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Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at age 82
Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who rose from poverty to become the US Senate majority...
Extreme Heat Is Making U.S-Mexico Border Crossings More Dangerous
Dehydration is already a leading cause of death among migrants crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S., and conditions...
Libyan parliament refuses to fix date for delayed elections
Libya’s parliament has refused to fix a date for presidential elections meant to have taken place last week, leaving question marks about...
Biden pledges support to US states as COVID infections spike
President Joe Biden has pledged his government’s support to states grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections as the highly...
Russia to hold security talks with US next month
Russian diplomats and military officials will take part in talks with the United States in January on a list of...
South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu dies
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon, has died aged 90. Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran...
Taliban dissolves Afghanistan election commission
The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan’s election commission, a panel that supervised polls during the previous Western-backed administration, says a spokesman...
France reports 100,000 COVID cases for first time
France reported a record high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking the 100,000 threshold for the first time since...
South Korea pardons jailed former President Park Geun-hye
Justice ministry says Park’s pardon is aimed at promoting national unity in the face of difficulties caused by the coronavirus...
Delta, United airlines canceling Christmas Eve flights
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) on Thursday said they had each canceled dozens of Christmas Eve flights, as the spreading...
