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April 19, 2024: MIDDLE EAST

Israel, Iran Play Down Apparent Israeli Strike. The Muted Responses Could Calm Tensions—For Now

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent their latest eruption of violence from escalating into a full-blown regional war.

April 19, 2024: AFRICA

The West African Sahel Is Becoming a Drug Smuggling Corridor, UN Warns, as Seizures Skyrocket

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) – Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new UN report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking.

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December 2020

Dec 31 Middle East Show of Force: U.S. Bomber Mission a Caution to Iran

Dec 31 Holidays After Year Like This, World Prepares for a Strange New Year’s Eve

Dec 28 Crime & Punishment As COVID-19 Ravaged U.S. in 2020, Shootings, Killings Were also Up

Dec 25 Africa Gunmen Kill More than 100 in Ethiopia Attack

Dec 25 Profile Donald Trump’s Presidential Legacy, by the Numbers

Dec 25 Society & Lifestyles U.S. Population Growth Smallest in at Least 120 Years

Dec 24 Holidays A Season of Fear, Not Cheer, as Virus Changes Christmas

Dec 24 Europe Breakthrough: UK and EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Agreement

Dec 23 Politics Virginia’s Lee Statue Has Been Removed from the U.S. Capitol

Dec 21 Politics Nepal President Dissolves Parliament amid Escalating Political Feud

Dec 21 Crime & Punishment Pandemic Fueling Cambodian ‘Bride Trafficking’ to China

Dec 21 Health Issues Overdose Deaths Far Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in San Francisco

Dec 18 Geopolitics In Latin America, U.S. Faces a Rising China

Dec 18 Middle East Tunisia Region at Heart of Arab Spring Still Waits to Reap Rewards

Dec 18 Africa Freed Nigerian Schoolboys Return Home, Tell of Beatings and Hunger

Dec 18 Middle East Iran Builds at Underground Nuclear Facility amid U.S. Tensions

Dec 17 Economy & Personal Finance Loss of ‘Snowbirds’ amid Pandemic Another Hit to U.S. Tourism

Dec 16 Europe Britain’s Navy to Protect Fishing Waters in Case of No-deal Brexit

Dec 15 International How Bad Is the Hack that Targeted U.S. Agencies?

Dec 15 Africa Somalia Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Kenya amid Rising Tensions

Dec 14 Asia One Year On, Wuhan Market at Epicenter of Virus Outbreak Remains Barricaded and Empty

Dec 14 International Russian Nuclear Submarine Test-fires 4 Missiles

Dec 12 International Traffickers, Smugglers Exploiting COVID-19, Interpol Warns After Global Crackdown

Dec 9 Africa UN: Ethiopia’s Conflict Has ‘Appalling Impact on Civilians’

Dec 8 Europe Explainer: Huge Consequences Loom over EU-UK Trade Talks

Dec 8 Geopolitics U.S. Hits China with Sanctions over Hong Kong, OKs Taiwan Arms Sale

Dec 4 Europe Analysis: Could COVID Knock Out Flu in Europe This Winter?

Dec 4 Society & Lifestyles How COVID Upended Life as We Knew It in a Matter of Weeks

Dec 4 Africa UN Warns Child Labor, Trafficking on the Rise in Troubled Mali

Dec 4 Health Issues Vaccine Rollout Could Ease Crisis, but Who Gets It First?

Dec 3 Middle East Israel Receives Its Most Advanced Warship as Iran Tensions Rise

Dec 3 Americas Storms, Coronavirus and Drought Spread Hunger to Millions in Central America

Dec 2 Americas Peru’s Youth Have Taken Down a President. Now They Want More

Dec 1 Asia Spy Agency Says North Korea Executed People, Shut Capital

November 2020

Nov 27 Middle East Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows Revenge Over Slain Scientist

Nov 25 Americas As They Repair Iota’s Damage, Colombian Survivors Vow to Rebuild

Nov 23 Science & Technology China Prepping for Mission to Bring Back Moon Rocks

Nov 23 Middle East Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Urges No Return to Iran Nuclear Deal

Nov 20 Africa People Go Hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as Conflict Marches on

Nov 20 Geopolitics ‘No Free Lunch’ for Lebanon Any More, Donor States Warn

Nov 20 Geopolitics President Trump May Withdraw Troops from Somalia as Part of Global Pullback

Nov 20 Americas Death Toll Rises in Central America After Hurricane Iota

Nov 20 Europe Berlin Police Forcefully Disperse Protest Over Virus Rules

Nov 20 Middle East Iran Now Operating Underground Centrifuges, Atomic Agency Confirms

Nov 19 Health Issues ‘Tired to the Bone’: Hospitals Overwhelmed with Virus Cases

Nov 19 Asia Armenia Raises Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Troop Toll to 2,425

Nov 18 Geopolitics Beijing Warns of Action After Secretary Pompeo Says Taiwan Not Part of China

Nov 17 Science & Technology SpaceX Capsule with 4 Astronauts Reaches Space Station

Nov 16 Weather & Environment Category 5 Hurricane Iota Heads Toward Already Battered Central America

Nov 13 Weather & Environment Report Sounds Alarm on Ongoing Decline of U.S. Coral Reefs

Nov 13 Health Issues Q&A: Where Are We in the COVID-19 Vaccine Race?

