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Experts offer some tips on everything from planting your own wildflowers to identifying the flowers you find.
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The World: Latest Stories
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Updated | 2025-07-03 02:00 |
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"Me, personally, I don’t want to be the 9-1-1 of the world. I want to worry about my own situation.â€
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Thursday night, as the president of China sat down for dinner with Donald Trump, he may not have known that his host had OK'd a missile attack on Syria.
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India has for a long time prided itself on being a multi-faith, secular nation. But in many parts of the country, there is a battle for souls taking place.
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From strong messages of support to fierce condemnation, here are the main global reactions to a US strike on a Syria air base in response to a suspected chemical attack.
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The Mexican newspaper where a reporter who investigated drug gangs worked until she was murdered has announced it is closing its print edition due to a lack of security.
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Their booking agent was kidnapped and murdered. Their manager was also kidnapped. Shortly after, rock band La Vida Bohème left Caracas and made a new start in Mexico City.
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Dozens of gruesome videos appear to show a suspected chemical gas attack Tuesday on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. Will those images move the world to act against the Syrian regime?
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Geography makes their town the best launching pad for migrants trying to reach the UK.
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What is the most important part of your Cadbury Creme Egg? The sugary filling, or the Christianity?
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was once a secret city. Every American nuclear bomb contains uranium from the lab there.
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On April 4, 1967, the civil rights leader made his first major public statement against the war.
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The militant group seems to be arranging for residents in Mosul to be struck and killed by US-led coalition airstrikes in order to boost civilian death counts and create controversy around the coalition campaign.
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Under pressure, Venezuela's top court reversed its decision to strip the legislature of its power. But to government critics the case was clear: They say judges loyal to President Nicolas Maduro attempted to set the stage for one-man rule.
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More than 100 gay men in Chechnya have been arrested and tortured, and some were killed by police, a local report says.
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Bee neurons are extraordinarily networked. Researchers are hoping these efficient little minds can help us understand multitasking.
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President Donald Trump says if China is not going to solve the nuclear threat from North Korea, he will. This comes ahead of Trump's meeting with the Chinese president this Thursday in Florida.
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Three baseball fans in South Korea host a popular sports podcast. But most listeners don't know its three hosts are blind.
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We’re learning more about how erratic weather can affect the flavors of our foods.
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Around 10 people were feared dead and dozens injured Monday after an explosion rocked the metro system in Russia's second-largest city St. Petersburg, according to authorities, who were not ruling out a terror attack.
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Activists in Las Cruces, New Mexico, 45 miles from the southern border, are teaching each other to pit their bodies against Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.
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Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi met his counterpart and admirer Donald Trump in Washington Monday for a "reboot" of relations following years of tension with the American president's predecessor.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic air pollutants produced by combustion, are linked to lung cancer and other serious health problems. Recent findings suggest that these tiny particles travel long distances and significantly increase overall health risks.
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Most satellites are engineered to last a long time, but there's no way to repair or refurbish them. They simply become obsolete. Government agencies and private companies are trying to change that.
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When the first “Trainspotting†movie came out in 1996, Garry Fraser was a young drug addict in Edinburgh. When the sequel came out this year, he was in the credits.
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Until a few years ago, farmers could fix and upgrade their own large farm equipment, including tractors. But that's changed as tractors have become more high-tech.
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The financial services industry is one of the mainstays of the British economy. But now that the UK is on track to leave the European Union, London's competitors are angling for some of the business.
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In Maryland, one immigrant community not known to wade into politics is joining the debate — and coming out loudly against sanctuary.
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The cities of Mosul, Iraq and Aleppo, Syria have both been devastated by war. And in both, civilians have suffered greatly as a result. But can the two conflicts really be equated?
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International powers are voicing alarm at Venezuela after its Supreme Court seized power from the legislature on Thursday, a move widely viewed as handing greater authority to President Nicolas Maduro. Now, so is a top official in the president's inner circle.
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Recent media events highlight sexism against women in the public eye, like US Rep. Maxine Waters.
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Each week on the show we feature new music from all over the globe. And every Friday we share it here with you on our Global Hit podcast.
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We’ve heard a lot about renegotiating NAFTA from President Trump’s perspective. But what’s in it for Mexico?
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He entered Israel's military as a woman. Now he's an officer, and a man, and the IDF paid for his gender transition.
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Many immigrants' previous professions can slip away because of red tape, economics and hefty requirements. "Welcome Back" centers are trying to help with the hurdles.
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Last year, thousands of Syrian refugees headed to Canada, where families had agreed to sponsor the newcomers. One year later, some wonder if the programs have done enough to promote independence.
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As President Trump turns US government policy away from the realities of climate change, a new scientific study confirms a link between climate pollution and dangerously extreme weather. The irony of the timing is not lost on the study's lead author.
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These sisters play rock that would make any power band proud.
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A program for gifted 10th-graders teaches them coding, encryption and how to defend a computer network against hacking. Many of the students will end up in Israel's equivalent of the NSA.
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With Brexit, many in Northern Ireland feel resentful that they're being dragged out of the European Union against their will.
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Until Wednesday, the team had been locked in a 15-month contract dispute with the sport's national governing body, USA Hockey, over unfair pay and unequal treatment.
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"Brainwashed." That's how Darren Grimes describes many Britons of his age group who voted to remain in the EU. Grimes, who runs a website touting the benefits of Brexit, says Britain will be much better off on its own.
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To Chef Eric Ripert, a Buddhist and author of "32 Yolks, From My Mother's Table to Working the Line," a trip to monasteries in South Korea has led to a spiritual awakening.
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Abu Islam al-Iraqi, a former ISIS commander who ran clandestine cells of suicide bombers in the Iraqi town of Kirkuk has had some time to think about what he's done. Author Robin Wright says he has few regrets.
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Linguists call Christianese an emerging religiolect, spoken mainly by evangelical protestants. Christians themselves are divided on whether it's helpful to use such coded language.
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Trump surrounded himself with coal miners when he signed his energy executive order, a very public signal that he was making good on a campaign promise to end the "war on coal." But not all miners agree on the future of their industry.
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When you think of American hubs of green energy innovation, you probably don't think of Buffalo, New York. Yes, Buffalo. But guess what, soon, you could.
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A new law takes effect Tuesday in Hungary to lock all asylum-seekers into detention camps made out of shipping containers, while their papers are being processed. Refugees are responding with fear.
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