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iStock/Yasmine Issa(NEW YORK) — BY: HATEM MAHER A hunger-striking medical student from New Jersey was released from a Cairo jail after serving more than a year in pre-trial detention for holding aloft a sign that read “Freedom

samxmeg/iStockBy BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (NEW YORK) — While Hong Kong’s new national security law may have caused some well-known activists to flee the city or censor what they say, Joshua Wong appears to be standing his

iStock/malerapasoBy: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Data scientists and independent election observers have claimed statistical analysis suggests there was massive falsification of votes in a referendum this week that overwhelming approved constitutional changes to grant

Neil Giardino/ABC NewsBy NEIL GIARDINO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Santiago Manuin, one of the most celebrated defenders of Peru’s Amazon rainforest and the leader of the Awajún tribe, whose vast and besieged territory spans the country’s

To the Stars Academy of Arts and ScienceBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — This year’s World UFO Day comes at a time of heightened interest in the decades-long search to solve the mystery of Unidentified Flying

MaxOzerov/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS (MOSCOW) — The Kremlin appears to have obtained an overwhelming vote in favor of Russia constitutional changes that will allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036, according to

Official White House Photo by Andrea HanksBy Victor Ordonez and Conor Finnegan, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Several branches of the U.S. government on Wednesday warned private companies against using supply chains tied to forced labor camps in

LilliDay/iStockBy DR. HASSAL LEE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amid the sprawling coronavirus pandemic, scientists around the world also have been keeping a close watch on another potentially dangerous virus: swine flu. Through close surveillance of influenza

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 211,000 people worldwide. More than three million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the

ArtistGNDphotography/iStockBy MEGAN WILLIAMS and CARMEN COX, ABC News (ROME) — Almost seven weeks after its national lockdown began, Italy’s daily deaths from the novel coronavirus are decreasing. But experts warn Italians not to let their guard down.