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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR – At least 16 people have been killed after sudden rains triggered flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in …

LONDON – Under-stated Elena Rybakina barely broke into a smile after winning the Wimbledon title on Saturday but endeared herself to the Centre Court crowd with a stunning display. The …

By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY -Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, who took office in 1970 promising a democratic opening for the country but oversaw six of the harshest years of …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA -Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further with the use of advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant in a setup that can more easily change …

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Sam Nussey NARA/TOKYO -Police acknowledged security flaws on Saturday in the Japanese city of Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated, as a motorcade …

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI – Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown …

ROME – Italian police on Saturday confirmed 11 people died when a glacier collapsed in the Alps in an incident being blamed on rising temperatures. Rescue teams had feared a …

BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Saturday in Aleppo, his first visit to the northern city since his forces recaptured it in …

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister on Saturday summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders after protesters stormed the president’s house in the commercial capital Colombo amid growing anger …

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and …

(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday unveiled an environmental analysis for ConocoPhillips’ planned $6 billion Willow oil and gas project in Alaska and outlined several options for the development, including …

By Divya Rajagopal and Ismail Shakil TORONTO/OTTAWA -Rogers Telecommunications said its network was beginning to recover late on Friday after a 19-hour service outage at one of Canada’s biggest telecom …

KHIMKI, Russia – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drugs charge in a Russian court on Thursday but denied she had intentionally broken the law. Griner was …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series “The Sopranos” and was frequently cast in Woody Allen …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The publisher of a youth shooting magazine and several gun-rights groups filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a recently enacted California law banning the marketing of …

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Chang-Ran Kim NARA, Japan -Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, …

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY – For 14 months, a team of more than 80 engineers, surveyors, restorers, architects and archaeologists have been toiling to protect part of one of …

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV – Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia’s military advance through the eastern Donbas region, …

MEXICO CITY -Mexico’s president on Friday attacked the governor of Texas’ latest steps to crack down on unauthorized migration, saying he would urge voters of Mexican origin in the United …

SHEFFIELD: Biden Pops Champagne Corks Over Jobs Report While Forgetting To Mention One Fact Carrie Sheffield on July 8, 2022 President Joe Biden touted Friday’s jobs report as “significant progress” …

Oklahoma Gov Launches Investigation Into School District Allegedly Teaching CRT Reagan Reese on July 8, 2022 Oklahoma’s largest school district is under investigation for allegedly violating the state’s Critical Race …

Biden Admin Debunks Infamous Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ Incident Once And For All Ailan Evans on July 8, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found that Border Patrol agents who …

ORTIZ: Biden Administration Can’t Spin Jobs Numbers To Deny Recession Alfredo Ortiz on July 8, 2022 President Joe Biden and his allies will point to the labor market to try …

‘Destabilization, Starvation’: UN Issues Dire Warning On Global Food Security Micaela Burrow on July 8, 2022 The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) predicted a global food “catastrophe” over the …