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Cyclists pass police standing next to a burning makeshift tyre barricade, erected by protesters demonstrating against the military coup, in Yangon's South Okkalapa township on April 1, 2021.

How hopes for Myanmar's democracy faded and why leadership is needed (again)

Former U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell argues the United States should assert its leadership in helping shape Myanmar's peaceful, just and democratic future.

Law enforcement officers and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, after a shooting was reported.

Law enforcement had prior warning about suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting

The FBI released new details about the 14-year-old suspect currently in custody after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others.

An image of the human herpes virus, HSV, taken with transmission electron microscope. Two types can cause genital herpes: HSV-1 and HSV-2.

Genital herpes is a 'forgotten' virus. But that doesn't mean it's gone away.

Over 800 million people have genital herpes — and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing painful symptoms. So why doesn't the world pay more attention?

African delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church pray outside the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, N.C., on May 2, 2024.

Deadly violence in Nigeria tied to United Methodist Church schism over LGBTQ policies

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service.

A guard stands in a tower at Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Michigan City, Ind., where, barring last-minute court action or intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Joseph Corcoran, 49, convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection before sunrise on Wednesday.

Man set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years

Barring intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Corcoran is scheduled to be executed before sunrise Wednesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

The campus of Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., where a teenage girl opened fire on Monday.

The Wisconsin shooting suspect is female. That's rare, data says

Authorities say a 15-year-old girl carried out the shooting that killed two and wounded several at a Wisconsin school. Female shooters are relatively rare, statistically speaking.

This photo provided Dec.15, 2024 by the Civil Security shows rescue workers clearing an area in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities.

France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds are feared dead from Cyclone Chido

France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash

The dismissal comes four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment, killing the pilot.

A father teaches his child to swim in a pond in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Drowning is a leading causes of death globally for children, according to the first ever report on drowning as a public health issue issued by the World Health Organization.

How to prevent drowning: a ground-breaking report that's startling yet hopeful

The World Health Organization gathered data from 139 countries for its first-ever report on how to prevent drowning.

Americans are furious over health care. Is this an Occupy Wall Street moment?

The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.

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