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Wyoming's first new coal mine in decades to extract rare earths
No new Wyoming coal mine has opened in 50 years. Wyoming’s coal industry instead has shrunk substantially since its peak over ...
Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion
LONDON (AP) — Either Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will leave the All England Club’s grass courts as Wimbledon’s eighth consecutive first-time women’s champion.
Cambodian lawmakers pass constitutional amendment allowing government to revoke citizenship
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow the government to draft legislation seeking to revoke the citizenship of anyone found guilty of ...
Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern ...
Gunmen abduct and kill 9 passengers from 2 buses on a southwestern Pakistan highway
Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan abducted and killed nine people after stopping two passenger buses on a highway Thursday ...
Burning of migrant boat effigy in Northern Ireland triggers police investigation
LONDON (AP) — Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading “stop the boats” to determine whether it was a hate incident ...
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since WWII
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a 1995 massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak ...
In the news today: Trump threatens Canada with 35 per cent tariffs
Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canada on Aug. 1 in letter posted online ...
Polish prosecutors investigate far-right lawmaker for comments on Auschwitz
Grzegorz Braun, a member of the European Parliament, has previously been accused of antisemitism, and extinguished Hanukkah candles in parliament with a fire extinguisher in 2023. He was a ...
South Korea, US and Japan hold aerial drill in demonstration of strength against North Korea
In recent years, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have been expanding or restarting their regular military training exercises to cope with North Korea’s enlarging nuclear arsenal. North Korea views ...
Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic vs. Jannik Sinner are Wimbledon's semifinals
Carlos Alcaraz takes on Taylor Fritz, and Jannik Sinner faces Novak Djokovic in the men’s semifinals at Wimbledon. Both matchups are scheduled to be played Friday at Centre Court, with No. 2 seed ...
Police say search aircraft are best chance of finding German tourist lost in Australian Outback
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police believe search aircraft are their best chance of finding German tourist Carolina Wilga a day after her van was found abandoned in the Australian Outback, an officer ...