As the country’s first commissioner of official languages, he oversaw a dual-language mandate. He later led a task forc…

Johannesburg, with a severe shortage of affordable housing, has hundreds of illegally occupied derelict buildings that …

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The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t con…

The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t con…

Four military cargo planes at a Russia airfield were damaged, and the Kyiv region was hit with one of the most signific…

Washington has gone to court to become a party to the salvage case involving the famous liner so it can stop any expedi…

Washington has gone to court to become a party to the salvage case involving the famous liner so it can stop any expedi…

In unusually sharp remarks published this week, Pope Francis said some conservative American Catholics wrongly ignore m…

A dozen beekeepers converged to help rescue a swarm of angry bees that escaped when their boxes fell off a truck in Bur…

Advice that travelers to the U.S. “check relevant state and local laws” came in response to rules this year restricting…

By generating public outrage, scandals make inaction costly: suddenly, doing nothing carries greater risks. from NYT …

The next full moon, the second this month, is a celestial rarity. It will also be bigger and brighter than usual. fro…

The burial of the Wagner mercenary group boss, two months after his mutiny, was shrouded in misinformation, preventing …

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Prosecutors used the death penalty provision of a newly passed law to charge a 20-year-old man. The measure has sown wi…

The 36-foot tall memorial pole has spent almost a century in a Scottish museum. Now it will be returned to the Nisga’a …

Gina Raimondo, who is in China this week, has said banning TikTok could “lose every voter under 35, forever.” from NY…

The leaders of Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and others are meeting with lawmakers on Sept. 13 to kick off listening sessio…

It took weeks of fierce combat for Ukrainian forces to seize the village of Robotyne from the Russians, and they have a…

Aug 28, 2023. World football is shocked after a kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the World Cup. from Breaking…

Religious symbols are already banned in French schools, but the abaya — a loosefitting robe worn by some Muslim women —…

Officials from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia says the presence of the paramilitary force in Belarus following a…

The future of the Wagner private military company. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/4JbvWlq

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. fr…

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. fr…

The shooting reflects escalating tensions as vigilante groups push back against gangs in areas around Port-au-Prince. …

The main regional bloc in southern African and the African Union declined to rubber-stamped the elections and cast doub…

It could be hard for the Kremlin to find a way to neutralize the mercenary group after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death while …

The storm was part of a weather system that caused injuries and damage across the southern part of the country. from …

Hundreds of people have placed flowers and other tributes on a sidewalk near Red Square in Moscow. from NYT > Worl…

The Osprey aircraft, with 23 people on board, crashed during a joint training exercise near Darwin, in the north of Aus…

Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildin…

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulato…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa won another five-year term by intimidating voters and manipulating the campaign process. …

The United States was told last year that Saudi security forces were shooting, shelling and abusing groups of migrants,…

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting. from NYT > Science https://ift.tt/aYAn…

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/s…

The Kremlin and its proxies rebuffed suggestions that it was responsible for destroying a plane that reportedly carried…

A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the…

The drug Wegovy eased issues for people with a type of heart problem, adding to the treatment’s benefits beyond weight …

Nearly a third of Instacart’s revenue came from advertising, and grocery orders were flat in the first half of this yea…

Lack of rain and changing weather patterns are slowing the ship traffic that moves goods around the world. from NYT &…

Danish and Swedish authorities have struggled to balance free speech with growing anger that security officials say has…

Pulse oximeters measuring oxygen in the blood often inflated the levels for dark-skinned Covid patients, who then exper…

A new mission will provide hourly updates of air quality in the United States starting next year. from NYT > Scien…

The bigger-than-expected rate increase, to 25 percent, is aimed at curbing stubbornly high inflation that exceeded 80 p…

Taking back the peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, has remained a core part of the Ukrainian war effort. …

The ​rocket failure was an embarrassment for the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who badly needed a morale booster for h…

As a correspondent, including as a bureau chief, he wrote vividly from all corners of the globe. He later served as for…

Sales for the current quarter will nearly triple their total a year ago, said the company, which makes chips essential …

The nostalgic ballads and catchy pop songs he wrote paved the way for an international career. He sold more than 100 mi…

The number of procedures rose to roughly 13,000 in 2019 from about 4,550 in 2016 as access broadened, researchers estim…

The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals. from NYT > Worl…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was “inconceivable” that the platform had responded to a new licensing law by blo…

Among Black, Hispanic and multiracial mothers, 40 percent said they had been mistreated by health care providers. fro…

Also, exploring street food in Fukuoka, Japan. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/dVcXs6H

Climate change has made hot, dry and windy conditions like those that fueled this year’s blazes at least twice as commo…

