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Victims of gun violence, including former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, appeared at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday (August 22) to share their stories.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in her Democratic National Convention speech on Thursday (August 22) that as president she will aim to pass a middle class tax cut.

Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination to run for president on the final night of the DNC on Thursday (August 22).

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered to protest U.S. support for Israel as it wages war in Gaza on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday (August 22). A group of pro-Palestinian delegates to the Democratic National Convention staged a sit-in outside the United Center in Chicago, where the convention entered its final day, demanding a Palestinian American be allowed to speak.

Actress Kerry Washington and Kamala Harris’ grandnieces gave the DNC audience a lesson on how to pronounce the Vice President’s name on Thursday (August 22).

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was emotional when attendees at the Democratic National Convention rose to welcome her as she took the stage on Thursday (August 22).

A team of biologists, vets and fishermen captured a rare freshwater dolphin in the Amazon to study, in the hopes of learning more about how to avoid drought-related deaths of the species. About 300 dolphins died last year during a drought in the Amazon, according to experts. Arrthy Thayaparan has more.

A Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal "now is in sight," the U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday (August 22) as she urged the 15-member body to press Palestinian militants Hamas to accept a bridging proposal.

Venezuela's Supreme Justice Tribunal on Thursday ratified President Nicolas Maduro's victory in the July 28 presidential election, sealing institutional backing for the ruling party as the disputed contest fades from international headlines. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Canada's two main freight rail companies locked out more than 9,000 of their Canadian unionized workers early on Thursday (August 22), starting an unprecedented simultaneous work stoppage that will grind almost all railway freight movement in the country to a halt. Angela Johnston looks at the impact it could have across North America.

Indonesia's outgoing parliament has walked back plans to ratify changes to election rules, its deputy speaker said on Thursday (August 22), as demonstrations flared outside parliament and security forces fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters. Olivia Zollino has more.

Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and caused deaths, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday (August 22).

For 94-year-old Mariia Moiseieva, it is not the first time Russian advance in Ukraine’s east forces her to flee. And now, as Russia is concentrating its main attack on Pokrovsk, the bedbound woman has to move again. Zachary Goelman produced this report.

Dog handler Karina Buchma and Tina the sniffer dog will soon be deployed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region to clear the minefields. She is one of eight Ukrainian women handlers, who together with 16 Belgian Malinois, are tasked to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance across Ukraine, the world's most heavily mined country.

Over 12,000 households in northern Thailand were affected by the devastation of flash floods on Thursday (August 22), according to the Ministry of Interior. A teacher who taught in a kindergarten in Phetchabun and a business woman in Chiang Rai spoke of the destruction caused by the floods.

The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht, which sank earlier this week off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, a source close to the rescue operation said. Rescuers are still searching and his daughter, Hannah, remains unaccounted for.

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night, vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November's U.S. election. Gabe Singer reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the White House said. Ryan Chang has more.

American comedian, Kenan Thompson, graced the Democratic National Convention (DNC) platform in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday (August 21) as he aimed to scrutinize the implications of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025.

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s family teared up during his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday (August 21) as he shared his family’s struggles with infertility.

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz took the stage on Wednesday night, joined by a litany of Democratic luminaries, and together they urged Americans to elect Kamala Harris president and stave off a return of Donald Trump to the White House.

Former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi invoked memories of the January 6th attack on the Capitol at the Democratic National Convention as she urged Americans to elect Kamala Harris president and stave off a return of Donald Trump to the White House.

Oprah Winfrey made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday (August 21).

Rainfall triggered floods in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Sendagaya, Shibuya Ward, on Wednesday (August 21).

Former president Bill Clinton joked at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday (August 21) that Kamala Harris would break his McDonald's record at the White House.