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BEIRUT (AP) — A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.
Hours later, ambulances still...
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The Media Line: Clan Ruling in Woman’s Murder Raises Palestinians’ Ire
Clan Ruling in Woman’s Murder Raises Palestinians’ Ire
PA slammed for tribal custom prevailing over state law in killings of women
By Dima Abumaria / The Media Line
After three women were found murdered in the West Bank in less than a month, Palestinians have become...
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Long-term complications of COVID-19 signals billions in healthcare costs ahead
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again.
Her throat, head and eyes hurt, her muscles and joints ached and she felt like she was in a fog. Her diagnosis was...
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- Australia fears contagion as Victoria state reports record coronavirus deaths
Toll expected to rise in blast that shook Beirut, killing 78 and injuring thousands- Sri Lankans, wearing masks, flock to voting centres for parliament election
- Swiss health minister says new national COVID-19 restrictions unlikely
- Lebanese survey devastation after massive Beirut explosion
- U.S. health chief to visit Taiwan, likely angering China
- Cyprus says ready to send medical teams to Lebanon
- Kashmir in security lockdown on anniversary of abrogation of privileges
- Lives Lost: Parents hoped baby Kobe would play basketball
- Gunmen shoot up offices of Mexican newspaper, no injuries
- Health Secretary Azar to visit Taiwan in highest-level U.S. Cabinet visit since 1979 break in formal ties
- Coronavirus complicates South Korea flood response as hundreds gather in shelters
- Kashmir under strict lockdown on anniversary of lost autonomy
- Latin America now has world’s highest coronavirus death toll
- Voting begins in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election
- China state media excoriates U.S. ‘wackadoodles’ over journalist visas row
- Hiroshima survivor recalls working on tram after A-bomb
- AP Explains: Kashmir on edge 1 year after major Indian shift
- U.S. health chief to visit Taiwan in coming days: Wall Street Journal
- Colombia Supreme Court places former President Uribe under house arrest
- AP PHOTOS: Kashmir schooling now more challenging with virus
- Australia’s Queensland shuts state border to stem COVID-19 second wave
- India’s police shamed by rare murder probe into custodial deaths
- Australian leader says US-China war no longer inconceivable
- Massive blast rips through Beirut, killing 78 and injuring thousands
- Australia PM says building Indo-Pacific alliance will be ‘critical priority’
- Fine art and face masks: London’s Victoria and Albert Museum reopens
- New crisis in Peru as Congress rejects president’s Cabinet
- Australian PM says no evidence to suggest TikTok should be banned
- Prince Philip and royals to lead UK’s VJ Day commemorations
- Trump security adviser warns against foreign military involvement in Libya
- Massive blast rips through Beirut, killing 50 and injuring thousands
- Jordanian police clash with protesters over union crackdown
- Honduras to reopen domestic and international flights in mid-August
- Sri Lanka goes to the polls as coronavirus risk recedes
- China’s U.S. envoy says Beijing does not want further rise in tensions
- Border dispute should not dominate China, India ties: Chinese envoy to U.S.
- Iraqi teenager mistreated by security forces freed from jail, meets PM
- AP PHOTOS: Terror, death, devastation in Lebanon explosion
- China’s top diplomat to U.S. says Beijing does not want escalation with U.S.
- Egypt to withdraw from latest dam talks for internal consultations: statement
- Peru President Vizcarra’s PM loses confidence vote; Cabinet reshuffle imminent
- End juicy deals: Mexican president sets out state-centric energy vision
- Massive blast sends seismic shock across Beirut, causing thousands of casualties
- Tanzania opposition names presidential candidate who survived shooting
- Imperial Pacific International executives charged in U.S.: Justice Dept
- Mexico details capture of capo who ‘never slept two nights in the same place’
- Lebanese health minister says at least 50 people were killed and 2,700 injured in the Beirut explosion.
- Former Colombian President Uribe says high court orders his detention
- Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10, injures hundreds
- Colombia ex-president Uribe says court has ordered his detention
- Ireland delays reopening of bars again after COVID-19 rate doubles
- Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10 people and injures hundreds
- Official: US will extend support for Venezuela’s Guaidó
- Israeli government official: Israel “had nothing to do” with Beirut blast
- Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months: WHO
- Spaniards ask where Juan Carlos has gone after ex-king leaves country
- End juicy deals, stop oil auctions: Mexican president sets out state energy vision
- U.S. envoy says Washington to keep backing Guaido after Venezuela’s December election
- Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh says hundreds of casualties in Beirut explosion, including dead, wounded.
- Massive blast in Beirut kills at 10 dead, sending shockwaves across city
- Large blast in Beirut port area rocks Lebanon’s capital, many people hurt
- Jordan delays resuming international flights after COVID-19 surge abroad
- U.S. to keep backing Venezuela’s Guaido after December election, envoy says
- Mexico purges security agencies of those tied to ex-chief
- Second COVID wave highly likely to hit France this year, scientists say
- UK diners snap up state-subsidised quinoa and steak
- Large blast in Beirut port area shakes Lebanon’s capital, sources say
- VIRUS DIARY: A friend dies but leaves something to hold onto
- Germany drops travel warnings for some Turkish provinces
- Ireland to take ‘very cautious approach’ to easing COVID restrictions
- Cape Verde court rejects Maduro envoy’s appeal against US extradition
- France says it will not ratify extradition treaty with Hong Kong
- President of Belarus accuses Russia of lying, warns of revolution plot
- Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital Beirut
- Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital Beirut
- Skepticism, fear helps fuel virus on Mexico City’s outskirts
- US Embassy in Moscow: No info on Paul Whelan’s whereabouts
- Peru President Vizcarra’s PM loses confidence vote, another cabinet reshuffle imminent
- Modi, Muslims to attend temple ceremony on contested India site
- UN agency hails ‘historic first’ with child labor convention
- Some Cubans returning from Venezuela test positive for COVID-19
- After arrest, Zimbabwean novelist decries state ‘chokehold’
- Uganda reports 2 new gorilla babies in Bwindi national park
- Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize 2 computers
- Police officer, 3 others shot dead at Thai gambling den
- Countdown for complex power-sharing talks in North Macedonia
- Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela’s Maduro
- Reuters Graphic: In a flash, a changed world – Remembering Hiroshima
- Denmark should not reopen further, state epidemiologist says
- Vietnam capital low on kits for mass tests as nation’s virus cases climb
- Argentina reports debt restructuring deal with creditors
- Hair scavenged from Nairobi dump ends up in salon amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Thai PM asks student protesters ‘not to create chaos’
- Danish prince discharged after brain surgery in France
- Thai prosecutors suggest drug charge against Red Bull scion
- Thai Cabinet approves draft law expanding access to cannabis
- Heavy rain batters India’s Mumbai disrupting rail and road traffic
- China vows retaliation if any U.S. action against journalists
- European Union trust regulators investigate Google’s plan to buy Fitbit over competition concerns