Nov 13 Health Issues Is It Safe Yet to Fly During the Pandemic?

Nov 13 Middle East “Countdown to Catastrophe” in Yemen as UN Warns of Famine—Again

Nov 13 Geopolitics China Urges U.S. to Stop Increasing Ties with Taiwan

Nov 13 Profile In Ruins, Syria Marks 50 Years of Assad Family Rule

Nov 12 Asia Hong Kong’s Last Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Resign

Nov 12 Americas UN: Pandemic Threatens Latin America’s Next Generation

Nov 11 Asia Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Claims to Have Won Majority in Myanmar Polls

Nov 10 Weather & Environment Guatemalan Villagers Tell of Harrowing Escape from Landslide that Pushed Storm Eta’s Death Toll Near 150

Nov 10 Geopolitics A Worried Asia Wonders: What Will Joe Biden Do?

Nov 9 Health Issues Does Weather Affect the Spread of the Coronavirus Outside?

Nov 9 Politics What’s Next? Saturday’s Election Verdict Is Not Last Step

Nov 6 Africa Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Calls on Military to Disobey President

Nov 6 Health Issues Denmark to Cull 15 Million Minks to Prevent Spreading Mutated COVID

Nov 6 Science & Technology Space Station Marks 20 Years of People Living in Orbit

Nov 5 Asia Fighting Over Nagorno-Karabakh Drags Past 6th Week. What’s Behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict?

Nov 5 Science & Technology Lab Tests Show Risks of Using CRISPR Gene Editing on Embryos

Nov 5 Europe EU: Brexit Trade Talks Still Face “Too Many Difficulties”

Nov 4 Politics Presidency Hinges on Tight Races in Battleground States

Nov 3 Asia Philippines Braces for Another Cyclone, After Typhoon Kills 20

Nov 3 Middle East ISIS Attack on Afghan University Leaves 22 Dead, 22 Wounded

Nov 2 Asia Children Pulled Alive in Dramatic Turkey Quake Rescues; Death Toll Hits 94

October 2020

Oct 30 Weather & Environment Study: 1 to 2 Million Tons of U.S. Plastic Trash Goes Astray

Oct 30 Science & Technology Building Wave of Ransomware Attacks Strike U.S. Hospitals

Oct 29 Terrorism & Security Three Dead as Woman Beheaded in France, Gunman Killed in Other Incident

Oct 27 Africa Snakes and Sewage: Housing Troubles Grow in South Africa’s Soweto

Oct 26 Politics Poll: Four in Ten Supporters of Biden, Trump Would Not Accept Election Defeat

Oct 23 Middle East In His Comeback as Lebanon’s PM, Mr. Hariri Vows to Halt Collapse

Oct 21 Africa Nigerians Protesting Brutality, Corruption, Break 24-hour Curfew amid Gunfire

Oct 16 Economy & Personal Finance After Two Lost Decades, Weakest Local U.S. Economies May Face Worse from Pandemic

Oct 16 Europe Brexit Brinkmanship: PM Johnson Says Prepare for No-Deal, Cancels Trade Talks

Oct 13 International World Food Program Says Needs $6.8 Billion over Next 6 Months to Avert Famine

Oct 7 Americas After Summer of Protests, U.S. National Guard Puts Troops on Standby for Coming Months

Oct 2 Health Issues President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Coronavirus

September 2020

Sep 29 Politics Poll: Virginians About Evenly Divided on Confederate Statues

Sep 28 Health Issues Military Suicides up as much as 20% in COVID Era

Sep 25 Asia ‘Historic’ Labor Law Raises Fear Indian Workers Will Pay Price

Sep 24 Politics U.S. Justice Department Weighs Stripping Federal Funds from Cities Allowing ‘Anarchy’

Sep 23 Australia & South Pacific Australia Says Majority Dead in Country’s Biggest Whale Beaching

Sep 22 Geopolitics U.S. Says UN Sanctions on Iran Have Been Reimposed. What Does That Mean?

