Drone video from Raqqa, Syria shows neighborhoods reduced to rubble and few signs of civilian life. Kurdish-led forces announced on Thursday that they had driven Islamic State militants out after weeks of fighting.
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World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and petroleum emissions in a livestreamed summit showcasing America's return to the fight against global warming.
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Olympic athletes promised legal support if they protest
Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany.
Business
Mexico's drought reaches critical levels as lakes dry up
Drought conditions now cover 85% of Mexico, and residents of the nation's central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are simply drying up, including the country's second-largest body of fresh water.
World
Les McKeown, who fronted the Bay City Rollers, dies at 65
Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65, his family said Thursday.
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Chief of Sahara's Polisario Front gets hospitalized in Spain
Spain's foreign ministry says the leader of the Polisario Front that leads the struggle for the self-declared Western Sahara republic has been brought to Spain for medical treatment.
