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The species is among a dozen U.S. bats suffering from white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that causes bats to emerge early during hibernation, sometimes burn up winter fat reserves and starve.

The Israel Defense Forces is removing the Netzah Yehuda from the West Bank amid recent allegations of abuse and disciplinary action against soldiers accused of mistreating Palestinians.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. If you look at the top-line numbers in public polling, it would seem impossible to fathom anyone

Elon Musk’s plan to offer ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter users puts human rights in jeopardy across the globe, advocacy experts say. Musk’s announcement that he will grant a “general amnesty” to banned Twitter accounts starting this week comes roughly a

China’s lockdown protests and rising COVID leave Xi Jinping with ‘2 bad options’  NPR Protests In China LIVE | China News LIVE | Anti-Lockdown Protest In China | English News Live  CNN-News18 ‘Unbelievable scenes’ in China as protesters speak out against zero-Covid

Global markets jittered as Chinese citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against the government’s strict “zero-COVID” strategy over the weekend. The protests’ immediate impact on global markets is raising questions about the way forward for the world’s second-biggest economy.

How often do volcanoes erupt, and why is Mauna Loa erupting now?  The Washington Post Mauna Loa Volcano  Barron’s See images of Mauna Loa erupting for first time since 1984  CNN Mauna Loa eruption triggers flight cancellations, delays  Hawaii News Now Live at Mauna

Ed Maggs examines a shelf of leather-bound antique books that his family have been selling from their landmark London shop for the last 170 years. It was at Maggs Bros. Ltd that a Bolivian diplomat acquired two volumes of “Don

Rail unions decry, businesses praise Biden’s call for Congress to block strike  CNN Leaders in Congress Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike  The New York Times ‘No path’ forward: Biden calls on Congress to avert rail strike  POLITICO Sanders says tentative

Four Thai Buddhist monks are in rehab after it was discovered they were addicted to meth, the New York Post reports. The men were busted after they failed a drug test in the Phetchabun province’s Bung Sam Phan district on