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Party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country's second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority
Percentage of Black players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades
Increased number of pilgrims, along with surge in international air travel and expansion of infrastructure, raises sustainability concerns
He’s been supporting California's homeless population and their pets for almost a decade
Changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers
Argentina's junta used craft to push political detainees to their deaths from the sky
Once-sacred structures repurposed for anything from clothes shops and climbing walls to nightclubs
A restorer in Iran is bringing back the Cadillac Sevilles once assembled in the country. The Seville represented the height of luxury in Iran just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Airlines are facing increasing pressure to cut their climate-changing emissions, which made sustainable aviation fuel a hot topic this week at the Paris Air Show, a major industry event
Following the news can be relentlessly depressing, so much that some people use that as an excuse for avoiding it. To combat that feeling, there's been growth in the idea of "solutions journalism," or stories that emphasize efforts being made to solve some of society's problems
A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar. It's the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas
Bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed overnight, causing portions of a freight train that was traveling over it to plunge into the water below
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off a two-day visit to Egypt on a trip that underscores the growing ties between the two countries. The Indian leader is scheduled to hold talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Sunday
Activists and politicians are lauding and denouncing the Supreme Court ruling one year ago that led to massive changes in abortion access and law across the U.S. After years of calling for change, it's now anti-abortion groups that are praising the status quo
Israeli police say that a Palestinian assailant has opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank before being shot and killed. The incident on Saturday is the latest in months of escalating violence
Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret. Forecasters say it's the first time there are two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began
Black Catholic nun who founded the United States' first African American religious congregation has advanced another step toward sainthood
Saudi officials say close to 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived so far for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. This year's pilgrimage will be the first without the restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. More pilgrims are expected to arrive before the start of the Hajj Monday
Floods killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses
Food waste is a major environmental problem in the US
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