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Derek Chauvin to be sentenced for the murder of George Floyd: Here's what to expect

A judge will today sentence the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. ...

British mother with her one-year-old daughter among 99 people unaccounted for after Miami building collapse

Authorities are searching for 99 unaccounted people after part of a 12-storey beachfront building collapsed in a town in Miami. ...

Canada Goose fashion brand to go fur-free by the end of next year

High-end coat company Canada Goose has pledged to stop using fur in its products by the end of next year. ...

Czech Republic: Deadly tornado sweeps through villages

Three people are killed and at least 60 injured, with the worst-hit areas looking like a war zone. ...

Covid: Sydney city centre and Bondi beach to enter lockdown

More than one million people will go through a week-long lockdown to contain a rise in cases. ...

Miami building collapse: Rescuers listen for signs of life in rubble

Rescuers search for survivors with 99 unaccounted for after the collapse of the 12-storey complex. ...

99 people missing after Florida condo collapses

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Nikki Haley tests the Iowa waters while the base yearns for Trump

Nikki Haley took top billing at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner Thursday night, decrying what she called Democrats'… ...

Biden bets on his own, old-fashioned belief that Washington can work

President Joe Biden is using words not heard in Washington for many a long year, like "trust," "consensus" and "compromise."… ...

Biden Meets Afghan Leaders As US Troops Leave, Fighting Rages

U.S. President Joe Biden meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former political foe, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday to discuss… ...

Britney Spears Speaks Up On Conservatorship, Apologizes For Lying Earlier

Britney Spears has finally broken her silence after the shocking testimony she presented against the 13-year conservatorship she has been… ...

275 Million People Used Drugs Worldwide In 2020: UN

Around 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders as 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, according to… ...

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Why Are Australian Homes So Cold?

Another issue the pandemic has thrown into sharp relief: our… ...

Ousting Toshiba Chairman, Foreign Investors Score Breakthrough in Japan

While Japan’s corporations have long resisted the entreaties of activist… ...

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada

An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as… ...

Die USA befürchten einen schnellen Kollaps der afghanischen Regierung

In Afghanistan herrscht Endzeitstimmung. Parallel zum Abzug der ausländischen Truppen… ...

30 Jahre slowenische Unabhängigkeit: Was bleibt von Jugoslawien?

Die Erinnerung an den untergegangenen Vielvölkerstaat ist in Slowenien stark… ...

KOMMENTAR - Will der Westen Südostasien nicht einfach China überlassen, muss er sich glaubwürdig engagieren

Die Rivalität zwischen China und den USA trifft alle Weltgegenden,… ...

Parliament adopts only 1 charter change bill

The joint parliament sitting on Thursday passed only one out… ...

Fire at China martial arts school kills 18, mainly children

BEIJING: At least 18 people died and 16 were injured… ...

One more Covid-19 death, 183 new infections in Chon Buri

CHON BURI: One more Covid-19 death and another 183 infections… ...

Gipfel-Erklärung: EU-Staaten beschliessen härteren Kurs gegen Russland

Auf «böswillige und rechtswidrige» Aktivitäten Russlands will die EU entschlossener… ...

Abkommen mit der Schweiz: Die EU lässt nicht locker

Brüssel kehrt nach dem Nein des Bundesrats zum Rahmenabkommen nicht… ...

Kommentar zu Bomben im Schwarzen Meer: Moskau profitiert mehr von der Konfrontation

Russlands angebliche Militäraktion gegen einen britischen Zerstörer lenkt den Blick… ...

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NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its… ...

NASA Invites Public, Media to Watch Asteroid Mission Begin Return to Earth

NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home… ...

A new type of Homo unknown to science

The bones of an early human, unknown to science, who lived in the Levant at least until 130,000 years ago,… ...

Exoplanets in 2,034 star-systems get cosmic front-row seat to see Earth

Scientists have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems -- within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years -- that could find Earth… ...

Stress can turn hair gray -- and it's reversible, researchers find

A new study offers quantitative evidence linking psychological stress to graying hair in people. ...

Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation

On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza… ...

Ebola virus disease – Guinea

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus ...

Rift Valley fever – Kenya

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in ...

Crackonosh: How hackers are using gamers to become crypto-rich

Crackonosh malware, which mines for cryptocurrency, is being hidden in free versions of popular games. ...

UK's departing spy tech chief: We're at serious risk if we lose edge

Science is transforming espionage and many countries are taking advantage, says Prof Finkelstein. ...

The valuable car part gone in 60 seconds

Why international criminal networks are behind a jump in the theft of catalytic converters. ...

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