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5:52 AM on Thursday, August 20

A Somali official says that pirates hijacked a Cameroonian-flagged cargo ship off Somalia's Puntland coast earlier this week and took its 10-member crew and cargo toward the region’s Nugaal coast

5:36 AM on Thursday, August 20

Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, another sign that layoffs remain low and that most Americans enjoy job security

4:25 AM on Thursday, August 20

West Ham has called on its fans to stop singing a chant “containing an anti-Palestine message” as the club prepares to host its first home game of the season in England’s second-tier Championship

4:21 AM on Thursday, August 20

The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine

4:01 AM on Thursday, August 20

Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus are among the authors participating in a touring exhibition organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association."

3:01 AM on Thursday, August 20

A growing number of states are providing tax dollars to university athletics

3:00 AM on Thursday, August 20

Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump

1:43 AM on Thursday, August 20

Severe storms have caused extensive damage across parts of Germany

1:32 AM on Thursday, August 20

South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

10:59 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts

9:21 PM on Wednesday, August 19

A Chinese court has sentenced Hui Ka Yan, founder of property developer Evergrande, to life in prison

9:05 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Champagne producers are racing to pick grapes as the region experiences its earliest harvest on record

8:48 PM on Wednesday, August 19

CK Hutchison is seeking over $1.5 billion from Panama for damages to its investments after the country seized two ports at the ends of the Panama Canal

8:23 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Prince Harry wants communities to better apply their service members' skills when they enter the workforce

8:13 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The Baltimore Orioles are calling for Major League Baseball to use technology to determine whether balls are fair or foul

3:57 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Pat Murphy doesn’t sound like the manager of a team with the best record in the major leagues as he discusses what the Milwaukee Brewers have accomplished thus far

12:35 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The U.N.'s humanitarian chief warns of the growing threat of drones against civilians and aid workers in Ukraine

4:04 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Israel’s military has announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in the Gaza war

3:51 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Israeli military plans a criminal investigation into the killings of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl and her family, as well as 15 paramedics in Gaza

9:26 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Residents on Hawaii's Big Island are struggling to recover after last week's hurricane that authorities say killed two people