Climate change has made hot, dry and windy conditions like those that fueled this year’s blazes at least twice as commo…

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the target of multiple criminal investigations. One includes a Rolex, gif…

American strategists say Ukraine’s troops are too spread out and need to concentrate along the counteroffensive’s main …

We’re covering near misses on airport runways, severe weather and the Women’s World Cup. from NYT > World News htt…

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The neighbors may complain about the noise, but outdoor spaces that bloomed under a pandemic program are now a permanen…

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will consider at their summit this week whether to admit more countries t…

Luisa González and Daniel Noboa were poised to be the top candidates of Sunday’s election in a country where declining …

The landslide victory by the candidate of an upstart party signals an uncertain new chapter in Central America’s larges…

A soccer federation chief kissed the Spanish forward Jennifer Hermoso fully on the lips during the medals ceremony, an …

Also, the nostalgic craft of miniatures in China. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yq6N0Rn

Wearable backpacks designed by Music: Not Impossible, which allow people to experience music as vibrations on their bod…

A former first lady and an anticorruption candidate are on the ballot in a runoff contest. from NYT > World News h…

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who made the plea during a weekend visit to Sweden, has long said Kyiv needs m…

With the country’s attention riveted on violence perpetrated by gangs and drug cartels, the security issue is paramount…

Fire is raging in the suburban fringes of the resort town of Kelowna, British Columbia, as a state of emergency across …

The torrential rain and flooding that threaten Southern California also menaced Baja California, the western Mexico sta…

The Saudi defendant was waterboarded and subjected to other forms of torture by the C.I.A. in 2002 in a secret prison n…

We’re asking educators and students how they are using new A.I. chatbots for teaching and coursework. from NYT > T…

Sam Bankman-Fried lands himself back in jail. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RSahivV

In an interview with The New York Times, a civilian leader of the junta sounded a conciliatory tone. He also said Niger…

As residents of Yellowknife fled a wildfire in the Northwest Territories, a state of emergency was issued hundreds of m…

A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system’s eighth planet. f…

Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammal…

Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammal…

The Australians and two members of their boat’s Indonesian crew were found after an extensive search off the coast of N…

Officials on both sides of the conflict balked at the suggestion that Ukraine should cede territory in order to join th…

The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the red planet. fro…

Largely self-taught, he became a grandmaster in his 20s and was later a founder of Chess Informant, which revolutionize…

The announcement came on the same day that a cargo ship stranded in the Odesa port became the first to venture into the…

The ban extends to some of the popular accounts run by the city. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/6TOGDZs

The new ruling will have no effect on access until the Supreme Court ultimately decides the case. from NYT > Scien…

Thanks in part to careful media handling, the British prime minister, who has been criticized for his wife’s wealth and…

The military takeover could force the Pentagon to withdraw hundreds of American troops and close drone bases in the Wes…

The raid of the newspaper, The Marion County Record, has drawn condemnation from First Amendment advocates. from NYT …

Elon Musk’s social media service “throttled” access to sites such as Substack and Facebook, according to an analysis, b…

“There was a feeling that we cannot let this fail,” Koyo Kouoh said of taking the top job at Zeitz MOCAA. She wants to …

Officials said more than two dozen missiles were fired in the strikes that were far from the front lines in the east an…

Aug 17, 2023. A new study says just 4,000 steps a day could be the magic number for us to live longer. from Breaking …

The audio sounds like it’s being played underwater. Still, it’s a first step toward creating more expressive devices to…

Britain’s counterterrorism unit arrested the five on suspicion of spying on British intelligence, the authorities said …

Russia’s military made good on its threats to enforce its blockade of Ukraine, adding to the tensions in an increasingl…

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Krisjanis Karins had wanted to reshuffle his cabinet but was rebuffed by his governing coalition partners. from NYT &…

Travelers are flocking to Europe this summer, but the excessive and prolonged heat is putting a crimp in their plans. H…

Javier Milei, who wants to abolish the central bank and adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s currency, is now the front…

Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audien…

She wrote about heroic Jewish resisters in her book “Defiance,” which was later made into a film starring Daniel Craig …

In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers s…

The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains in Philadelphia, wants to…

The Kerch Strait Bridge is a critical strategic asset that allows Moscow to move troops and equipment from Russia to Cr…

While an invasive insect bears much of the blame for endangering a beloved symbol of Rome, critics are also pointing th…

One of the climbers, Kristin Harila, said she continued her summit of the mountain after finding a porter who fell from…

Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male…

A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits …

A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits …

His framework offered a new way to think about continental drift and revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes…

The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Te…

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was removing all 24 regional recruitment chiefs, as corrupt draft evasion schemes …

Mr. Bankman-Fried had been under house arrest at his parents’ home as he awaited trial on charges stemming from the col…

