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He spent years uncovering the Stalin-era execution of his great grandfather. Lawsuits seek to bury the evidence.
Investigating Russia’s turbulent past can still bring trouble under Putin’s watch.
With an eye on India, Africa ramps up monitoring of coronavirus variants
If variants in Africa go unmonitored, "eventually, the world could be back to square one," said one researcher.
Bombing outside Kabul girls’ school kills at least 50
The bombing, which occurred as school was letting out for the day, also wounded more than 100 people, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. The attack is the deadliest to strike the Afghan capital in months.
Scotland’s pro-independence leader promises another bid to break from U.K. after election boost
A possible push for another referendum sets up a clash with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
From a Texas dental office to the Canadian tundra, here’s where space debris has crashed to Earth
With oceans and unpopulated areas covering much of the globe, it’s statistically unlikely that a piece of falling space junk will land in someone’s suburban backyard. But there have been a handful of high-profile incidents.
The Taliban is targeting areas around key provincial capitals, looking for weak spots as foreign troops withdraw
Unlike other Taliban offensives in recent months, these have not triggered a barrage of heavy U.S. air support, according to local officials.
Palestinians and Israeli police clash in Jerusalem over planned Arab evictions
More than 200 people were injured. Officials brace for more protests in coming days.
Faye Schulman, partisan photographer who captured Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, dies at 101
Operating in the forests of Eastern Europe, she wielded a camera along with her gun, documenting the partisan cause in riveting historical photographs.
Mass murder and the sin of silence
The Kaniyat brutalized this town for years. No one stopped them. No one held them to account.
French court to decide landmark case against the U.S. makers of Agent Orange
Though U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War get disability benefits, no Vietnamese civilian has won a case like this.
In India’s surge, a religious gathering attended by millions helped the virus spread
The giant festival was one source of infections as cases skyrocketed, according to local officials, religious leaders and media reports.
CDC acknowledges airborne transmission
Chinese vaccine-maker Sinopharm was listed for emergency authorization by the World Heath Organization Friday in a move expected to bolster the global supply of coronavirus vaccines.
WHO grants emergency use authorization for Chinese-made Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine
The step means that the vaccine, developed by Sinopharm with the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, can be used to bolster WHO-backed efforts such as the Covax initiative to share doses equitably around the world.
Harris urges cooperation to stem the tide of migrants in meeting with Mexico’s López Obrador
The vice president met with the leader of Mexico by video Friday and plans to visit the country in June.
Spain cracks down on saffron crime ring, arresting 17 in raid
By importing Iranian saffron and labeling it as Spanish saffron, a shadowy organization "caused enormous economic damage to the Spanish saffron sector,” authorities said.
China says out-of-control space rocket booster probably won’t cause any harm
It’s almost impossible to predict where the trail of debris will hit until hours before its projected reentry Saturday.
Liechtenstein prince accused of poaching Europe’s largest bear
Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein was granted a permit to kill a female bear who had been menacing a village in the Carpathian Mountains, according to environmental groups. But somehow Arthur, who lived in a nature reserve nearby, ended up getting killed instead.
Australian basketball star threatens Tokyo boycott over ‘whitewashing’ in country’s Olympic promotions
Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has blasted her country's Olympic officials over "whitewashing" in their promotional materials.
Former Maldives president injured in bomb attack in capital
Police are calling the attack “a deliberate act of terror” targeting one of the nation’s most prominent politicians.
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From V-E Day in Paris to Berlin’s black market: An American GI and his camera in the wake of war
Pfc. Sam Jaffe’s camera had a winding journey at the end of World War II. Decades later, the negatives turned up at a yard sale in the United States and then were auctioned off on eBay.
China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry
China’s space agency says a core segment of its biggest rocket has reentered Earth’s atmosphere in the Indian Ocean above the Maldives
Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital
Grieving families bury their dead following a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old
Fire at Syrian oil refinery extinguished after leakage
Syrian state TV says firefighters have extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a distillation unit at one of the country’s two oil refineries
In tense Jerusalem, flag-waving Israeli march to go ahead
Police have given the go-ahead to the annual Jerusalem Day parade, a flag-waving nationalist display of Israeli claims to all of the contested city
As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters
Since India opened COVID-19 vaccinations to all adults this month, the pace of administering shots has dropped
