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Comment on this story Comment UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo with an eye to its eventual exit, and to lift a notification requirement on some arms purchases which Congo’s foreign minister recently called “unjustified and humiliating.” The separate resolutions were approved amid worsening […]

The tweet that came from Mars Monday morning actually didn’t originate from anywhere near there. It came from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where the mission of the Mars InSight lander is managed. Still, the message was a poignant one. “My power’s really low,” read the tweet, which was accompanied by a picture […]

After Dr. Anthony Fauci steps down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to President Biden on Dec. 31, he’ll leave behind a long and storied career. Ahead of his last day, he spoke to TIME from his office at the National Institutes of Health about […]

When we look back on where we’ve been in any given year, we may think about how much our kids have grown, what we’ve accomplished at work or at home, how much money we’ve saved (or not). But we should also remember that our lives are part of a greater whole, a larger story of […]

Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army on Tuesday arrested the brother of the country’s most wanted drug cartel boss, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, the Mexico Defense Department said. The army said it captured Antonio Oseguera in possession of weapons in a suburb of Guadalajara, the capital of the western state […]

Comment on this story Comment KABUL, Afghanistan — Female students have been banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan effective immediately and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms. Despite initially promising a more moderate rule respecting rights for women’s and […]

Comment on this story Comment VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Snow and Arctic winds blasting across parts of Canada’s British Columbia and into the northwestern U.S. temporarily halted all flights at Vancouver’s airport Tuesday. Forecasters warned of whiteout conditions in some parts of the Pacific coast province as life-threatening cold from the Arctic air mass was […]

Comment on this story Comment TORONTO — A suburban Toronto man who was killed by police after authorities say he fatally shot five people in his condominium building, including three members of the condo board, had a court hearing scheduled for the next day to determine if the building’s management could evict him. Francesco Villi, […]

Comment on this story Comment LONDON — The British TV personality Jeremy Clarkson published his Sunday column in the Sun tabloid, imagining Meghan Markle stripped naked and publicly humiliated before jeering crowds of Britons. The reaction was intense. Many people were appalled, and very active on social media, calling out both Clarkson and Rupert Murdoch, […]

Comment on this story Comment The Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday it has seized more than 379 million potentially fatal doses of illegal fentanyl this year, as Mexican drug-trafficking organizations continue to flood the United States with the cheap synthetic opioid responsible for record numbers of U.S. overdose deaths. The agency said it has confiscated […]