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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 140 people, but the true toll may be far higher.

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Disinfecting a path last month outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Looking to Renew’ Canada-Mexico Trade Deal

The president’s comments come at a crucial moment in talks among the three countries over the renewal of their free-trade agreement.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney with President Trump at the Group of 7 summit last year in Kananaskis, Canada.

Night of Violence Grips Belfast After Stabbing Attack

10 June 2026 at 18:52
Cars and a bus were set on fire and families were driven from their homes after a stabbing caused tensions to spill onto the streets.

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Strife erupted in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday amid anger over a stabbing attributed to a Sudanese man.

Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

9 June 2026 at 23:14
“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament.

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Omar Abdulkadir Artan, right, during an Africa Cup of Nations match in Morocco last year.

The Priests Revered in the Land of Five Genders

The bissus of South Sulawesi are considered a link between the earthly and celestial because they are thought to embody both male and female traits.

Every year, the bissu in the Indonesian village of Segeri lead a ritual before the rice planting season. This procession, last November, included a sacred plow.

Vance Blames Migrant ‘Invasion’ for UK Stabbing

8 June 2026 at 21:00
British officials accused Vice President JD Vance of trying to “stir up division” in his comments on the murder of Henry Nowak, whose killer was sentenced to life in prison last week.

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Tributes for Henry Nowak outside the Portswood Police Station in Southampton, southern England, last week.

Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?

8 June 2026 at 10:01
Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.

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Fertility is not just dropping in the United States. The mystery is now a near-global phenomenon.
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