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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."

Jul 28, 2016

British cops report just SEVEN times they used their guns last year and some Democrats want Donald Trump investigated for violating the Logan Act after requesting Russian help to find Hillary Clinton's emails.

Jul 26, 2016

The Solar Impulse II lands in Abu Dhabi, Yahoo's fall from grace is sealed and get fit (quick) to prevent an early death!

Jul 25, 2016

Athletes arriving in Rio aren't pleased with their accommodations, Scotland starts prepping for (another) independence vote and China broadens its media crackdown.

Jul 21, 2016

Brazil arrests 10 of its citizens suspected of plotting attacks against the Rio Olympics, scientists can't seem to locate dark matter and Viacom censors a cartoon gay couple for African audiences.

Jul 20, 2016

Prime Minister Theresa May weathers her first Prime Minister's Questions session while Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refuses to apologize for past insults directed at world leaders.

Jul 19, 2016

The EU official overseeing Turkey's membership bid questions whether President Erdogan was looking for an excuse to crack down on opponents, bad news about gonorrhea and the UK delays Brexit.

Jul 18, 2016

A Zimbabwean pastor is exciting democracy activists, who believe a movement focused on policies, not personalities, could yield unprecedented results.

Jul 15, 2016

New data helps illustrate the economic malaise in the developed world, France extends its state of emergency and scientists think Zika could run its course in two to three years.

 
Jul 14, 2016

David Cameron passes the baton to Theresa May, who pledges to keep Britain united in the face of renewed calls for Scottish independence.

Jul 13, 2016

Three years after filing suit over China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, the Philippines scores big at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague,

Jul 12, 2016

An anti-drug push in the Philippines intensifies, North Korea says it has cut off communications with the US and Venezuela starts seizing dormant American factories.

Jul 11, 2016

Theresa May emerges as the likely replacement for Prime Minister David Cameron and fighting returns to South Sudan.

 
Jul 7, 2016

If Zika is able to penetrate into the United States, it will need to do so on the backs of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. But in the pecking order of American mosquitos, it's hardly at the top.

 
Jul 5, 2016

Another pro-Brexit politician steps aside, as E.U. leaders criticize Britain's "retro-nationalists," and China begins damage control ahead of a key court ruling on the South China Sea.

 
Jun 29, 2016

Congress comes to the rescue of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Navy publishes a report condemning the behavior of sailors detained by Iran in January.

Jun 28, 2016

Researchers at Harvard University announce the discovery of two new vaccines to prevent Zika in mice.

Jun 27, 2016

Turkey normalizes relations with Israel and Russia, while Iceland reaches out to lonely Great Britain.

Jun 24, 2016

High turnout pushed a "Brexit" from dream to reality, prompting Scotland and Northern Ireland to consider their independence. Unable to guide the ship, David Cameron will step down as Prime Minister.

Jun 23, 2016

The UN warns more than 2 million may be displaced in Iraq before the Islamic State is defeated, a British medical group cautions against disciplining e-cig users in the same was a regular smokers and Apple faces down an intellectual property suit in China.

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