long-awaited COVID-19 vaccinations spurred hope in millions across the globe, they stirred up something else in Dr. Juan Jose Velez: frustration.
Velez runs the coronavirus ward in one of the bi... |
132d05a5c5943d517a310cae0142374f | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/19/covid-variant-uk-spread-like-wildfire-and-us-isnt-locking-down/4504001001/ | COVID-19 variant found in UK spreads 'like wildfire.' British experts fear what will happen if US won't lock down | COVID-19 variant found in UK spreads 'like wildfire.' British experts fear what will happen if US won't lock down
LONDON – On Jan. 4, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made yet another somber coronavirus-related address to the nation: A variant first identified in Kent, England, was thought to be 50%-70% more infect... |
d0d593f6ab98347e11220e5e755363c0 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/20/alexei-navalny-loses-appeal-against-sentence-calls-putin-voldemort/4522162001/ | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny loses appeal against prison sentence, calls Putin 'Voldemort' | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny loses appeal against prison sentence, calls Putin 'Voldemort'
MOSCOW – A Moscow court on Saturday rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal against his prison sentence, even as the country faced a top European rights court’s order to free the Kremlin’s most prom... |
0d29e5aeeb575fb03eea9e57ef77929d | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/21/iran-nuclear-deal-inspections-javad-zarif-joe-biden/4532047001/ | Iran says it will begin limiting international monitoring of its nuclear sites | Iran says it will begin limiting international monitoring of its nuclear sites
Iran's top diplomat insisted Sunday the United States must lift economic sanctions imposed on it by the Trump administration before the 2015 nuclear pact can be revived.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's remarks came as Tehran confirme... |
7b4963fde5b44717e350981bcd9a90fd | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/02/22/ancient-art-australias-oldest-rock-painting-kangaroo/4544534001/ | At 17,000 years, Australia's oldest painting is of the beloved kangaroo | At 17,000 years, Australia's oldest painting is of the beloved kangaroo
Australia's oldest rock painting is of the continent's most iconic animal: a kangaroo.
At about 17,000 years old, it's the oldest painting yet discovered in Australia, scientists announced in a study published Monday.
"This is a significant find, a... |
1619d3a85ddc48c1d899d594e9134957 | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-collapse-of-the-campaign-finance-regime/ | A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime? | A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime? This article originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of The Forum. Copyright is given to The Berkeley Electronic Press. The fascinating 2008 presidential election has produced many unexpected twists and turns, with more likely to follow on the long road to the national p... |
cc98fb25478845cacd5185ad0012a994 | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/america-slams-the-door-on-its-foot-washingtons-destructive-new-visa-policies/ | America Slams the Door (On Its Foot): Washington’s Destructive New Visa Policies | America Slams the Door (On Its Foot): Washington’s Destructive New Visa Policies On January 28, Ejaz Haider—the editor of one of Pakistan’s most influential newspapers and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution—was stopped outside the Washington think tank by two armed, plainclothes officers from the U.S. Immigra... |
4e4fca6fba59129668487769b837e329 | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/an-economic-evaluation-of-the-economic-growth-and-tax-relief-reconciliation-act-of-2001/ | An Economic Evaluation of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 | An Economic Evaluation of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 This paper summarizes and evaluates the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. Enacted in 2001, EGTRRA is the biggest tax cut in 20 years, and features income tax rate cuts, new targeted incentives and estate tax repea... |
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