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A four-year absence of elite women’s tennis in China is set to end with the Women’s Tennis Association holding seven tournaments in the next six weeks as part of the tour’s Asian swing. After tournaments in China were canceled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in 2020, the WTA suspended events in the country in December […]

The father of Mahsa Amini was briefly detained on Saturday, human rights groups said, amid a heavy security force presence on the first anniversary of his daughter’s death in Iranian police custody that sparked months of anti-government protests. Amjad Amini was warned against marking the anniversary of his daughter’s death before being released, the Kurdistan […]

WAILUKU, HAWAII — Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people. Previously officials said they believed at least 115 people had died in the fire, but further testing showed they had multiple DNA samples from some of those who died. The number of […]

The European Union on Friday threw its weight behind a plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, pledging to coordinate financial contributions from EU members and make sure the money was spent as intended under its Global Gateway investment plan. Team Europe, which includes EU members states and institutions such as the European Investment Bank, will […]

SYDNEY — Australia’s national science agency has installed specialized sensors in the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef to help monitor and forecast sediment runoff. Experts from CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization say the discharge can harm the UNESCO World Heritage site’s marine ecosystem. Researchers from CSIRO say their system of sensors, […]

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled again that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is illegal. The policy protected from deportation hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The decision does not immediately affect DACA recipients, whose status remains the same through the legal appeals process. They also […]

Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said. Earth’s climate, biodiversity, land, fresh water, nutrient pollution and “novel” chemicals (human-made compounds like microplastics and nuclear waste) are all out […]

Ukraine’s military said Thursday it shot down 17 drones that Russia used to target multiple areas of Ukraine in overnight attacks. The Ukrainian military said Russia launched a total of 22 drones in several waves of attacks directed at the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said wreckage […]

Bermuda prepared Thursday for rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Lee as the storm passes to the west of the island. Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry services while issuing high surf warnings. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm could bring between 2 and 5 centimeters of rain to Bermuda by early […]

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak Thursday about an economic agenda that his administration says is helping the middle class, while Republicans say the U.S. economy is failing, particularly when it comes to inflation. Jared Bernstein, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, told reporters during a White House briefing Wednesday that Biden […]