‘Appalled’: Border Patrol agents’ treatment of Haitian migrants criticized by former officials

Border Patrol agents on horseback play a different role than typical mounted officers. But experts were critical of the response at Del Rio.       

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Victoria records 628 new local COVID-19 cases and three deaths

State-run vaccine hubs administered 43,056 vaccination yesterday.

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Anti-vaccine ‘thugs’ warned not to show up for third day of protests in Melbourne

While some attendees have been there to protest mandatory vaccinations for the construction industry, authorities say the demonstrators are not all union members or construction workers.

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A race to the extremes: Younger Jews are increasingly either ‘Nones’ or ultra-Orthodox

Several who leave strict Jewish communities have grown disillusioned with the ultra-Orthodox life. Many joined a fast-growing group: the “Nones.”       

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They were a missionary, a Muslim and an evangelical. But now they’re atheists – why?

The journeys of three religious men led them to atheism. And they aren’t alone: The proportion of atheists in the U.S. doubled over the last decade.       

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Another U.S. intelligence official has come down with Havana Syndrome symptoms. What are they?

Another U.S. intelligence officer has been struck by Havana Syndrome symptoms, angering the CIA director. What is the mysterious illness?       

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‘I have religious PTSD’: Women tell stories of fleeing organized religion after abuse

After fleeing years of emotional and physical abuse in a strict Reformed Mennonite community, Patty Bear says she has no taste for religion.       

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‘Our tactics will be different’: Victoria Police warn against third day of vaccine protests

Chaos has engulfed Melbourne over the past two days as demonstrators, mostly men dressed in hi-vis workwear, took to the streets voicing their distrust in the vaccine…

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Scott Morrison’s talks with Joe Biden will dominate this week – but don’t miss the detail

ANALYSIS: While the Prime Minister’s meetings with the US President will likely hog the headlines during his overseas visit this week, he’s also working to smooth over…

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‘No closer and more reliable ally’: Joe Biden meets Scott Morrison amid submarine row

The meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York is the pair’s first face-to-face.

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NATO SG: Members must look past submarine dispute

With some powerful NATO allies at odds over submarine sales, the group’s leader suggested Tuesday that members — including a frustrated France — need to focus on…

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Search intensifies for Gabby Petito’s fiance, Brian Laundrie; autopsy set on body believed to be Petito

Authorities in Florida returned Tuesday to a sprawling wilderness preserve, searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of blogger Gabby Petito.       

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Crews work to protect trees from California blaze

Crews are battling to keep wildfire flames clear of sequoia trees in Northern California as a wildfire reaches a grove of the gaint trees and threatens to…

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An Oregon school staff member showed up to work in blackface. The employee was suspended.

The incident comes amid mounting conversations about racism in the school district after students were in a group chat called “Slave Trade.”       

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Texas restaurant tells couple with immunocompromised baby to take off masks or leave

Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez, were told to “go somewhere else” when they were wearing masks to protect their infant son, Austin.       

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UN secretary general says ‘the world must wake up’

The UN Secretary General rang the alarm in his opening speech of the General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders from 193 nations. “The world must wake…

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