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Cambodia hits back at criticism of 'flawed' election, Hun Sen retains power
Reuters - 30 Jul 2018 04:54
Cambodia woke to another chapter of rule by strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday, a day after his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) declared victory in a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor f...
WATCH: People flee into sea to escape Greek wildfires
ABC News - 30 Jul 2018 04:36
Video shows dozens of people who fled into the sea to escape wildfires that swept through the Greek resort of Mati
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Rejects Ruling Party Ahead of Historic Elections
Time - 30 Jul 2018 04:23
The former leader turned his back on the ruling party he long controlled
Zimbabwe election in some cases 'totally disorganized': EU
Reuters - 30 Jul 2018 16:51
Zimbabwe's election, the first since the removal of Robert Mugabe in a de facto coup last year, has in some cases been "very smooth", in others "totally disorganized", the European Union chief observer said on Monday, wi...
Bigfoot porn shakes up Virginia congressional race
New York Post - 30 Jul 2018 16:39
A candidate for a congressional seat in Virginia accused her opponent of campaigning with a white supremacist – and being an aficionado of Bigfoot porn. Democrat Leslie Cockburn, the mother of actress Olivia Wilde, pos...
New York Times publisher refutes Trump's version of their meeting
The Week - 30 Jul 2018 04:03
New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger pushed back Sunday against President Trump's assertion that during a meeting, the pair "spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media." Tr...
G.O.P. Faces Another Midterm Threat as Trumps Plays the Shutdown Card
The New York Times - 30 Jul 2018 03:43
In a tweet, the president said he would be willing to shut down the government if Democrats do not give him money for his border wall.
The Northern California Wildfire Is Slowing Down After Claiming a Sixth Fatality
Time - 30 Jul 2018 03:34
The Carr fire has destroyed at least 517 structures and damaged 135
Indianapolis family files $100M lawsuit on behalf of duck boat accident victims
USA Today - 30 Jul 2018 16:56
Seventeen people died, including nine members of an Indianapolis family, on July 19, 2018, when a duck boat went down in bad weather in Branson, Missouri.
Florida college student TeNiya Jones drowns while swimming in Israel
USA Today - 30 Jul 2018 16:52
TeNiya Jones, 19, a sophomore at the University of Kentucky, became caught in a rip current while swimming late Saturday in a Tel Aviv suburb. Her body washed up on a nearby beach two days later.
Suicide car bomb kills Afghan tribal leader, 3 others
Miami Herald - 30 Jul 2018 16:52
An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has killed four people, including a tribal leader, in the eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says Monday's …
Mali says 700-plus polling stations couldn't operate in vote
Miami Herald - 30 Jul 2018 16:49
More than 700 polling stations across Mali were not able to operate in Sunday's elections, which took place under the threat of attack by extremists, the government said Monday. The …
German FM: Membership for Western Balkans in EU's interest
Miami Herald - 30 Jul 2018 16:45
Germany's foreign minister says it's in the European Union's "strategic interest" to expand in the Western Balkans because otherwise China and Russia will gain regional influence instead. Heiko Maas said …
8 in 10 young voters say their generation would run the country better
The Week - 30 Jul 2018 16:41
Voters aged 18 to 34 take a dim view of American politics' functionality and suspect their generation could do better, per poll results published Monday by The Associated Press, NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, a...
How Should the Media Cover Suicides? A New Study Has Some Answers
Time - 30 Jul 2018 16:34
Certain practices may reduce suicide contagion
Wedding party's van collides with truck in Vietnam, killing groom and 12 others
Fox News - 30 Jul 2018 16:30
A van carrying a wedding party collided head-on with a truck Monday morning in Vietnam, killing the groom and 12 other people who were part of his extended family, officials said.
Latest report into missing MH370 fails to unravel mystery
Al Jazeera English - 30 Jul 2018 16:29
Lead investigator into disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight, with 239 people on board, is not ruling out foul play.
Trump lawyer: I'm not sure collusion is a crime
CNN - 30 Jul 2018 16:25
President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said Monday that he's not sure collusion with Russia would be considered a crime.
Saudi halts oil shipments through key strait after Houthi attacks
Al Jazeera English - 30 Jul 2018 16:18
Oil shipments through strategic Red Sea lane suspended after Yemen's rebels attack two tankers in the waterway.
Sweden sends home foreign firefighters as wildfires die down
Miami Herald - 30 Jul 2018 16:17
Foreign firefighters who helped their Swedish colleagues with raging wildfires in the past weeks have begun returning home as the fires die down, emergency authorities in Sweden said Monday. Britta …
Lyft driver accused of stealing passenger's credit card, charging more than $1K
USA Today - 30 Jul 2018 16:17
A Lyft driver is being accused of using one of his passenger’s credit cards to make over $1,000 in purchases.
Why rejecting birth control can be an empowering feminist choice
The Week - 30 Jul 2018 11:55
I'm not by nature an exhibitionist, but we all have our moments of temptation. Mine often come in elevators, when I'm momentarily cloistered in close quarters with my four young boys and some man. It's crowded, so he is ...