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Niger’s Detained President, Mohamed Bazoum, Pleads for U.S. Help
The military junta that ousted the president in the West African nation of Niger last week also dismissed Niger’s ambassadors to key partners: the United States, France and Nigeria.
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‘Too Patriarchal’ Father in India Now Champions Women’s Rights
A delivery room epiphany transformed a village headman into an unlikely and highly successful campaigner against prenatal sex testing, which often led to aborting female fetuses.
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Ukraine Hits a Distant Russian Ship, Showing Reach of Naval Drones
The attack damaged the warship hundreds of miles from Ukrainian-held territory, as Kyiv increasingly tries to bring the war home to Russia.
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“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes
Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.
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NASA Restores Voyager 2 Contact With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Into Space
After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back toward Earth.
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New Antarctic Starfish Are Doting Parents and Vicious Predators
A close examination of a collection of starfish in the Smithsonian revealed even more starfish inside those starfish.
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How Restaurants Are Dealing With Heat Waves
With punishing temperatures across many states, restaurants are adapting to a new climate reality.
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What Is Hard Juice?
Once considered only a passable mixer, juice is finding its way into canned alcoholic drinks.
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Hugh Grant is an Oompa-Loompa now. What’s left for dwarf actors?
Hugh Grant’s casting as an Oompa-Loompa in “Wonka” feels to some like the latest in a long line of slights against dwarf actors.