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A Father And Son Debate Venezuela's Economic Crisis

5:16am July 28, 2016

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

A conversation between a father and son about the situation in Venezuela — where inflation is rife and food riots common — reveals the increasing fault lines among society in the socialist country.

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Call It A Cat And Cat Game

5:16am July 28, 2016

Larry, 10 Downing Street's mouser, and Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat, were caught brawling. Then Palmerston snuck into the premier's offices. Authorities intervened, saving Larry further injury.

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Turkey Clamps Down On Media After Coup Attempt

5:16am July 28, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey's clampdown on the media continues in the wake of a coup attempt. The latest government decree — issued under a state of emergency — says nearly 130 media outlets are to be closed.

In 2004 Reid Brewer of the University of Alaska Southeast measured an unusual beaked whale that turned up dead in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. A tissue sample from the carcass later showed that the whale was one of the newly identified species.

Mysterious And Known As The 'Raven': Scientists Identify New Whale Species

8:11pm July 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"There have been a lot of people out there surveying whales for a long time and never come across this," a researcher says. But Japanese fishermen have told stories about this dark whale for years.

Clinton Campaign Says Trump Is Encouraging 'Espionage' After Hacking Comment

6:53pm July 27, 2016

Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email and recover messages from her tenure as secretary of state.

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Journalists gather outside a court building to support journalist Bulent Mumay, who was detained Tuesday in connection with the investigation of the attempted coup in Turkey.

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After Coup Attempt, Turkish Government Cracks Down On Media

6:05pm July 27, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Turkish government has shut down at least 45 newspapers and 16 television stations, and issued arrest warrants for dozens of journalists.

With 3 U.S. Citizens In Iranian Jail, A Look At What's Driving The Arrests

4:07pm July 27, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Three Iranian-Americans remain in jail in Iran, including a father and son who have been behind bars for a year. Why is it that, after a nuclear deal that opened channels of communication, these Americans remain in detention abroad?

Can Russia And The U.S. Really Work Together In Syria?

4:07pm July 27, 2016

by David Welna

Some national security leaders are skeptical about Washington's attempted overtures to Moscow to establish better coordination in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria.

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Despite Turkey's Crackdown, Some Critics Are Still Speaking Out

4:04pm July 27, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Most critics are silent these days, but a few are voicing opposition to the widespread arrests and workplace dismissals. They say this is just an acceleration of the government's existing policy.

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Some of the more than 30,000 Nuer civilians sheltering in a United Nations base in South Sudan's capital Juba for fear of targeted killings by government forces walk by an armored vehicle and a watchtower manned by Chinese peacekeepers.

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Witnesses: U.N. Peacekeepers Did Nothing As South Sudanese Soldiers Raped Women

3:26pm July 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Dozens of women and girls have reportedly been raped by South Sudanese soldiers near a U.N. compound in the capital. A U.N. spokesperson said they are taking the allegations "very seriously."