Sep 21 International On 75th Anniversary of UN, Its Chief Appeals for Peace

Sep 18 Europe UN Investigator on Belarus Warns of ‘Another Iron Curtain’

Sep 18 Asia Taiwan Scrambles Jets as 18 Chinese Planes Buzz During U.S. Visit

Sep 18 Asia New Japan Prime Minister Replacing Shinzo Abe Pledges Reform

Sep 17 Health Issues WHO: 1 in 7 Reported COVID-19 Infections Among Health Workers

Sep 17 Politics President Trump, Candidate Biden Offer Clashing Visions on Reopening Economy

Sep 16 Weather & Environment Looking Back: Five of the Largest Wildfires Ever to Hit the U.S. West

Sep 15 Holidays Israel to Lock Down Nationwide in Main Holiday Season amid COVID-19 Surge

Sep 15 Weather & Environment U.S. Gulf Coast Prepares for Second Hurricane in a Month

Sep 14 Weather & Environment ‘All Gone’: Residents Return to Burned-out Oregon Towns as Many West Coast Wildfires Keep Burning

Sep 11 International More than 1 Billion People Face Displacement by 2050

Sep 11 Middle East United States Formally Announces Troop Reduction in Iraq

Sep 10 Asia What’s Driving the India-China Military Standoff?

Sep 8 Weather & Environment As California Burns, the Winds Arrive and the Lights Go Out

Sep 7 Politics Brexit Back in Crisis: EU Warns UK Over Divorce Pact

Sep 4 International Pentagon’s Latest Salvo Against China’s Growing Might: Cold War Bombers

Sep 2 Americas Brazil Amazon Fires Likely Worst in 10 Years, August Data Incomplete, Government Researcher Says

Sep 1 Society & Lifestyles Kenoshians Face ‘Wake-up Call’ After Tumultuous, Painful Week of Violence

August 2020

Aug 31 Americas Violent 24 Hours in Rio de Janeiro, as Shootouts Plague City

Aug 28 Education ‘Education Emergency’ as Third of World’s Children Lack Remote Learning

Aug 28 Americas Punished for Being Poor? Mexico Child Labor Case Makes Poverty a Crime, Critics Say

Aug 28 Asia ‘Polishing the Gun’: China, U.S. Tensions Raise Taiwan Conflict Fears

Aug 28 Politics Since World War II, U.S. Political Parties Have Become More Extreme

Aug 28 Middle East Death Toll from Heavy Afghanistan Flooding Surpasses 150

Aug 28 Asia Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Set to Resign, Cites Ailing Health

Aug 27 Health Issues New Study Finds Smiling Tricks Your Mind into a Positive Mood

Aug 26 Middle East A Collapsing Economy and a Family Feud Pile Pressure on Syria’s President Assad

Aug 25 Asia 15 Years After Katrina: Residents Faced with Crumbling Homes and Eviction

Aug 20 Middle East Iran Announces Locally Made Ballistic and Cruise Missiles amid U.S. Tensions

Aug 19 Economy & Personal Finance Back to the Paddy Fields. COVID Smashes Indian Middle-class Dreams

Aug 17 Crime & Punishment 4 Killed, at Least 20 Hurt in Cincinnati Weekend Shootings

Aug 14 Asia Taiwan to Raise Defense Spending as China Details Combat Drills

Aug 14 Americas U.S. Seizes Iranian Gas Heading for Venezuela

Aug 14 Weather & Environment Iowa Farmers Suffer Deep Losses After Rare Storm Flattens Fields

Aug 13 Geopolitics With President Trump’s Help, Israel and the United Arab Emirates Reach Historic Deal to Normalize Relations

Aug 12 Health Issues Vaping Linked to Risk of COVID-19 in Teens, Young Adults

Aug 10 Crime & Punishment Mass Looting Breaks Out in Chicago; Shots Fired, 100 Arrested

Aug 10 Middle East Lebanese Government Resigns after Beirut Blast, Public Anger

Aug 7 Americas Argentines Battle Rising Poverty and Hunger, With or Without Debt Deal

Aug 7 Geopolitics China Diplomat: U.S. Fueling New Cold War Due to Presidential Election

Aug 7 Africa UN Finds Migrants Face Violence by African Officials

Aug 6 Asia Survivors Mark 75th Anniversary of World’s 1st Nuclear Attack

Aug 5 Middle East Beirut Reels from Huge Blast, as Death Toll Climbs to at Least 100

Aug 4 Middle East Massive Blast Rocks Beirut with at Least 100 Killed, Thousands Injured

July 2020

Jul 31 International More than 40 Countries Accuse North Korea of Breaching UN Sanctions

Jul 31 Weather & Environment Flood Risk for 1 Million in Cambodian Capital as Wetlands Destroyed

Jul 30 Science & Technology U.S. Lawmakers Accuse Big Tech of Crushing Rivals to Boost Profits

Jul 30 Health Issues How Does Being Overweight Increase Severe COVID-19 Risk?

