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Now displaying: August, 2016
Aug 31, 2016

Direct commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba get underway, the Islamic State's number two man is dead and Britain recommits to Brexit.

Aug 30, 2016

EU regulators order Apple to pay billions in back taxes, and women continue to trail in the race to the be the next U.N. Secretary-General.

Aug 29, 2016

Media reports suggest that negotiations for a proposed US-EU trade deal have collapsed and Colombia's FARC rebels lay down their weapons.

Aug 18, 2016

Media reports suggest the U.S. may be moving nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania, and allegations of physical and sexual abuse of aid workers emerge from South Sudan.

Aug 17, 2016

In Iraqi Kurdistan, aid groups are preparing the mass exodus of as many as 1.2 million people as the fight to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State begins.

Aug 16, 2016

July temperatures hit a new record, electric vehicles will take you farther than you think and China puts an advanced new satellite into space.

Aug 15, 2016

Pulling out of the E.U. might take more time than previously thought, and Turkey dials up its demands for visa-free travel to Europe.

Aug 12, 2016

Germany announces a raft of new anti-terrorism measures and NASA taps six companies to design deep space habitats for a future Mars mission.

Aug 11, 2016

A court ruling opens the door for the federal government to factor the social cost of carbon into energy efficiency regulations.

Aug 10, 2016

As the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Syria, a group of American peace activists fresh off a trip to Damascus presented an alternate take on the Syrian war.

Aug 9, 2016

The Chinese media raises doubts about a much-touted 'floating bus' promising to reduce urban congestion, and the U.S. clears $1.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Aug 8, 2016

The Ethiopian government shut down the internet nationwide over the weekend in response to mass protests by ethnic groups claiming persistent marginalization.

Aug 5, 2016

More than 20 years after the end of apartheid, the African National Congress' nostalgic pitch to voters shows signs of losing its appeal.

Aug 3, 2016

North Korea tested two missiles on Wednesday, one of which landed 125 miles from the Japanese coast, and critics of the Obama Administration are revisiting a January deal between the US and Iran to settle a decades-long disagreement over a 1979 arms purchase.

Aug 2, 2016

The CDC issues a Zika travel advisory for a Miami neighborhood and Venezuela's political opposition gets a boost in its recall bid against President Nicolas Maduro.

Aug 1, 2016

Pope Francis tells Catholics to refrain from equating Islam with violence, Ukraine mulls a major solar energy project and Nigeria nabs the notorious spammer known simply as "Mike."

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