Big Oil is set to return a record $30 billion to investors after reporting bumper profits ... the U.S. election system is in chaos as pro-Trump supporters flood officials with public-record requests ... and Edinburgh's Fringe festival celebrates 75 years.
Some 10 warships each from China and Taiwan sailed at close quarters in the Taiwan Strait, with some Chinese vessels crossing the median line, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit last week to the island.
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Cairo mediated the truce, sources said, after a weekend-long pounding of Palestinian targets by Israel triggered longer-range rocket attacks against its cities.
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Republicans attacked the legislation's $430 billion in new spending and more than $740 billion in new revenues.
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The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak.
Canadian village wrestles with climate-proofing
A year after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, residents grapple with difficult choices
