Department of Education launches civil rights probe after lawsuit accuses Harvard of giving preferential treatment to legacy admissions
The US Department of Education has begun a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard University discriminates in its admissions process by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, roughly three weeks after a lawsuit made those allegations.
2023-07-26 05:30
Qin Gang: China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence
Qin Gang's prolonged disappearance from public view, and the silence over it, fuelled furious speculation.
2023-07-26 00:21
US attorney who has led Hunter Biden probe offers to publicly testify to Congress this fall
US attorney David Weiss, who has led the Hunter Biden criminal probe, has offered to testify at a public congressional hearing this fall, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday.
2023-07-25 08:15
North Korea fires two missiles after US submarine arrives in South
SEOUL North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast late on Monday, South
2023-07-25 07:17
Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about a child on an interstate, says through her attorney she was not kidnapped
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a 911 call about a child on an interstate, said she was not kidnapped and did not see a baby on the side of the road, according to a statement from her attorney.
2023-07-25 05:57
Treaty that created modern Turkey still evokes pain for some, 100 years after signing
(This July 24 story has been refiled to fix a link in paragraph 9) By Emma Farge and Brenna Hughes
2023-07-24 16:26
Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates
Popular Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo narrowly wins but is held back by left-wing parties.
2023-07-24 07:27
Assimi Goïta: President gets sweeping powers in new Mali constitution
Opponents call it a "plot on democracy" and say the referendum result should be annulled.
2023-07-23 18:15
There are thousands of unsolved cases of missing Black people. Carlee Russell's unverified report is rare, advocates say
The doubt surrounding the alleged kidnapping of Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, which Alabama police said they couldn't verify, threatens to overshadow thousands of unsolved cases of missing Black people, advocates say
2023-07-23 15:19
Spain faces stark left-right divide in hot summer vote
Resurgent nationalists in Spain aim to roll back the left-wing coalition's reforms.
2023-07-23 11:55
Body of 2-year-old child found in Delaware River after she and her missing brother were swept away by floodwaters
The body of a 2-year-old girl who vanished last weekend with her younger brother after a wall of water from intense flooding swept them away was found Friday evening in the Delaware River, officials said.
2023-07-22 11:50
Polarised Spain eyes the hard-right ahead of election
Spain goes to the polls to decide its next government on Sunday, and a hard-right coalition is looking likely.
2023-07-22 11:48