Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T Budget in Latest Win for Biden
Written by ALAN FRAM Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services,...
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Taliban Complete Northeast Afghan Blitz as More Cities Fall
Written by TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELL The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters completing their blitz across the country’s northeast and pressing their offensive...
Read MoreIn Iran, Slow Vaccinations Fuel Anger in Unending Pandemic
Written by JON GAMBRELL Iranians are suffering through yet another surge in the coronavirus pandemic — their country’s worst yet — and anger is growing at images of vaccinated Westerners without face masks on the internet or on...
Read MoreChina’s Wandering Elephants May Finally Be Heading Home
An elephant herd that fascinated locals and people around the world by making a yearlong journey into urbanized southwest China, raiding farms and even a retirement home for food, appears finally to be headed home. Local...
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NC House Budget Spends More on Construction, Pay Than Senate
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina House Republicans would put more money now toward...
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Survivors of Guatemalan Mudslide Face Death or Emigration
Written by ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD The day before he left for the United States was a busy...
Read MoreMassive Wildfire on Greek Island of Evia Devours Forests
Written by ELENA BECATOROS A massive wildfire burning for days on the northern tip of Greece’s second largest island continued to devour forests Tuesday, its thick smoke hanging in the streets of a nearby town as hundreds of...
Read MoreUS Turns to Social Media Influencers To Boost Vaccine Rates
Written by JAMES ANDERSON As a police sergeant in a rural town, Carlos Cornejo isn’t the prototypical social media influencer. But his Spanish-language Facebook page with 650,000 followers was exactly what Colorado leaders were...
Read MoreMessi Agrees To Join Paris Saint-Germain, Flies to France
Written by ROB HARRIS Lionel Messi finalized agreement on his Paris Saint-Germain contract and was flying to France on Tuesday to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona. The...
Read MoreNC Officials: Gov’t Surplus Became Even Larger Than Planned
North Carolina’s tax windfall for the last fiscal year turned out even larger than the bonanza that state government economists predicted would arrive due to the recovering economy. The state ended up collecting $29.7 billion in...
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