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Voters in four states head to the polls today for their primaries. Here are the races to watch. And, global conflicts are at their highest level since World War II, data shows.
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AFP via Getty ImagesGlobal conflicts surged to the highest number tallied by Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Fatalities were the highest on record since 1994, with approximately 244,600 people killed in conflict in 2025. -
James Brooks/APLong championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year.
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U.S. Central Command said an uncrewed boat brought the two aviators to shore after they spent about two hours in the water, in the first known drone rescue at sea by the U.S. military. -
The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies. The move prevents them from securing U.S. defense contracts. -
A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. The administration announced the fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. -
Has the closure of the Strait of Hormuz set a new — and dangerous — precedent for international shipping lanes?
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More Americans are rethinking where they want to live. Some are heading to Southeast Asia, drawn in part by what they're seeing on TikTok and YouTube. But those videos don't tell the whole story.
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Xi traveled to Pyongyang on Monday in a likely attempt to reassert China's unique influence over its socialist neighbor. -
Israel and Iran's recent exchange of fire is threatening the truce in the Middle East. And, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate, officials say. -
In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a "moral renewal" was necessary in legislatures and public life to ensure respect for the inherent dignity of all people. -
China's President Xi Jinping is in North Korea, his first trip in seven years, in a bid to reassert China's influence in the region.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading at an unprecedented pace, Africa CDC warns.