Jul 29 Middle East Iran Uses U.S. Carrier Mock-up for Target Practice

Jul 28 Europe Vladimir Putin Says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons

Jul 28 Economy & Personal Finance Uncertainty Pushes Gold Price to Record High

Jul 24 Economy & Personal Finance ‘My World Stopped Spinning’—Life on Hold for Millions of Philippine Migrant Workers

Jul 24 Science & Technology New Research of Oldest Light Confirms Age of the Universe

Jul 24 International When the U.S. Sneezes, the World Catches a Cold. What Happens When It Has Severe COVID-19?

Jul 22 Geopolitics U.S. Orders China to Shut Houston Consulate in Move China Calls ‘Unprecedented Escalation’

Jul 21 Asia China Expands Amphibious Forces in Challenge to U.S. Beyond Asia

Jul 20 Weather & Environment Floods in India, Nepal Displace 4 Million, At Least 221 Dead

Jul 17 Economy & Personal Finance Americans on Jobless Benefits Spent More than When Working, Study Shows

Jul 17 Asia What’s Behind Rising Tensions in the South China Sea?

Jul 16 Crime & Punishment Russia Accused of Trying to Steal Virus Vaccine Data

Jul 16 Asia Clashes on Volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Deadliest in 4 Years

Jul 12 Americas More Migrants Caught Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Despite Pandemic Restrictions

Jul 10 Politics Americans Divided over Record Virus Test Numbers

Jul 8 Asia ‘Not Going to Happen’: China Challenges U.S. to Cut Nuclear Arsenal to Its Level

Jul 3 Health Issues In Haiti, Coronavirus Spreads in Slums, Showing a Challenge for Latin America

Jul 3 Health Issues Scientists Just Beginning to Understand the Many Health Problems Caused by COVID-19

Jul 3 Politics Hopes Fade for Reform of Massive U.S. Criminal Justice System

Jul 3 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Farmers Scramble for Help as COVID-19 Scuttles Immigrant Workforce

Jul 2 Asia At Least 126 Killed as Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Buries Workers

Jul 1 Politics Vladimir Putin Poised to Extend Rule until 2036

Jul 1 Asia China Tightens Up on Hong Kong. There Is Little the West Can Do.

June 2020

Jun 30 Health Issues Women, Babies at Risk as COVID-19 Disrupts Health Services, World Bank Warns

Jun 29 International Iran Issues Arrest Warrant for President Trump over Killing of Top General

Jun 23 Weather & Environment Major Quake Hits Mexico, Triggers Pacific Tsunami

Jun 22 International White House Renews Threat to Cut Ties with Beijing, a Day After High-level U.S.-China Talks

Jun 19 Politics 20 U.S. Veterans Kill Themselves Every Day. Here Is President Trump’s Plan to Stem the Tide.

Jun 19 International Where Are the World’s Stateless People?

Jun 19 Africa UN Warns Coronavirus May Push Millions of Children into Underage Labor

Jun 19 Society & Lifestyles What Is Juneteenth?

Jun 18 Asia China-India Clash in Himalayas Deadliest in 58 Years

Jun 10 Crime & Punishment Protesters Call to ‘Defund the Police.’ What Would That Look Like?

Jun 10 Politics Can President Trump Send the U.S. Military to Quell Violent Protests?

Jun 9 Asia North Korea Says It Will Sever Hotlines with South Korea

Jun 5 Education Special Report: U.S. School Closures Dramatically Shrinking Public Education

Jun 5 Asia China Risks New Cold War, Last Hong Kong Governor Says

Jun 4 Asia “I Can’t Be Silent”: Hong Kongers Defy Ban on Tiananmen Memorials

Jun 3 Asia “Triple Disaster”—Virus, Heat Wave and Locusts Hit India

Jun 1 Crime & Punishment U.S. Heads into a New Week Shaken by Violence as Cities Smolder

May 2020

May 26 Weather & Environment Extreme Weather, More People Drive Pakistan Toward a Wheat Crisis

May 22 Middle East After U.S. Warning, Iran Says Its Navy Will Still Operate in Gulf

May 21 Economy & Personal Finance Coronavirus to Leave a Legacy of Unprecedented Global Debt

May 19 Economy & Personal Finance Japan Braces for Worst Postwar Slump as Pandemic Tips Economy into Recession

May 19 Asia Huge Fentanyl Haul Seized in Asia’s Biggest-ever Drug Bust

May 15 Americas ‘Dengue Kills Too’ – Latin America Faces Two Epidemics at Once

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