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Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China Leaders of the world's largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China's global initiatives, but they were searching for a consensus on how to forcefully to call out Beijing over human rights abuses. by Associated Press Published Jun. 12 2021 @ 11:05pm

What will change under Israel's new government? JERUSALEM (AP) — If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. by Associated Press Published Jun. 12 2021 @ 11:05pm

El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first nation to do so, just days after President Nayib Bukele made the proposal at a Bitcoin conference. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 11:05pm

Official: Death toll rises to 65 in Pakistan train collision The death toll from a horrific collision of two trains in southern Pakistan rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash, government officials said. by Associated Press Published Jun. 9 2021 @ 12:05am

Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 51 GHOTKI, Pakistan (AP) — An express train barreled into another that had derailed in Pakistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 51 people and setting off a desperate effort to search the crumpled cars for survivors and the dead, authorities said. by Associated Press Published Jun. 8 2021 @ 12:05am

Normandy remembers D-Day with small crowds COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore. by Associated Press Published Jun. 7 2021 @ 12:05am

Amid brutal case surge, Afghanistan hit by vaccine delay KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is battling a brutal surge in COVID-19 infections as health officials plead for vaccines, only to be told by the World Health Organization the 3 million doses the country expected to receive by April won't be delivered until August. by Associated Press Published Jun. 6 2021 @ 12:05am

Supreme Court limits prosecutors' use of anti-hacking law WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited prosecutors' ability to use an anti-hacking law to charge people with computer crimes. by Associated Press Published Jun. 4 2021 @ 12:05am

Gaza's bereaved civilians fear justice will never come GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The al-Kawlaks, a family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly unprepared for the inferno. by Associated Press Published Jun. 3 2021 @ 12:05am

Vatican criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say laypeople who hold church office also can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. by Associated Press Published Jun. 2 2021 @ 12:05am

China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two to cope with the rapid rise in the average age of its population, a state news agency said Monday. by Associated Press Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 12:05am

Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deaths More than one-third of the world's heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. by the Associated Press Published Jun. 1 2021 @ 12:05am

Chinese city locks down neighborhood after virus upsurge BEIJING (AP) — The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered its residents to stay home Saturday for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. by Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 12:05am

Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that's a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. by Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 12:05am

In time for summer, Europe sees dramatic fall in virus cases ROME (AP) — When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19: Held before a live, indoor audience of 3,500, the annual kitsch fest confirmed Europe was returning to a semblance of normalcy unthinkable even a few weeks ago. by Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 12:05am

China, Philippines swap protests over Manila-occupied island MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has demanded China withdraw its ships and fishing vessels from the vicinity of a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea, where the Chinese military has asserted its sovereignty and vowed to "unswervingly safeguard" the disputed territory. by Associated Press Published May. 30 2021 @ 12:05am