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Lael Wilcox arrived at the finish of her around-the-world bike ride in Chicago on Sept. 11. She rode more than 18,000 miles.

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  • Sports

Lael Wilcox rode around the world and then went for another bike ride

American cyclist Lael Wilcox rode more than 18,000 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. She's claiming the record for the fastest woman to ride around the world.

September 18, 2024
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By:
  • James Doubek,
  • Gabriel Sanchez,
  • and 2 more
A Lebanese police officer inspects a car damaged by an exploding pager in Beirut on Tuesday. Hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously. The group blamed Israel.

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  • Middle East

Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon, causing nearly 3,000 casualties

Lebanese officials say Israel is to blame for the explosions. Hezbollah members had turned to pagers, believing they were more secure than phones. Israel has declined to comment.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Military musicians perform in Moscow's Red Square on Sept. 1, 2024. Researchers at Microsoft say Russia is pivoting its online influence operations to focus on Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, in the final stretch of the election.

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  • Politics

Microsoft says Russia’s election interference efforts have pivoted to Harris and Walz

The company identified a number of recent Russia-linked campaigns that have shifted focus to Harris, relying on videos to spread conspiracy theories and falsehoods about the Democratic nominee.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Civil Defense first-responders carry a wounded man whose handheld pager exploded at al-Zahraa hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024.

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  • World

Hezbollah accuses Israel as thousands hurt in unusual pager blasts

The attack raises fears of an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and comes following warnings from Israeli officials of possible military action against the Lebanese group.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Vincent Ni
Shlomy Green, 37, and wife Inbal Green, 40, pack their home in Rishon Letsiyon, Israel, on July 11. The couple decided to leave Israel with their four-year-old daughter Riley and move to Thailand.

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  • World

Some Israelis are leaving the country due to the war in Gaza

Uncertainty about the future, safety fears and concerns over the government's handling of the war in Gaza are leading some Jewish Israelis to leave their country and start new lives elsewhere.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Gisele Pelicot, left, arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

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  • Europe

Man accused of drugging wife so dozens of men could rape her testifies in French court

A man accused of drugging his then-wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her over nearly a decade is testifying in court on Tuesday in southern France, in a case that has shocked the country.

September 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
<em>Helena Soholm holds up the five directional flags of Korean shamanism in Dronningmølle, Denmark.</em>

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  • World

How one shaman helps others find healing and meaning in a modern world

Helena Soholm, a Korean American shaman and transpersonal psychologist, integrates Western and Indigenous systems of knowledge to facilitate healing and growth in modern, technologically advanced societies.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Arin Yoon
A bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl which was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016.

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  • World

DEA closing 2 offices in China as the agency struggles to stem flow of chemicals

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals.

September 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the US embassy in Beijing on April 26.

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  • Asia

China frees American pastor after 18 years in detention

The State Department said that 68-year-old David Lin is coming home after being arrested in China on vague contract charges that he and his family deny. He had been jailed there for 18 years.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
A firefighter stands near debris along a business street in the aftermath of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai, China on Monday.

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  • Asia

Shanghai hit by strongest typhoon since 1949

More than 414,000 people had been evacuated ahead of the powerful winds and torrential rain from Typhoon Bebinca. Schools were closed and people were advised to stay indoors.

September 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A medical worker walks past a sign for a pediatric emergency center outside a hospital in Seoul on April 1.

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  • World

As medical strike drags on in South Korea, patients are on edge

Seven months have passed since South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a plan to increase the number of doctors. Trainee doctors walked off their jobs in protest and they haven’t returned.

September 15, 2024
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
The Bela River flows past a church during floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

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  • Europe

Torrential rains trigger mass evacuations as rivers surge in Central Europe

Torrential rains in Central Europe have forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday.

September 15, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Khadija Rahmani says her son, Mujib Ur Rahman, 12, looks forward to visits from Shabana Siddiqui, a health educator who left Afghanistan in 2022. The Rahmani family arrived in the U.S. in January and settled in Maine.

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  • Global Health

How do you help young Afghan refugees heal? A new program in Maine offers a way

Research shows that a toxic mix of past traumas and the stresses of resettlement puts refugee kids at significantly higher risk of long term mental health challenges. A new effort aims to mitigate those risks by supporting parents and children in refugee families.

September 15, 2024
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela on Aug. 28, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill Maduro

Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested after Venezuelan officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.

September 15, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This undated photo provided by the Iranian Space Agency shows a Chamran-1 satellite. Iran launched the satellite into space on Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported.

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  • World

Iran says it launched a satellite under program criticized by West over missile fears

Iran launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported.

September 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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