IOC suspends North Korea from next Olympics for skipping Tokyo Games
Olympic committee chief says North Korea will also forfeit potentially millions of dollars it was due from previous Games for "violating the Olympic Charter."
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Polar bears are inbreeding as ice melts away, scientists say
A new study issues "an early warning" about the fate of polar bears if their habitats continue to melt away.
"Appalled" WHO chief slams rich nations over COVID booster plans
"I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world's poor should be satisfied with leftovers," said the WHO director general.
U.S. and Germany tell Iran time is now to return to nuclear talks
Blinken won't be specific, but says U.S. is "getting closer to the point" at which trying to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran won't be worth it.
U.S. caring for more than 100 unaccompanied Afghan children
While the vast majority of Afghan evacuees arriving in the U.S. this summer have been families and adults, some evacuated children have been entering the country without their parents.
Hong Kong arrests 4 pro-democracy leaders behind Tiananmen vigil
It's the latest major blow for the beleaguered pro-democracy movement in the Chinese city which, until recently, enjoyed a large degree of autonomy from Beijing.
On the front lines of the war allowing al Qaeda to thrive
20 years after al Qaeda attacked America, the terror group is taking advantage of Yemen's largely forgotten civil war to plot attacks on the U.S. and its allies.
Powerful earthquake kills at least 1 near Acapulco, Mexico
The mayor of Acapulco, Adela Román, said there was no major damage, but the 7.1 magnitude temblor rattled buildings hundreds of miles away in the capital.
Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador — but its rollout hits major snags
Several hours into the first day, the government's digital wallet app that allows its citizens to transact in the volatile cryptocurrency suffered snags — and the price of bitcoin fell as much as 10%.
Homeland Security chief says there are no credible 9/11 threats
Despite the lack of a specific threat, DHS warned the 9/11 anniversary could create a "heightened threat environment," and Mayorkas said the agency is "ever vigilant."
Taliban faces defiant protests as "around 100" Americans await escape
Blinken says the Taliban isn't holding anyone hostage, and the U.S. is working with the group to secure the evacuation of U.S. nationals still stuck in the country.
India solves mystery of fever outbreak claiming lives in the south
More than 100 people have died, including 40 kids, in just a couple weeks, but at least now authorities know what they're battling.
4 Americans depart Afghanistan as Blinken arrives in Qatar
This is the first departure by land from Afghanistan facilitated by the State Department since the U.S. military withdrawal was completed at the end of August.
Taliban claims to defeat resistance amid fear for trapped Americans
The Islamic extremist group claims full control of Afghanistan with the purported defeat of resistance fighters, but it won't say why 6 planes aren't being allowed to depart.
Health officials keeping "very close eye" on new COVID variant
The World Health Organization has dubbed Mu a "variant of interest," but the U.S. says it is not "an immediate threat" for the time being.
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