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Is that an American twang creeping into Harry Styles' speech? Jeanne Moos reports fans of Styles are riled.

Although President Trump does bear responsibility for a long list of failures in responding to the pandemic, he deserves credit for accelerating the vaccines.

The Biden administration should make it illegal to pay hackers ransom, and hacker networks should be 'fried,' says Richard Clarke, former national coordinator for security and counter-terrorism.

The state of emergency across California was expanded this week as exceptional drought grows through the state. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar explains why some are already concerned about this year's fire season.

Employers say they can't lure back workers. Governors are ending unemployment benefits. Is the work ethic dying, or is it because a living wage is hard to find?

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media on Saturday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant group Hamas.

Israeli air raids continued on Saturday in Gaza, after one raid killed at least 10 Palestinians in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week. (May 15)

Palestinians have begun gathering across the occupied West Bank to mark the anniversary of the displacement of hundreds of thousands of refugees from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its creation. (May 15)

Back-to-back tornadoes have killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said on Saturday. Eight people died in the inland city of Wuhan on Friday night and four others in the town of Shengze, about 400 kilometres east in Jiangsu province, local governments said.

The San Diego Zoo welcomed the birth of a female golden takin last month. It was the first of this takin subspecies to ever have been born in the Western Hemisphere. The female calf is named Mei Ling, her name means 'beautiful antelope' in Mandarin. The golden takin is an endangered goat-antelope.

China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest advance for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an icy area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes says winning the club's first Women's Champions League would be an "incredible achievement" but insists success is also about inspiring the next generation of young women.