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Man Accused Of Firing Shots At South Carolina Trump Backers
A man has been accused of firing gunshots at a gathering of President Donald Trump's supporters along a road in South Carolina.
UN Council Rejects US Demand To `snap Back' Iran Sanctions
The president of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected the Trump administrations demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran, a move that drew an angry rebuke from the U.S. ambassador who accused opponents of supporting terrorists.
More Arrests, 2 Injuries After Pared-down RNC In Charlotte
At least seven people were arrested and two were hospitalized during protests after North Carolinas scaledback share of the Republican National Convention concluded.
Rule Britannia! BBC To Play Song Without Lyrics At Concert
The BBC has ditched the lyrics of Rule Britannia! for its traditional endofsummer concert amid a debate about the songs celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are reevaluating the nations colonial past.
Wild Polio Sufferers Reflect As Africa Set To Be Declared Free Of The Disease
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe's right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28yearold leads an active life as a wheelchair basketball player and also enjoys swimming and kayaking.
French Troops Stay In Mali After Coup, No End In Sight
It was a picture postcard meant to portray unity in the vast and fragile lands that once were French colonies: President Emmanuel Macron standing with the leaders of five West African countries where France has spearheaded a counterterrorism war since 201...
German FM Heads To Greece, Turkey As Regional Tension Mounts
Germany's foreign minister was heading to Greece and Turkey on Tuesday in an effort to ease increasing tension between the two neighbors, which are at loggerheads over prospecting rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
America is Not a Racist Country, I am Proud daughter of Immigrants, Says Indian-American Nikki Haley
The 48-year-old former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Haley is the only Indian-American listed so far to be speaking at the Republican National Convention.
Takeaways From The First Night Of The Republican National Convention
The Republican Party kicked off its convention to reelect U.S President Donald Trump with an unsubstantiated daytime warning from Trump himself that he may face a "rigged election," fullthroated praise for Trump during the evening events, and warnings tha...
Redwoods Survive Wildfire At California's Oldest State Park
When a massive wildfire swept through Californias oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of oldgrowth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest living things on Earth, may finally have succumbed.
As World Grapples With Pandemic, Schools, Universities Are the Epicenter
The world is settling into a new normal for everyday life amid the coronavirus pandemic: online school classes, intermittent Zoom outages, museums that will only allow about a quarter of their usual visitors.
Civil Rights Group Pushes Back At GOP Condemnation
Republican National Committee delegates approved a resolution condemning the Southern Poverty Law Center, calling the legal advocacy group dedicated to fighting extremism a farleft organization with an obvious bias.
Exclusive: Business Partner Of Falwells Says He Had Long Affair With Evangelical Power Couple
In a claim likely to intensify the controversy surrounding one of the most influential figures in the American Christian conservative movement, a business partner of Jerry Falwell Jr has come forward to say he had a yearslong sexual relationship involving...
Falwell Says Wife Had Affair, Family Faced Blackmail Attempt
Jerry Falwell Jr., currently on a leave of absence as the leader of evangelical Liberty University, has released a statement saying that he is seeking help for the emotional toll from an affair his wife had with a man who he says later threatened his fami...
Trump Eyes Campaign Reboot With Made-for-TV Convention As Protesters Clash On Site
Republicans will make their case this week that the economic and political future of the United States depends on the reelection of Donald Trump, at a party convention designed to highlight his prepandemic record as president and sow doubt about opponent...
The Latest: Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake Endorses Biden
The Latest on this week's Republican National Convention (all times local):