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Fort Hood Launches Effort To Address Sexual Assault, Suicide
U.S. Army officials unveiled a new resource and training center at Fort Hood on Thursday that aims to create a more supportive culture following reports of murder, suicide and sexual assault at the embattled Texas military installation.
And The 2021 Nobel Prizes Go To Men... So Far
All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine (https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcarepharmaceuticals/juliuspatapoutianwin2021nobelprizemedicine20211004), chemistry (https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/listmacmillanwin2021nobelprizechem...
Exclusive-Compassion Not Barbed Wire Should Greet Migrants, Nobel Winner Gurnah Says
Europe should greet migrants with compassion rather than barbed wire and the British government is "rather nasty" about those who seek asylum, said Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
South Korea Court Backs Transgender Soldier Who Killed Herself Over Forcible Military Discharge
Byun Hee-soo, formerly a staff sergeant and in her 20s, enlisted voluntarily in 2017. She went on to have gender-reassignment surgery in 2019 in Thailand.
Lawyer Charged In Durham Probe Demands More Info About Case
Attorneys for a cybersecurity lawyer charged last month in a special counsel's probe into the TrumpRussia investigation asked federal prosecutors Wednesday to provide more information about the indictment, calling the allegations vague, illdefined and con...
N. Carolina Charter School Under Fire For Teacher's Comments
A teacher has resigned from a North Carolina charter school after telling Black students in her class that if not for the Constitution, they would be her field slaves, a comment that one parent said brought attention to other racist incidents at the schoo...
Saudi-led Coalition Intercepts Drone Attack On Abha Airport -state TV
The Saudiled coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it intercepted an explosivesladen drone targeting Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport, Saudi state TV reported.
Under Fire, UK PM Johnson Tries To Return To Election Agenda
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return his focus to tackling regional inequality on Wednesday, hoping a final speech at his Conservative Party's conference will draw a line under a series of crises buffeting his government.
US Says Record-low Refugee Admissions Partly Due To Pandemic
The Biden administration said Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulty of reversing Trump administration policies were responsible for the recordlow number of refugees admitted to the United States during the 2021 budget year.
EXCLUSIVE | Lashkar's Global Footprints: 26/11 Mastermind May Have Set Up Prophet Cartoonist's 'Accidental' Death
Sources told CNN-News18 that LeT terrorist Sajid Mir is likely to be behind the car-crash death of Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who drew a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad.
Hollywood’s Behind-the-scenes Crews Vote To Authorize Strike
Film and television production in North America is in jeopardy of coming to a standstill after its behind-the-scenes workers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.
Biden Lifts Abortion Referral Ban On Family Planning Clinics
The Biden administration on Monday reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trumpera restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pregnant Teen Receives Ultrasound on Stage at Mexico Anti-Abortion Rally
A stretcher was rolled out onto the rally stage for gynecologist Fernando Urquiza to perform an ultrasound on 15-year-old Ana, who is 38 weeks pregnant
Reaching Pre-pandemic Levels, 'Venom' Debuts With $90.1M
Pandemic moviegoing is finally starting to look like prepandemic moviegoing. Sony Pictures' Marvel sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage blew away expectations to debut with $90.1 million in ticket sales, making it easily the best opening of the pandemic, a...
Three Workers Died, 70 Injured While Building Dubai Expo, Officials Say
More than 200,000 workers constructed the huge site on the outskirts of Dubai, which features hundreds of pavilions.
Sheriff: Man Attacks, Kills 2 Coworkers; 3rd Victim Critical
An electrician who got in an angry dispute with a supervisor attacked his colleagues at the Florida home they shared on a temporary work project, killing two Saturday and injuring a third who wasn't expected to survive, a sheriff said.