Mexico Sues Gun Companies in U.S., Accusing Them of Fueling Violence
MEXICO CITY — For years, Mexican officials have complained that lax U.S. gun control was responsible for devastating bloodshed in Mexico. On Wednesday, they moved...
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Tensions Flare Again Along Israel-Lebanon Border
JERUSALEM — Militants in southern Lebanon fired rockets into Israel on Wednesday for the second time in two weeks, prompting the Israeli army to retaliate...
U.S. Blocks Fishing Boat From Fiji, Citing Forced Labor
U.S. Customs officials have blocked a commercial fishing boat from bringing tuna and other seafood into the United States, citing what they said was the...
Japan Grabs the First 3 Skateboarding Golds
TOKYO — The formidable team of skateboarders from Japan continued their stellar performance at the Olympics and Wednesday combined to end the gold medal hopes...
Simone Biles, in Comeback, Takes Bronze in Balance Beam
TOKYO — Simone Biles didn’t want her Olympics, and perhaps her career, to end with her in the stands and not on the competition floor....
As Ethiopia’s Civil War Rages, Bodies Float Downriver Into Sudan
AL-FASHAGA, Sudan — The bodies floated over the border in ones and twos, bloated and bearing knife or gunshot wounds, carried on waters that flow...
Is the Delta Variant Making Younger Adults ‘Sicker, Quicker’?
Recently, a 28-year-old patient died of COVID-19 at CoxHealth Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. Last week, a 21-year-old college student was admitted to intensive care....
Haitians Investigating President’s Death, Under Threat, Go Into Hiding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They examined the bodies of Haiti’s slain president and of the mercenaries who are accused of conspiring to kill him. Now they...
Germany Will Offer Vaccine Booster Shots Starting in September
BERLIN — As concerns grow over the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, Germany on Monday became the biggest Western country yet to announce...
U.S. Falls to Canada, a Stinging Blow in a Frustrating Olympics
KASHIMA, Japan — The referee’s whistle had barely finished chirping when the Canadian players sprinted to the middle of the field and unleashed an explosion...