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Prize-Winning #iPhoneOnly Photos: From Dinos To Divers

A selection of the winning photos from the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards contest.

Love triumphed in the rescue of the Thai soccer team, Why North Korea should denuclearize, It is time to rein in the world’s ‘big four’ accounting firms, Russia was a World Cup winner, Cheer up because the world is actually getting better

The Guardian / London

Readers write: Story behind a maple syrup bottle, Changing technology for research, Top book releases, Puerto Ricans after Maria

As a maple syrup devotee (nothing less than the real thing on my pancakes), I ate up your April 23 & 30 cover story, “Maple Syrup Inc.” I say keep the consumer prices high enough to benefit all producers, large and small. Take our geography quiz.

Former South Korea President Sentenced To 8 More Years In Prison

Park Geun-hye was already serving 24 years in jail. On Friday a court convicted the disgraced leader of illegally receiving funds from a state agency and breaking election laws.

Britain’s Big Butterfly Count Begins, With David Attenborough Leading The Charge

For the next three weeks, citizen volunteers in the United Kingdom will be tallying the painted ladies, peacocks and brimstones they see, to help create a nationwide count — and soothe their souls.

Why Trump advisers stay, even when he flouts their advice

The look on Dan Coats’s face said it all. President Trump’s director of national intelligence had just been told on live television that the White House had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to come to Washington this fall – clearly news to Mr….

North Korean Economy Suffered Sharpest Drop In 2 Decades, South Says

Not since 1997 has the country’s gross domestic product shrunk at such a large rate in a single year, according to a report by the Bank of Korea. And the bank says sanctions are responsible.

Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody

The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.

Survivors Of Political Violence ‘Will Make Sure There’s Peace’ In Zimbabwe’s Election

Survivors of political violence in Zimbabwe are being trained to serve as election monitors in the country’s July 30 vote. Past elections have been marred by violence and allegations of rigging.

Outspoken death-row inmate calls Nevada’s bluff

Scott Dozier would rather be executed than live on death row. Mr. Dozier may be motivated, at least in part, by narcissism. Nevada recently constructed a $1 million death chamber, but its last execution was in 2006.

How Canada helped make ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’

By now it’s well established that the new documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is not just an entertaining portrait of the phenomenon that was Fred Rogers but an escape – back to a kinder, gentler time. Most Canadians (and Americans) might not know…

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