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In the summer of 2014, Islamic State group militants swept into the Yazidi enclave in northern Iraq, slaughtering thousands of men and kidnapping about 6,000 women and children. Seven years later, about half of the abductees are still missing, almost the entire Yazidi population remains displaced, and many graves are still without bodies. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Khanke in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.  Camera: Heather Murdock

The quirky CEO announced his departure on Monday. His record at the company is mixed, but his impact is undeniable.

Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) warned on Monday in a new report.

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Kliff Kingsbury said he's focused facing the Chicago Bears this Sunday rather than the latest with the Oklahoma Sooners after Lincoln Riley left.

Actor Jussie Smollet finally gets his day in a Chicago courtroom. He is being charged with six counts of disorderly conduct. But the charges are an afterthought to the real charge.

Most Bulgarians regard their political class as deeply corrupt. That is something a new government and a more savvy European Union need to fix

A House panel will vote Wednesday on whether to hold former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark in contempt for defying a subpoena in the Jan. 6 probe.

Because 'tis the shaadi season.

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One U.K. lawmaker asked when the government would "start putting the need to end this pandemic in front of the financial interests of Big Pharma?"

New Covid variant Omicron spreads across the world; Experts warn against vaccine complacency

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's Public Health Agency on Monday confirmed the country's first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

At some companies, it seems as though IT teams have transformed from company scapegoat to company G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). Amidst a momentous digital transformation, IT teams were essential in easing the massive business disruptions of 2020 and 2021 by enabling a massive shift to remote work and rapid upswing in digital commerce.

A woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit by a car and killed Sunday while crossing a street in the south valley, according to Metro Police. The incident happened about ...

For activists and journalists, it has become harder to distinguish between trolls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s technology cell and the cyber volunteers.

An Idaho library is hailing the return of an overdue book that was checked out from a now-defunct library 110 years earlier.

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court rulings in the bitter custody battle surrounding a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy, saying he should be returned to his relatives there within two weeks.  Eitan Biran has been the focus of a legal battle between his paternal relatives in Italy and his maternal family in Israel since surviving the May 23 cable car crash, which killed 14 people, including his parents and younger brother. Eitan and his parents were living in Italy at the time of the accident. Читать дальше...

Will the new Channel 14's ideological bend keep it from being accepted into mainstream Israeli television culture?

Getty Image Adam McKay opens up about the split from Will Ferrell that resulted in the end of their production studio and friendship.

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Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, has officially extended her presidency of Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys.

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People with "long-haul" COVID-19 have symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and other breathing problems months after first testing positive for the virus, a Journal of the American College of Cardiology study found.

WARNER BROS. It's time to saddle up and press play on Ginuwine's "Pony" one last time -- after nearly a decade, 'Magic Mike' is coming to an end.

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A British man was sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a gay man 12 times after the victim declined to perform a sex act on him.

Rio Ferdinand (inset) believes Aston Villa's upturn in form over the last two weeks is largely down to players buying into Steven Gerrard's training methods and tactical approach.