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Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the weekend funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin’s ambivalence about Gorbachev’s legacy.

(HARARE, Zimbabwe) — A helicopter herds thousands of impalas into an enclosure. A crane hoists sedated upside-down elephants into trailers. Hordes of rangers drive other animals into metal cages and a convoy of trucks starts a journey of about 700

The U.N. has accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.

Favorable views of the Supreme Court have dropped since the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a new Pew Research Center survey found, driven largely by a steep drop in approval among Democrats. In its 35 years of polling on the

Eternal life through technology. That is the promise of uploaded intelligence (UI), also known as mind uploading, a phenomenon—one that remains, for now, within the realm of science fiction—in which an entire human brain is emulated via computer. The catch:

About 21 million people have been ordered to stay home in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu following a spike in COVID-19 cases.

With a post-fascist party topping opinion polls ahead of Italian elections later this month, Mark Cousins’s “March on Rome” at the Venice Film Festival is particularly timely. In the out-of-competition documentary that premiered on the festival’s opening day Wednesday, the

(MANAUS, Brazil) — More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation. Satellite sensors detected 33,116 fires according to Brazil’s national space institute. The

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the White House Domestic Policy Council Meeting to Strengthen the Teaching Profession  The White House

Trump team returns to court over request for special master – live  The Guardian US What to watch for at Thursday’s hearing in Trump’s bid for a special master over documents seized at Mar-a-Lago  CNN Days before Mar-a-Lago subpoena, Trump lawyer claimed