South Korean authorities have said billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong will be released this week. 

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said that vaccine mandates should be done on the local level to get as many people vaccinated as possible.

Mask and vaccine mandates urged as schools reopen

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The envelope also contained a note on financial operations at the Vatican

Italian police investigate after three bullets sent in post to Pope Francis

Reports claim a third of the island has been destroyed by the week-long blaze

Fires rage for seventh day on Greek island of Evia as people and pets sleep on beaches

Anti-vaccine protesters have attempted to storm the BBC's Television Centre in White City,  west London.

Anti-vax protesters attempt to storm studio at BBC Television Centre

A group of moderate House Democrats is circulating a letter asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring the bipartisan infrastructure bill up for a standalone vote and to provide more details on how the upcoming budget reconciliation package will affect the deficit and inflation.

Moderate Dems pressure Pelosi to hold infrastructure vote, say how reconciliation will affect debt, inflation

Alexander Lukashenko insists he had nothing to do with a suspicious hanging in Ukraine last week.

Shishov case: Belarus leader Lukashenko denies link to dissident's death

Police claimed they had to break window to retrieve pet named Chapo

Woman arrested for allegedly killing dog by locking it in car to ‘punish’ it

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The Taliban on Monday took control of another provincial capital in Afghanistan, an official said. The city's fall was the latest in a relentless, weeks-long Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalize their pullout from the war-torn country.

Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capital

Beril Eski has been visiting villages on Turkey’s Bodrum coast for  years. Last week, the coastline was ravaged by wildfires

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First Lady Martine Moise, center, attends a tribute for her late husband President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Prince Hai... 
First Lady Martine Moise, center, attends a tribute for her late husband President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Princ...

Taiwan ally Haiti appeals to UN for help with assassination probe

Senate Democrats released a budget resolution Monday that maps $3.5 trillion in spending boosts and tax breaks aimed at strengthening social and environmental programs

Senate Dems unveil $3.5T budget for social, climate efforts

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has begun mass cremations to clear a backlog of dead bodies from COVID-19 as cases surge across the island, officials said Monday (Aug 9).

Daily virus infections in the country have doubled in a month to more than 2,500 with nearly 100 deaths, putting a huge strain on hospitals.

Sri Lanka holds mass cremations as COVID-19 cases surge

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei reported 42 new coronavirus cases on Monday (Aug 9), a record daily tally, following the detection over the weekend of the Southeast Asian country's first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 15 months.

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Brunei sees record COVID-19 cases after first local infections in 15 months

Teacher assessment of pupils is a better and more "accurate" way of awarding grades than formal exams, the government's qualification regulator has said.

Simon Lebus, the interim head of Ofqual said ...

Teacher-assessed grades are better than exams, Ofqual chief says

What are the key takeaways from the IPCC new study on the science of climate change?

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Measures target trade on potash and petroleum products.

UK imposes fresh sanctions on Belarus one year after ‘fraudulent elections’

Brittany Commisso speaks out for the first time about alleged groping incidents with New York governor.

Andrew Cuomo: Accuser Brittany Commisso says governor broke law

The baby was in her mother’s arms who tripped and fell while trying to avoid a swooping magpie

Magpie attack leads to death of baby girl in Australia

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SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will begin preliminary military drills on Tuesday (Aug 10), the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, despite North Korea's warning that the exercises would dent signs of an inter-Korean thaw.

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A cabinet minister has admitted there are “always disagreements” and “creative tension” between the prime minister and chancellor amid reports that Boris Johnson threatened to demote Rishi Sunak.

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Brittany Commisso, the executive assistant who claims that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped her under her shirt publicly discussed her allegations against the governor for the first time in a "CBS This Morning" interview.

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