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With a lucrative tax credit, the Biden administration is hoping to establish a new industry that might help fight climate change.

In a deal with Islamist parties, Pakistan is abandoning a requirement that religious seminaries, long seen by Western officials as a potential threat, register with the government.

No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth grows dramatically.

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

A former undocumented resident of California who now runs a town in Mexico, Crispín Agustín Mendoza has survived one assassination attempt. But he says, “I have to learn how to survive.”

Who gets to spend the millions of euros in change tossed into the Roman landmark?

Dominique Pelicot, the man convicted of raping his wife and of inviting dozens of others to join him in the abuse, did not appeal. But 17 of the other 50 found guilty did.

The leader of Azerbaijan criticized the Russian response to the crash of a passenger jet that Azerbaijani officials said had most likely been hit by Russian air defenses.

A Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people from Bangkok sped off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew were rescued in what was the country’s worst air disaster in decades.

In a year marked by wars, extreme weather and general wickedness, many dispatches defaulted to a distinctly dark tone. But as our correspondents traversed the globe, they found pockets of light, too.