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05:12 June 22, 2023
Last November, Andrea Muller was organizing an event for Haitian immigrants in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Just hours before the …
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05:37 June 22, 2023
American President Joe Biden welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday with a state visit at the White House. The visit was meant to est…
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04:51 June 21, 2023
Around 8,000 people gathered Wednesday around prehistoric Stonehenge in Britain to observe the summer solstice. Many wore colorful clothing and even …
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05:43 June 21, 2023
A security company has accused Chinese hackers of carrying out internet attacks on hundreds of public and private organizations. The hackers used a v…
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06:34 June 21, 2023
The largest newspaper company in the U.S., Gannett, says it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to write short versions of stori…
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05:00 June 21, 2023
In Vietnam, electricity outages can leave homes and businesses without power for hours at a time. However, a new national energy plan, called Power D…
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04:44 June 20, 2023
Rescuers are racing Tuesday to find a missing submarine in the northern Atlantic Ocean before the oxygen supply runs out for five people inside. The …
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06:15 June 20, 2023
Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of schools since invading Ukraine. But the harms to the country’s education system go far beyond d…
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05:34 June 20, 2023
A new study has found that areas of the brain containing fluid expand when astronauts are on space missions for six months or longer. The American sp…
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05:07 June 20, 2023
Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s dry northern border city of Ciudad Juarez last month. Already, the climate appears to be a problem. The creatu…
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03:20 June 19, 2023
In a dirty street passage in the Senegalese city of Thies, Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi lay face-down in the sand. He had just been thrown into the…
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05:16 June 19, 2023
An international team of scientists says it has found high levels of phosphorus in ice from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Phosphorus is a necessary elemen…
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05:03 June 19, 2023
Researchers say a new method for heart transplants could increase the number of available organs and save more lives. Currently, most transplanted he…
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05:43 June 19, 2023
When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military. Now her dream has come true. But instead of serving in Nep…
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04:59 June 18, 2023
When peanuts are dropped into a glass of beer, they sink to the bottom before floating up and "dancing" in the glass. Scientists investigated this pr…
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05:21 June 18, 2023
Electric vehicles made by General Motors (GM) will be able to use much of Tesla’s charging network in the United States beginning early next year. GM…
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05:59 June 18, 2023
Scientists say a spacecraft flying very close to the sun has uncovered new details about the nature of solar wind. Solar wind is created by a continu…
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06:30 June 18, 2023
The port at Long Beach, California is one of the busiest in the United States. Its owners are making changes to the equipment used to move containers…
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08:38 June 17, 2023
At a recent International Energy Agency conference in Paris, government and business leaders said the world is making progress on clean energy projec…
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05:08 June 17, 2023
Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan is one of the world’s largest carmakers. The company has faced criticism for being slow to develop electric vehicle…
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06:14 June 17, 2023
American technology company Microsoft is reporting progress with a program that aims to fight misinformation online. Leaders of the project recently …
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04:45 June 16, 2023
Beatles’ cofounder Paul McCartney said this week that artificial intelligence (AI) has recaptured the voice of former Beatles member John Lennon from…
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04:16 June 16, 2023
Reddit is a social media website where people with common interests can have conversations by posting comments, videos and images. Posts are grouped …
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05:05 June 15, 2023
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced recently that the United States plans to rejoin the organizat…
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08:23 June 15, 2023
Charcoal is processed wood that is mainly used for cooking. But in the East African nation of Uganda, charcoal making is causing conflict with local …
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05:32 June 15, 2023
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine caused widespread flooding and might cause long-term environmental damage. The Associated Press descri…
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04:48 June 14, 2023
Two giant, yellow ducks are floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor. A huge air-filled “Rubber Duck” was very popular in the city’s financial area 10…
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06:29 June 14, 2023
An American judge has temporarily blocked Microsoft’s planned purchase of video gaming company Activision Blizzard. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Sc…
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03:57 June 14, 2023
The United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR, says more people have been displaced from their homes than ever before. Recent conflicts in Sudan and U…
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05:11 June 14, 2023
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his country has started receiving Russian tactical nuclear weapons. He added that some of them were th…
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04:39 June 13, 2023
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in a court in Miami, in the U.S. state of Florida Tuesday to face 37 federal charges. The current preside…
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05:47 June 13, 2023
Four native children survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia. Now, a custody battle has started among their fam…
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07:45 June 13, 2023
Lawmakers in several U.S. states have passed limits on discussions of race, gender and sexuality in classrooms. Some students say the measures target…
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04:52 June 13, 2023
A major discovery of ancient art in Italy will go on show this month in the capital, Rome. Researchers found the more than 2000-year-old Etruscan and…
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04:44 June 13, 2023
South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said last week it will investigate the cases of 237 more South Korean adoptees. The adoptees suspec…
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03:29 June 12, 2023
“How does it feel to be the greatest male player in history?” a reporter asked after Novak Djokovic of Serbia set the male record for winning the Gra…
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05:53 June 12, 2023
In her latest gardening story, Jessica Damiano tells of going to a gardening store in search of only one plant. The store did not have the plant that…
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05:49 June 12, 2023
People in central Venezuela are losing electricity service regularly. The lack of power means Venezuelans cannot cool their homes during a heat wave.…
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04:46 June 12, 2023
The operator of Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear center has begun testing a process to release treated wastewater into the sea. Tests began Monday a…
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06:21 June 11, 2023
Scientists say they have observed the most distant organic molecules known to exist in the universe. Astronomers made the discovery using the James W…
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05:39 June 11, 2023
New York City is taking legal action against the carmakers Hyundai and Kia. City officials say some of the companies’ vehicles have a design problem …
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04:55 June 11, 2023
Lion and leopard populations in Zambia’s Kafue National Park are showing signs of a comeback, following many years of poaching. A new early-warning s…
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05:44 June 11, 2023
South Sudan is working to remove landmines left over from many years of conflict. But the process is slow and is preventing some people who fled the …
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08:27 June 10, 2023
Donje Gates is 18 years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois. His family wants him to go to college in the fall. But Gates is thinking about going to a…
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04:51 June 10, 2023
Some weather experts are predicting hot, dry weather in Asia, while the United States is expected to receive heavier rainfall. The predictions are li…
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03:29 June 10, 2023
The food and drink company Nestle says it is testing a plan to give money to farmers who grow coffee beans sustainably. The test is part of Nestle’s …
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05:59 June 9, 2023
Leaders of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union say the group’s members are concerned that they will lose work because of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, tool…
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06:26 June 9, 2023
Big golf organizations that were once enemies in court are now partners in business. The PGA Tour, Europe and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (…
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07:04 June 9, 2023
A United States federal grand jury is charging former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump with crimes linked to his possession …
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05:06 June 8, 2023
The war in Ukraine is worsening the climate crisis, a new report says. A group of researchers will present the report this week at the United Nations…