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Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israel’s longtime leader
Under the agreement, leaders of two of the coalition partners will split the job of prime minister in a rotation.
Environmental disaster feared as ship sinks off Sri Lanka
Salvage experts failed to tow the fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it has started to sink off Sri Lanka’s main port.
State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served
The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd.
China tries to keep elephant herd out of city of 7 million
The 15 wild elephants has walked 300 miles from a forest in China’s southwest.
NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions
The missions beat out two other proposed projects, to Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s icy moon Triton.
Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters
The world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines may offer lasting protection, but scientists caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card.
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack
But experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved.
In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels
There is strong evidence that human activity and global warming are altering the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, experts say.
Biden suspends oil, gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The remote, 19.6 million-acre refuge is home to polar bears, caribou, snowy owls and other wildlife, including migrating birds from six continents.