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Iraq’s Ministry of Defense says the Islamic State group destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the iconic leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures late Wednesday night.

The mosque — also known as Mosul’s Great Mosque — is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in 2014 shortly after the city was overrun by the militants and was seen as a key symbolic prize in the fight for Iraq’s second largest city. Читать дальше...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

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June 21

The New York Times on the health care bill:

We do not know a lot about what is in the health care bill that Republicans are trying to rush through the Senate, but what we do know ...

A video of a lecturer haranguing elementary school children into being thankful to their parents until they wept went viral recently. This type of education is still popular among many in China, as it is in line with traditional values of filial piety, to the point that top speakers can make a small fortune.

A video of a lecturer haranguing elementary school children into being thankful to their parents until they wept went viral recently. This type of education is still popular among many in China, as it is in line with traditional values of filial piety, to the point that top speakers can make a small fortune.

With the proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 20 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care coverage.

A 13-year-old girl received a standing ovation from the America’s Got Talent judges Tuesday night after performing Christina Perri’s...

AUCKLAND – British and Irish Lions tour captain Sam Warburton was left out of the starting team to face the All Blacks in the first Test of the three-match series at Eden Park on Saturday.

AUCKLAND – British and Irish Lions tour captain Sam Warburton was left out of the starting team to face the All Blacks in the first Test of the three-match series at Eden Park on Saturday.

Chinese equities rise after inclusion in MSCI Emerging Market index

EUREKA, Calif. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit demanding federal wildlife officials reassess their practice of killing coyotes, bobcats, fox and other animals in Northern California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s wildlife damage management program is aimed at protecting livestock and property. But the federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Eureka, California says an

Prince Philip, who is 96, is being treated for an infection at King Edward VII hospital in London.

Early reports saying Derek Carr could command $25 million a year from the Oakland Raiders are nearly reality, according to league sources.

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — May was the deadliest month in Mexico since 1997, with three people killed every hour, according to the Mexican government.

There were 2,186 homicides last month, according to figures from the Executive Secretary of the National System for Public Security going back 20 years. In some states previously considered peaceful, like Baja California Sur and Nayarit, the rate doubled.

“This is the overwhelming and absolute failure of Peña Nieto’s public safety policy,” Alejandro Hope... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The deaths of two D.C. jail inmates have been ruled as opioid overdoses.

The S&P 500 and the Dow closed lower for a second session in a row Wednesday as weak oil prices weighed on the market, but the Nasdaq bucked the trend to rise as large-cap tech stocks gained. Oil prices extended losses to fall deeper into bear territory with August West Texas Intermediate crude down 2.5% to $42.42 a barrel. The S&P 500 shed 1 point to close at 2,435 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55 points, or 0.3%, to end at 21,411. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 45 points... Читать дальше...

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Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer has pushed back against accusations that the White House is displaying a “lack of transparency” by holding fewer on-camera briefings, saying that reporters who ask “snarky questions” just “want to become YouTube stars”. Over the duration of Mr Trump’s first six months as president, Mr Spicer has more routinely favoured off-camera press gaggles, which tend to shorter and more informal, over traditional televised briefings.

Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer has pushed back against accusations that the White House is displaying a “lack of transparency” by holding fewer on-camera briefings, saying that reporters who ask “snarky questions” just “want to become YouTube stars”. Over the duration of Mr Trump’s first six months as president, Mr Spicer has more routinely favoured off-camera press gaggles, which tend to shorter and more informal, over traditional televised briefings.

A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black man last year that ...

Keep digging — these platitudes don’t tell you anything beyond what you want to hear as an investor, says Ben Carlson.

Dow, S&P 500 close lower as oil tumbles; Nasdaq ends with gain

Milwaukee officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was cleared by a jury after shooting Sylville Smith, which sparked a weekend of riots last year.

Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness, not least because it often comes back.

An experimental drug from Genentech is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults — and, intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision. Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss among seniors, gradually eroding crucial central vision. First patients may notice blurriness when they look straight ahead. The experimental drug, lampalizumab, tries to slow the destruction of light-sensing cells in the retina... Читать дальше...

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