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The crisis in Belarus, which erupted after President Alexander Lukashenko won an August 9 election and brutally broke out in subsequent protests, has divided the EU. Some member states, in particular Belarus’ immediate neighbors Lithuania and Poland, are pushing for a stronger response from Brussels, backed by Belarusian opposition calling …

A Minneapolis murder suspect has committed suicide because police arrested him on Wednesday – looting looting and unrest in a city still reeling from the death of George Floyd. The man, who is black, shot himself in front of several circumstances outside a building at Nicollet Mall in the city …

A scientist literally stumbled upon a 166 million year old dinosaur fossil while walking on the beach in Scotland. © Tim Ireland A member of staff at the museum presents a photograph of the most complete Stegosaurus fossil ever discovered at the Natural History Museum in London, England, on Wednesday, …

Naomi Osaka, the two-time grand tennis champion, announced she would not play in Thursday’s West and South Open game in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Several hours later, the tournament announced that play had paused for a day. “As a sport, tennis collectively takes a stand …

Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a fierce Category 4 monster with 150 mph winds early Thursday, sweeping a low-lying coastline with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unbearable. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which intensified rapidly Wednesday before plowing ashore, …