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9:00 AM on Friday, July 17

Governments across Latin America are stepping up preparations as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and wildfire risk

8:12 AM on Friday, July 17

The World Cup has been a bonanza for beer in the United States

7:37 AM on Friday, July 17

Eric Cole had everything go wrong at the British Open and started looking at early flights home to Florida

6:56 AM on Friday, July 17

The World Cup final between Argentina and Spain will be refereed Sunday by Slavko Vinčić of Slovenia

4:49 AM on Friday, July 17

China says it has never interfered in U.S. elections and has no interest in doing so

2:32 AM on Friday, July 17

Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days

1:38 AM on Friday, July 17

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for more global cooperation in the development and governance of artificial intelligence, while promising support for other countries

1:10 AM on Friday, July 17

Israel has again occupied much of southern Lebanon, 26 years after ending its 18-year occupation

1:06 AM on Friday, July 17

In Bangladesh, a simple pair of reading glasses is transforming the lives of garment workers like Ruma Aktar

Friday, July 17

Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer

11:44 PM on Thursday, July 16

To air or not to air

11:29 PM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump said in a speech to the nation that he's using federal power to secure elections from being “stolen.”

9:33 PM on Thursday, July 16

Video footage of ICE agents tackling a man at Las Vegas Airport has sparked public outrage and criticism from officials

8:40 PM on Thursday, July 16

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers

8:02 PM on Thursday, July 16

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor

5:51 PM on Thursday, July 16

The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years

5:20 PM on Thursday, July 16

The start time for the MLB game between the New York Mets and the Phillies on Thursday in Philadelphia was moved up one hour due to air quality concerns due to wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota, and an MLS game in Chicago was postponed

8:26 AM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden

5:55 AM on Thursday, July 16

Hong Kong’s top security official has urged booksellers to ensure their titles do not harm national security

11:41 PM on Wednesday, July 15

The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges