Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US
State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.: rising heat deaths and injuries of people who work in triple-digit temperatures
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This country is finally reopening after Covid. But it still requires a one-week quarantine
North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine.
1970-01-01 08:00
North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs
North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide
1970-01-01 08:00
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish
1970-01-01 08:00
Takeaways from AP's investigation into sexual harassment and assault at Antarctica's McMurdo Station
Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish
1970-01-01 08:00
China's industrial profits extend slump into seventh month
BEIJING Profits at China's industrial firms fell 6.7% in July from a year earlier, extending this year's slump
1970-01-01 08:00
Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa reelected after tense contest
Zimbabwe's incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner in the country's presidential elections on Saturday after securing an absolute majority in a tense presidential contest that was marred by delays.
1970-01-01 08:00
China’s Industrial Profits Drop Persists as Economy Weakens
The decline in China’s industrial profits eased in July, though the slowing economic recovery and deflation risks remain
1970-01-01 08:00
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Fires in western Canada have burned homes and ripped up trees, laying them down "like toothpicks".
1970-01-01 08:00
Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
Casings and coins at a site in central France suggest prisoners were shot by the French Resistance after D-Day.
1970-01-01 08:00
Heisman Watch: Sam Hartman compared to Notre Dame great after resounding debut
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have the quarterback they've been searching for for years in Sam Hartman, who helped lead the team to a dominant win over the Navy Midshipmen.
1970-01-01 08:00
Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'The Crocodile' wins second term as Zimbabwe president
Mnangagwa is only Zimbabwe's second president, after he outmanoeuvred long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup.
1970-01-01 08:00