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The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead
In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock into a beach in northern Gaza More »
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Blinken in Kyiv tries to rally sagging Ukrainian spirits as Russia makes new military gains
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seeking to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive More »
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years More »
Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found More »
Protesters throng main streets of Georgia's capital after parliament passes so-called 'Russian law'
Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union More »
Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home
Government data in Argentina says the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year More »
A wildfire has forced out hundreds of residents in Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray
Hundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta have been ordered out More »
Russian president Putin to make a state visit to China this week
The Chinese Foreign Ministery says Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week More »
German court finds that prominent far-right politician knowingly used a Nazi slogan, imposes a fine
A court in Germany has ruled that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine More »
Top US and Chinese officials begin talks on AI in Geneva
Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled Tuesday in closed-door talks in Geneva to discuss ways to ensure that emerging artificial intelligence technologies don't become existential risks More »
