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Unprecedented heatwave ‘kills thousands of fish’ in Alaska
Climate change and warming rivers may have caused the mass death of salmon in parts of Alaska, scientists say.Large numbers of salmon died prematurely...
Rival rallies as Hong Kong’s divisions deepen
Ten weeks of demonstrations have plunged the international finance hub into crisis, with communist-ruled mainland China taking an increasingly hardline tone, including labelling the...
‘Portland is being watched very closely’: Trump stokes tension over far right rally
* President links leftwing ‘antifa’ groups to terror * Portland mayor: ‘Frankly, it’s not helpful’Rightwing groups rally in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Karen Ducey/Getty ImagesAs...
Small protests in Moscow for free elections
Russian opposition activists held small one-man protests in Moscow Saturday to demand free elections, as the wave of the Russian capital's larger demonstrations took...
Thailand’s lost baby dugong dies from shock, eating plastic
An 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe...
U.S. issues warrant to seize Iran oil tanker ‘Grace 1’ after Gibraltar judge orders...
The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant to seize an Iran oil tanker detained in Gibraltar, a day after a judge ordered the release...
The Bogus Story That Launched a ‘Collusion’ Probe
Editor’s note: Andrew C. McCarthy’s new book is Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. This is the fourth in a...
White supremacy-fuelled killings to be classed as domestic terrorism under new law proposed in...
Amid a national debate about racism, extremism and mass shootings, governor Andrew Cuomo proposed to make New York the first state to classify “hate-fuelled”...
White House Mulled Ways to Block Migrant Children From Schools
(Bloomberg) -- Some top aides to President Donald Trump sought for months for a way to give states the power to block undocumented immigrant...
US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker in last-ditch effort to stop supertanker leaving...
The United States has issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West in a...
