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The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa.

Hezbollah confirmed that one of its senior commanders, Fuad Shukr, had been killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, and Hamas accused Israel of killing its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new

Republicans blame Vice President Kamala Harris for the surge of migrants into the United States over the past several years. But a review of her involvement shows a more nuanced record.

While attention has been on the Paris Olympics, Maya Merhige, a high school senior, swam from England to France, completing the triple crown in open-water swimming.

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Years of digging pipes and cisterns, and more than $1 billion, were required to make the Seine River clean enough to host the races. Two French athletes won medals.

After a spate of positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating why China and other countries are citing contaminated food as an explanation.

Alex Yee overcame a big deficit to pull off a dramatic comeback to win the men’s race.

Joaquín Guzmán López gave himself up to U.S. authorities last week along with a former associate of his father’s.

Most of the world’s oldest leaders — in their 80s and even one in his 90s — are in Africa, which happens to have the youngest population of any continent.