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A Covid-19 surge, blackouts and drought are threatening the Taiwanese president’s popularity as China seeks inroads.

MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters faced off with officers in Minneapolis early Saturday over the shooting death of a man by members of a U.S. Marshals task force. Photos from the scene following a vigil for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., 32, showed

NIAMEY, Niger — Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s

16 firefighting teams aided by planes battle blazes near Jerusalem; none hurt

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global

The push began in the Trump administration and continued under President Biden, and the Justice Department obtained a gag order to keep it from public view.

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers have applied for a special visa offered by the British government to come and live in the UK after China cracked down on democracy in the city.

President Biden Appoints Members to President’s Commission on White House Fellowships  Whitehouse.gov

Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records  The Associated Press U.S. Put Gag Order on Times Executives Amid Fight Over Email Logs  The New York Times Justice Department says it will no longer seize journalists’ records  USA TODAY The US Justice

Officials don’t rule out sightings were other countries’ new technologies; White House press secretary: ‘We take reports of incursions into our airspace very seriously’