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Thursday, August 18, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Activists shout slogans against the remission of sentence by the government to convicts of a gang rape, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences. The 11 men, released on Monday when India celebrated 75 years of independence, were convicted in 2008 of rape, murder and unlawful assembly. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian woman condemns release of her convicted rapists

A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences
FILE - The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb. 18, 2022. Ethiopia's government on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth" and his assertion that the lack of attention from global leaders may be due to Tigrayans' skin color. (Johanna Geron/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as 'unethical' the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is 'the worst disaster on Earth' and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayans' 'color of the skin.'

FEMA declares new strategy to engage Native American tribes

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American tribes facing climate change-related disasters
Police officers and other officials stand outside the Ryder Trauma Center after a Miami-Dade police officer was shot in an exchange of gunfire during a car chase with an armed robbery suspect, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Miami. (Sydney Walsh/Miami Herald via AP)

Miami officer shot pursuing robbery suspect dies days later

Police in South Florida say a 29-year-old officer has died after being shot in the head during a confrontation with a robbery suspect in Miami
A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan is of mighty significance to many as the place where Jesus is said to have been baptized. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Mideast's Jordan River: Rich in holiness, poor in water
Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan River in the Middle East is of mighty significance to many as where the Bible says Jesus got baptized
Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 18. 2022. A bombing at a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded over two dozen, an eyewitness and police said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21
A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says the toll from a mosque bombing has risen to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack
Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified
Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2022. There are 135 days left in the year.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents clear sludge from their property in the aftermath of floods in Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. A sudden rainstorm in western China triggered a landslide that diverted a river and caused flash flooding in populated areas, killing some and leaving others missing, Chinese state media said Thursday. (Zhang Hongxiang/Xinhua via AP)
16 dead, 18 missing in flash flood in western China
Chinese state media say 16 people have died and 18 others remain missing after a flash flood in western China
Three ride marshals are mounted and ready to assist riders on the 2021 Fifth Third Bike the Drive.
Fifth Third Bike the Drive organizer hopes to get 400 volunteers for fundraising event
With a staff under 20, how does any organization pull off a 20,000-rider bike event on a major roadway? "Volunteers are the keystone, full stop!" So acknowledges Melody Geraci, Active Transportation Alliance deputy executive director. Sept. 4 marks the 20th time to demonstrate how it's done at its Fifth Third Bike the Drive.
FILE - Allen Weisselberg, right, stands behind then President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 11, 2017. Weisselberg, Trump's chief financial officer, is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 to tax violations in a deal that would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump CFO's plea deal could make him a prosecution witness
Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty on Thursday to tax violations in a deal that would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company
Coroner: Lake Michigan body is that of missing Chicago man
Authorities say a body found near northwestern Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline has been identified as that of a Chicago man who vanished with a friend in late July during a boating trip
Migrants gather on a beach after their arrival on the southern island of Kythera, Greece, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Greek authorities say another sailboat with about 70 migrants on board has arrived on Kythera, the third in just under two days to reach the southern island that is not a usual destination for asylum-seekers trying to reach the European Union. (Ippolytos Prekas/kythera.news via AP)
3rd sailboat carrying migrants reaches southern Greek island
Greek authorities say another sailboat carrying dozens of migrants has arrived at the island of Kythera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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