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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mexican drug cartels are rapidly expanding fentanyl production, pushing more of the deadly drug into the United States and profiting markedly from an easily produced, highly addictive substance.   “Even seeing just one lab in Mexico pressing pills was something unique that we were seeing. And this was only a few years ago,” …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The chairman of Russian oil giant Lukoil, who along with his company had criticized the Ukraine invasion, reportedly died Thursday after falling from the sixth-floor window of a hospital in Moscow. Ravil Maganov died in what sources are calling a possible suicide after his body was found on the ground of Moscow’s …

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. Americans who were part in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan took part in one of the most unique victories in U.S. military history, but some have expressed …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A long-awaited report from the United Nations alleges that the Chinese government has committed “serious human rights violations” in its detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang. The 48-page report, which Western diplomats and U.N. officials said had been all but ready for months, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: A new photo shows the former fugitive and suspected killer Raymond “RJ” McLeod at the head of his El Salvador classroom, days after U.S. marshals and local police arrested him near the Pacific Ocean after six years on the lam. McLeod, 37, is accused of brutally killing his then-girlfriend, Krystal Mitchell, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …