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Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(LONDON) —  An American diplomat’s wife who was involved in a crash that killed a teenager in the United Kingdom is no longer covered by diplomatic immunity, according to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. […]

MicroStockHub/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to three economists “for their experimntal approach to alleviating global poverty.” Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were announced as the winners on […]

Somaye Malekian/ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — They waved flags. They painted their faces with stripes of green, white and red. They celebrated with blowhorns. For the first time in four decades, women were allowed to pack […]

iStock(HONG KONG) — Residents of Hong Kong have convened on the streets in masses for months, demonstrating against Beijing’s dominance in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory they call home — what sets these uprisings apart from […]

BrianAJackson/iStock(LONDON) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offenses” after a man with a knife stabbed three people in a busy shopping center in Manchester, England. The suspect, a man in his […]

MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The United States is deploying thousands of additional U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the Iran’s attack on Saudi oil facilities in September, the Pentagon announced on Friday. The deployment […]

NataliaCatalina/iStock(LONDON) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has a message for young girls as the world celebrates International Day of the Girl. “Every girl has potential. She has promise. She has the right to learn, […]

rrodrickbeiler/iStock(LONDON) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prizes, decided to award this year’s prize to Ahmed […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — Egypt, as part of a larger effort to ramp up tourism, has unveiled a 3,500-year-old industrial area, a first-of-its-kind collection of artifacts, on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor. […]

mason01/iStock(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis and over 200 bishops, indigenous leaders and climate change experts convened in the Vatican on Monday to discuss issues related to the Amazon rainforest region. The gathering, called a synod, […]