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Torrential rain causes a river to spill its banks, dislodging mud from southwestern La Paz neighborhood where low-slung, shoddily built dwellings dot the hillside

Breyten Breytenbach was staunch opponent of former white-minority government's apartheid policy of racial segregation

Experts say Northeast could stretch available water through updated technologies and policies including replenishing more water underground, paying people to conserve like in some western states, reusing water and shifting to a conservation mindset

Australia's government withdraws a bill that would give media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks

Israel continues its airstrike campaign on Lebanon in what Israel says are ongoing operations against Hezbollah. This, as Hezbollah launches more rocket attacks into Israel. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has this story.

Jon M. Chu's lavish big-budget musical 'Wicked,' starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million domestically and $164.2 million globally

Hezbollah militants fire about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in response to Israeli attack on Beirut the day before that killed at least 29 people

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a "mini moon" for the past two months.  The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun's gravity. But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January.  NASA will use a radar antenna to observe the 10-meter (33-foot) asteroid then. That should deepen scientists' understanding of the object known as 2024 PT5, quite possibly a boulder that was...

Incoming national security adviser says eastern Ukraine fighting akin to ‘World War I trench warfare’   

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The idea to bring the Ukrainian youth hockey team to Denver belongs to Ivan Benevelskyi, a former professional hockey player who moved to the United States from Ukraine 13 years ago

Trump has vowed sweeping tariffs that would remake global trade landscape

According to Russian state news agency Interfax, the new legislation allows those signing up for a one-year contract to write off bad debts of up to 10 million rubles ($96,000).kraine

The staid election has turned into a hard-fought race between Álvaro Delgado, the incumbent party's candidate, and Yamandú Orsi from the Broad Front, a coalition of leftist and center-left parties that governed for 15 years until the 2019 victory of center-right President Luis Lacalle Pou

Analysts say Taiwan’s emphasis on deepening economic cooperation with individual European countries can be more productive for the sustainability of bilateral ties  

Floods in the small Welsh town of Pontypridd, near Cardiff, left residents battling high water levels and volunteering in groups to help clear water from their homes and streets

Smylie finished on 14-under 199, two ahead of Smith who had a 2-under final round 69. Smith's LIV tour teammate Mark Leishman and Australian Anthony Quayle shared third place on 11 under at the par-71 Royal Queensland