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Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats overseas to scrutinize the social media content of some applicants for student and other types of visas,

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New airline vowing to revolutionise transatlantic flights ready for take-off

Global Airlines, the start-up carrier pledging to “revolutionise” transatlantic flying, has announced the date of its first passenger flight. An Airbus A380 is scheduled to

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Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation from Pakistan

In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr — not in

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Map: 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Near Tonga Promps Brief Tsunami Alert

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside

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Myanmar Earthquake Toll Surpasses 1,600 Dead Amid Search for Survivors

The official death toll of the earthquake that shattered central Myanmar surpassed 1,600 people, the country’s military leaders said on Saturday, as desperate rescue workers

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Worst bee loss in recorded history

The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months. It’s

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High Toll Is Feared After Earthquake Batters Myanmar and Thailand

A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, gouging open roads, toppling century-old religious monuments and destroying multistory buildings as it shook a vast expanse

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Gazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule

When an Israeli airstrike ripped through a building in central Beit Lahia on Monday night, the farming community in the northernmost part of Gaza was

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Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing

European leaders have gotten the message from Washington about doing more for their own defense and for Ukraine, too. They are talking tough when it

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Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for