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 NASA, Boeing Scrub Launch of Starliner Space Craft for Second Time in Week

Ghana’s LGBTQ Community Calls for Global Help Over Anti-Gay Bill

New York City Bars, Restaurants, Gyms to Require Proof of Vaccination

Turkey Wildfires Scorch Recovery in Hobbled Tourism Sector

White House: More than 110 million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Shipped to More than 60 Countries

Japan Limits Hospital Access Amid COVID-19 Surge

Study Suggests Earth’s Slowing Rotation Led to More Oxygen in Atmosphere

Panda on Loan to France Gives Birth to Twins

Nigeria Hit by Deadly Cholera Surge Focused on North

At An Extraordinary Olympics, Acts of Kindness Abound

Italian Stuns in 100-Meter Sprint

US Junior Varsity Lineup Upsets Mexico 1-0 to Win Gold Cup

Britain to Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots This Fall

US Officials Debate Mask, Vaccine Mandates as Delta Variant Surges

Space Tourism to Become Affordable Within Years, Experts Predict

Fauci Predicts Worsening Virus Conditions

COVID-19 Infections Reach Record High in Tokyo

Russians Hacked Federal Prosecutors, US Justice Department Says

Heat Wave Causes Massive Melt of Greenland Ice Sheet

Era of VHS Might Be Over, but Many Are Not Ready to Let Go

What Are Deep Fakes and Why Are They Dangerous?

COVID-19 Spreads in China, Australia as WHO Sounds Alarm on Delta

WHO Chief: ‘Pandemic Will End When World Chooses’

Evictions Looming in US as Congress Fails to Extend Ban

Argentina Lakes Turn Pink, but Outlook Not Rosy, Environmentalists Say

Storytelling Celebrated at Virtual Summer Literary Festival

Russia Blames Its Software for Repositioning Space Station

WHO: Japan Doing its Best to Control COVID During Games

Amazon Hit With Record EU Data Privacy Fine

Lebanon’s Health Crisis Worsens

‘Wow! Wow!’ Women Get Olympic Track Off to Sizzling Start

CDC Report: COVID Delta Variant Can Spread ‘As Easily As Chickenpox’ 

Countries Receive First Batch of Shared US COVID-19 Vaccines

New Russian Module Knocks Space Station Out of Position

Stressed by COVID-19, Zimbabweans Turn to Friendship Bench for Solace

Israel’s NSO Under Fire for Spyware Targeting Journalists, Dissidents

Biden: Unvaccinated Federal Workers to Face Testing, Masking

Space Tourism and the Hunt for Martian Life

Los Angeles Bids Farewell to Legendary Master of the Duduk

France Calls British Travel Rules ‘Discriminatory,’ Not Science-Based

Former US President Obama Joins NBA Africa as Minority Owner and Adviser

Russian Module Docks With International Space Station

Japan’s Hamada and Wolf Win Gold Medals to Match Record Haul

Blinken: Talks About Return to Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Will Not Go On Indefinitely’

Stressed by COVID, Zimbabweans Turn to ‘Friendship Bench’ for Solace

China’s ‘Sponge Cities’ That Absorb Rainwater Pushed Past Limits

Myanmar, in Coup Aftermath, Faces Exploding Pandemic

Pentagon Chief Seeks to Nudge Ties with Vietnam as Human Rights Concerns Linger

Fossil Found in Canadian Mountains May Be Earliest Evidence of Animal Life

Big Tech Companies to Allow Only Vaccinated Employees into US Offices

US Federal Workers Again Are Masking Up

Nigeria’s Pre-Olympic Basketball Progress Inspires Amateurs

Former US President Obama Purchases Minority Stake in NBA Africa

Cameroon Asks People Who Fled Boko Haram to Return

Haitians Displaced by Gang Violence Face Bleak Future

US-sanctioned Militia Leader Killed in East Libya, Officials Say

Olympic Champ Biles Withdraws from All-around Competition

‘Just Proud’: Ledecky Wins Gold at Tokyo Olympics

Somalia Green Energy Association Touts Clean Power Potential

As Britain Reopens, Scientists Warn of Fertile Ground for Coronavirus Variants