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Over 600 people including ISIS fighters and their families were escorted from the Lebanon border by Syrian government forces. That angered the US, which launched airstrikes to block their path to a town near Iraq.

As the world tries to move away from fossil fuels and as more and more millions of people own smartphones or drive hybrid vehicles, the demand for battery power is soaring. So is the demand for lithium, the fundamental element in modern battery technology.

Pyongyang fired the missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, in a major escalation that triggered global alarm and a furious response from Tokyo.

What's happening in Texas is part of a larger national debate about how local and state law enforcement policies can affect public safety.

Hours after a tweet from President Donald Trump insisting Mexicans pay for a border wall, Mexican officials offered aid to Harvey victims in the United States.

Producing, selling and using plastic bags is now illegal in Kenya. The East African nation joins 40 other countries worldwide in banning, partially banning or taxing single use plastic bags.

On Friday, ICE officials dropped 50 women and their children at a bus station, after their asylum applications were approved. But with Harvey approaching, bus routes were canceled, leaving the women and children stranded.

Young Chinese have grown up in a time of epic change, as China has become more prosperous and powerful, more urban, more educated, more connected with the world through technology, travel, television and more. Chinese have also become more connected with each other, with some 800 million of them online. And despite an ongoing government crackdown on free speech, especially dissent, and even the discussion of Western ideas such as democracy, human rights and rule of law, attitudes and expectations are radically different among young Chinese than for many previous generations in China, in ways that could affect not just China, but the world, in this century.

Scientists say warming ocean temperatures are a factor behind stronger storms and changing weather patterns in the South Pacific.

President Donald Trump had been hinting at clemency for Arpaio for over a week, and on Friday, the White House officially announced his pardon.

Humans evolved to sweat and it is a necessary mechanism, scientists say, especially for very young children.

Hungry for information? Then learn about the history of the American restaurant.

For the first time in the US, researchers have genetically edited human embryos. The technique could save lives, but faces an ethical and regulatory quagmire.

Curiosity seems to be a fundamental part of what makes humans tick, but where does it come from? Do we all have the same kind, or amount, of curiosity? What drives the inquisitive minds of people who can’t seem to stop asking questions about everything they encounter?

In June, a leaked National Security Agency report described Russian intelligence efforts to interfere with the US elections, targeting voter registration and local election officials. Now, people want to know: How secure are America’s elections from a cyber attack?

Earth's temperatures are rising, plastic trash is choking the oceans —and don't even think about trying to outrun a velociraptor.

Quebec's "La Muete" (Wolf Pack) group, started as an online effort to oppose Islamic extremism, but now it has shifted its focus to illegal immigration.

New policies toward transgender troops in the US Armed Forces take a hefty emotional and practical toll for soldiers and vets.

Do you think your dog is awesome? Trust us, your pooch has nothing on Tad and Sophie.

Scientists predict climate change will make hurricanes and tropical cyclones more frequent and intense. But past data make it hard to pinpoint exact links to specific storms.

A week after the attack in Barcelona, ISIS released a slick new video saying it wants to restore al-Andalus to the Muslim world. Al-Andalus was the word for Muslim-ruled areas of Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages.

It took 10 years, but Tucson teachers feel validated by a judge's finding that an Arizona state law is racist toward Mexican American students.

Haitian migrants and others afraid of being deported from the US are crossing illegally into Québec in hopes of a better fate there. They're being welcomed in Montreal but it's uncertain how many of them will be able to stay in the country.

There's a crop of young, talented players from around the globe who are eager to make a mark.

ISIS militants are being squeezed out of their final strongholds in eastern Syria.

There’s been a measurable increase in hate crimes and hate speech in Poland since the far-right Law and Justice party came to power in 2015.

Jack Viertel gives a master class in American musical theater.

Soprano Lily Arbisser shares her secrets for the perfectly-timed subtitle.

Frank Langella knows all about aging gracefully.

For years, Mexican artist Martín Ramírez was only known as a psychiatric patient who made drawings. That narrative is changing.

According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages.

A new documentary traces the long influence of Native American artists on the American music landscape.

Freelance journalist and Phoenix native Marcos Najera described a "chaotic stampede" after police released tear gas and pepper spray on the crowd of protesters.

The Navy removed a fleet's commander after another deadly collision. It's also putting all international operations on hold to remind its sailors of the fundamentals of seamanship.

In the run-up to the US presidential election, Cristina López came across language online that she didn’t understand — terms like “meme magic,” “red-pilled” and “nimble navigator.” They kept popping up in Reddit and 4chan where Donald Trump supporters posted. López and her colleagues at nonprofit Media Matters for America have spent many hours lurking on these message boards, deciphering what she calls the pro-Trump troll dialect. This week on the podcast, López explains some of the dialect.

The Galapagos Islands are known for the astonishing wildlife that inspired Charles Darwin. But the unique ecosystem of the isolated Pacific islands is in trouble, and now it’s getting an assist from an unexpected source: a local coffee plantation.

Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been accused of the negligent manslaughter of the 30-year-old reporter, who went to interview him aboard his 60-foot submarine on August 10.

The president is talking to the National Convention of the American Legion, and he also plans to sign the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.

Trump departed Washington for the border town of Yuma, Arizona, where aides say he will tour a stretch of border fence before heading to Phoenix for a raucous campaign-style rally.

Pakistanis are not happy with President Donald Trump's Monday night speech on Afghanistan. Trump singled out Pakistan for sheltering terror groups and destabilizing the region. Trump threatened to cut US aid and to make an alliance with Pakistan's mortal enemy, India.

Amsterdam has a beer habit. It also has a big flooding problem. Now a local entrepreneur is trying to put the city's thirst for beer to use in reducing its flood risk.

Until now, Chile has had one of the world's most draconian policies toward abortion. That changed Monday.

On Aug. 8, all across Kenya, people spent hours in long, chaotic lines waiting to cast their votes in the election. At the polling station inside Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, the scene was a bit different.

Eclipse watchers flocking to the path of totality let out whoops and cheers as the moon covered the sun in the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in nearly 100 years.

President Trump is set to announce a long-awaited shift in strategy for the Afghanistan conflict in a rare prime-time address to the American people Monday evening.

Pidgin unites West Africans of different ethnicities and nationalities. Now speakers can get their news in that language as well.

Guy Consolmagno watched his first solar eclipse on Monday. It’s a pretty big deal for this Jesuit priest who’s also the director of the Vatican Observatory.

Spanish police on Monday shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, after a massive manhunt for the Moroccan national who was wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt when he was killed.