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5:40 AM on Tuesday, August 12

A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts

1:13 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The San Francisco 49ers are counting on receiver Ricky Pearsall to step up this season

12:46 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Australia’s central bank has reduced its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point for a third time this year to 3.6%, with inflation tamed and economic growth stalling

12:43 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Australia’s central bank cuts interest rate for third time this year to 3.6%

12:15 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Shohei Ohtani has homered in his third straight game

12:07 AM on Tuesday, August 12

FIFA is testing a new protocol for the 2026 World Cup in North America, requiring host committees to develop human rights action plans

12:02 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The Milwaukee Brewers became the first MLB team since 2019 with multiple winning streaks of 10 or more games

10:46 PM on Monday, August 11

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats

10:10 PM on Monday, August 11

Nathan Eovaldi’s impressive streak for the Texas Rangers ended with a dud, but without a decision

9:58 PM on Monday, August 11

A second person has died in an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania, authorities say

8:17 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

6:59 PM on Monday, August 11

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers

6:58 PM on Monday, August 11

Carlos Correa has made a triumphant return to the Houston Astros after a trade from the Minnesota Twins

5:35 PM on Monday, August 11

Local rights groups say Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have attacked a displacement camp outside el-Fasher, killing 40 people

4:44 PM on Monday, August 11

Police say a gunman opened fire in a Target parking lot Monday in Austin, Texas, killing two adults and a child

3:55 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will result in less income for the poorest Americans while sending money to the riches, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office

1:09 PM on Monday, August 11

A veteran stock-car driver has died after a medical emergency during a short-track race in North Carolina

12:03 PM on Monday, August 11

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals

9:42 AM on Monday, August 11

The Moomins, Finland’s most famous literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this year

6:51 AM on Monday, August 11

A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful has died after being shot at a political rally two months ago