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US Open returns to its roots to Boston amid revolutionary battle in golf

The US Open returns to its roots at The Country Club, a location steeped in history

Former Bolivian president Jeanine Anez sentenced to 10 years in prison

Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Anez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges linked to her assumption of office in 2019 amid violent protests

Spinner Mohammad Nawaz lifts Pakistan to big win over West Indies

West Indies stumbled against left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz as Pakistan recorded a thumping 120-run victory in the second ODI.

China's military activity around Taiwan threatens region: Lloyd Austin

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stressed American support for Taiwan, suggesting at Asia's premier defense forum that recent Chinese military activity threatens to change the status quo

Japan announces plans to boost security role in region to tackle threats

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida announced plans to boost country's diplomatic and security role in the Asia Pacific to tackle growing threats in the region amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

In a first, Canada to require a warning be printed on every cigarette

Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in face of what he described as an aggravating security environment as he concluded a major political conference

US buys more monkeypox vaccine as global case count continues to grow

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday.

Civilians flee intense fighting in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

Civilians fled intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland.

3 injured in shooting at shopping mall in Maryland suburbs of DC

Three people were shot and wounded Friday afternoon at a shopping mall in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., police said

Zelenskyy thanks UK for 'effective support' after meeting defence chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the U.K. for its effective support of Kyiv, following an in-person meeting with Britain's defense chief

UK scientists say unclear if monkeypox has peaked as more cases surface

UK health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases

Biden nixes ex-president Trump design for Air Force One over cost, delay

President Joe Biden's administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft

Zimbabweans are counting their toes as inflation soars more than 130%

An internet rumour blazed through the country that desperate people were selling their toes for cash

Taiwan independence: China threatens to go to war, says report

Despite their lack of formal diplomatic ties, Washington is Taiwan's strongest backer and source of arms, and US law requires it to treat threats to the island as matters of 'grave concern.'

Diplomatic push in Asia to counter China paying dividends: US Official

US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet told The Associated Press that 13 nations representing 40 per cent of the world's economy had signed on to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Gas and food prices likely kept US inflation rate painfully high in May

The costs of gas, food and other necessities likely shot up in May, giving Americans no respite from the worst outbreak of inflation in four decades.

Norway ends NH90 helicopter contract over delays, errors; wants full refund

The helicopter was developed in the mid-1990s by NHIndustries, a partnership between three European companies based in Aix-en-Provence, France

Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program 8 years ago

The cases were prosecuted using evidence from the testing laboratory in Moscow that was shuttered in 2015 when the state doping program was detailed

China says Covid lab leak theory politically motivated lie after WHO report

China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after WHO recommended yet that a deeper probe