NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby confirmed that the United States is aware of reports of Chinese drones flying near Taiwanese airspace and accused China of trying to “permanently alter” the “status quo” in the region. “We’ve certainly noted the reports coming out of Taiwan about the overflight,” Kirby said during a gaggle …
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Compassion or cowardice; Why Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This article is part of a Fox News Digital series examining the consequences of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago this week. A year after a Taliban offensive through Afghanistan descended on Kabul and overthrew the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, questions remain about the actions of the failed republic’s …
Read More »Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader who oversaw end of Cold War, dead at 91
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has reportedly died at the age of 91 after a long health battle, according to Russian news agencies. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. Gorbachev’s office said earlier that he was undergoing treatment at the hospital after a serious and …
Read More »‘Teacher’s Pet’ subject convicted of wife’s 1982 murder after true crime podcast sheds new light on cold case
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Australian man was convicted of the cold case murder of his wife Tuesday after a true crime podcast brought widespread attention to the case in 2018. A judge found that Christopher Dawson, a 74-year-old former high school teacher, killed his then-wife Lynette Dawson in 1982. At the time of his wife’s …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence powered by Google helps French officials tax over 20,000 undeclared pools
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An unusual experiment allowed French tax officials to discover thousands of undeclared swimming pools by using artificial intelligence. More than 20,000 hidden pools generated nearly €10m (£8.5m) in new revenue, according to The BBC. According to French law, a pool addition to a house leads to a higher property tax because it …
Read More »Gunfire strikes Iraq’s Green Zone during violent protests
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Supporters of an influential Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns into Iraq’s Green Zone as security forces returned fire Tuesday, seriously escalating a monthslong political crisis gripping the nation. The death toll rose to at least 30 people after two days of unrest, officials said. Those backing cleric Muqtada …
Read More »Putin sidelines Russia’s defense minister over stalled progress in Ukraine, according to the UK
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian Vladimir Putin has sidelined Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as the invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month, according to a report issued Monday by the U.K. Ministry of Defense. Operational commanders are now briefing the Kremlin directly on progress in Ukraine, with Shoigu taking a back seat. “Russian officers and soldiers …
Read More »Sister of Marc Fogel, American held in Russia, questions why Biden admin is ‘dragging its feet’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pennsylvania native Marc Fogel, who was arrested in Russia with medical marijuana last year and sentenced to 14 years in prison, had his appeal rejected by a Russian court on Friday, his attorney and sister told Fox News Digital. Fogel’s family is now pushing for the State Department to classify him as …
Read More »One of 3 Dutch soldiers shot outside hotel in Indianapolis dies
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of three Dutch soldiers wounded in a shooting outside a hotel in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend has died, the Defense Ministry said Monday. The commando “died tonight of his injuries. That happened surrounded by family and colleagues,” the ministry said in a statement. The soldier, whose identity was not released, …
Read More »Pakistan pleads for international help as parts of country ‘resemble a ocean.
Destructive glimmer floods clear out basic scaffold in PakistanPakistan is dashing to forestall further death toll as it falters from one of its most terrible environment fiascos with floodwater taking steps to conceal to 33% of the nation of 220 million individuals toward the finish of the rainstorm season. Environmental change serve Sherry Rehman said Sunday the extraordinary downpour had …
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