The sharply worded comments are the latest example of the president’s willingness to criticize China even as he tries t…

The killing of Fernando Villavicencio marks a grim turning point for a once-tranquil country now awash in violence fuel…

The central bank in Moscow took steps to counter the currency’s slide, but the war and resulting sanctions have put int…

The aid request is the first by the president since Republicans took over the House in January, and some party leaders …

So-called “epigenetic clocks” are helping wildlife biologists estimate the ages of animals far more easily than in the …

Arkady Volozh is only the second sanctioned Russian businessman to take an unequivocal public position against the inva…

After pummeling southern Japan, killing two people, the storm is expected to move slowly across the Korean Peninsula, b…

Officials said seven people were injured, a church building and several local shops were destroyed, and the windows wer…

It was the 12th time in the past three weeks that Russian officials had reported intercepting such aerial attacks in th…

The three guests, and a fourth who fell ill, had symptoms consistent with mushroom poisoning, the police say. The woman…

While attention is focused on western museums and governments giving back looted items, heritage workers in the global …

The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesda…

The semiaquatic reptiles seemed to be roused to action in a study when they heard recordings of crying human and ape in…

Officials said there had been no reports of shark bites at Rockaway Beach “in recent memory” before Monday’s incident. …

Ukrainians say the explosions 37 minutes apart in Pokrovsk, which killed at least seven and injured 82 others, were a “…

Also, Afghans try to resist the Taliban and Niger’s coup leaders shun diplomats. from NYT > World News https://ift…

Upheaval in the Chinese military. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/A2wCtms

The clash, in which a Chinese ship blocked 2 Philippine vessels, is the latest in a hotly contested region of the South…

The creature’s surprising anatomy suggests that rapid and unusual evolution was occurring in the seas after a period kn…

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Also, South Korea relocates an international scout convention as a typhoon looms. from NYT > World News https://if…

China underscored its desire to “actively promote” efforts to end the war in Ukraine “on any multilateral occasion.” …

Singles are signing up in droves for city-hosted blind-dating events, but some point to their inability to address real…

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, set out to clean up the military a decade ago. But now his crown jewel, the missile force, …

A report in Syrian state media said the attack had come from the Golan Heights. The four killed were soldiers, it said.…

Huntsville, a city with a proud history of aerospace innovation, was set to welcome Space Command, until a distant forc…

Elon Musk, in an early-morning post, said he planned to livestream the event on his own platform. Mark Zuckerberg calle…

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Russia has turned to regular attacks on the Black Sea, a vital economic hub, while Ukraine has grown bolder, with strik…

As the United States grapples with a mental-health crisis, summer camps are looking more closely at the children in the…

The victim was one of 14 people hurt in a car-and-stabbing rampage on Thursday in a city near Seoul. She had been hit b…

As a longtime power broker he helped make his West African country an economic dynamo, but in office he fomented ethnic…

It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had …

A gunman from Jenin, West Bank, shot and killed an Israeli security guard on Saturday. It came the evening after a Pale…

Some 40 countries that have largely remained on the sidelines of the war were invited to talks this weekend in Saudi Ar…

Because the pill works faster than other antidepressants and is taken for only two weeks, it may encourage more treatme…

After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back tow…

A survey showed that many Americans were interested in obesity treatments like Wegovy but lost interest when confronted…

The ruling did not affect other claims in the antitrust case about Google search, which is scheduled to go to trial nex…

The attack damaged the warship hundreds of miles from Ukrainian-held territory, as Kyiv increasingly tries to bring the…

The notice came a few days after two helicopters bearing Belarusian flags violated Polish airspace. from NYT > Wor…

Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field…

Jurors drawn from among the residents of the District of Columbia will be called on to decide the fate of the former pr…

Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field…

The analysis marks the first time historical DNA has been used to trace the descendants and distant cousins of enslaved…

The incursion by opponents of oil drilling raised concerns about the security of the British leader and his family. f…

Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with …

In “In Search of Self” and other books, he emphasized the role of cultural influences in a patient’s life. from NYT &…

Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with …

The Canadian prime minister and his wife have been married for 18 years and share three children. from NYT > World…

The aging spacecraft’s antenna was misdirected by a glitch, although officials say the distant probe appears to be func…

The government announced a two-day public holiday, ordering all government agencies, banks and schools to close amid so…

The same building housing Russian government offices was hit twice within 48 hours. from NYT > World News https://…

The changes are the biggest shake-up to Britain’s alcohol levies in 140 years, according to a government whose leader w…

New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect, relegating Edison’s glowing orbs to the hist…

“Some people think I look too human when I stand up,” the Hangzhou Zoo’s statement said, after a video prompted interne…