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Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 25 minutes agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 1 day agoThe Brazilian foreign ministry has announced it will resume entry visa requirements for visitors from the US, Japan, Australia, and Canada. The move reverses a 2019 decision by then-president ...
Ex CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic: What to know
The Hill· 2 days agoFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says it’s just a...
Chinese journalist freed after four years in prison for COVID reporting
North Denver News· 6 days agoAmong them was Zhang Zhan, then a 36-year-old former lawyer who bravely chronicled the unfolding crisis in the city where the virus first surfaced. Standing in front of a Wuhan train station ...
Where San Francisco gas prices stand two years after historic high
The San Francisco Examiner· 6 days agoIn mid-June 2022, two historic events coincided — a surge in travel brought on by relaxed COVID-19 ...
One Big, Unintended Consequence of the Failed Attempt to Ban the Abortion Pill
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2016 the agency began to allow a wider range of medical providers to dispense the...mifepristone...
Japan sees record spike in infections caused by tissue-damaging bacteria
UPI· 2 days agoJapan is reporting a record high number of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome -- or STSS -- cases...
Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance
NPR· 14 hours agoAs late as 2021, there were few signs that North Korea was about to become Russia’s closest friend. That February, when COVID-19 restrictions prompted an ...
Russia’s Putin to visit North Korea in rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoVladimir Putin is set to travel to North Korea this week, the Kremlin said Monday, in the Russian...
‘You can’t tell me what’s up in these hills’: Skeptics and believers gather in Metaline Falls for...
Idaho State Journal· 6 hours agoIf Bigfoot wanted to reveal himself, Metaline Falls, Washington, this past weekend would have been a...