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Nils Melzer, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, says detaining and fining Manning with the aim of coercing her to testify runs afoul of U.S. international human rights obligations.

President-elect Donald Trump says that prosecuting his former rival isn't off the table. But earlier on Tuesday, aide Kellyanne Conway implied his administration won't pursue that campaign promise.

Siegal Sadetzki said Tuesday that Israeli leaders ignored her warnings and the country reopened too fast. "The compass handling the pandemic lost its direction," she said in her resignation letter.

The price of gold rose above $4,000 an ounce for the first time, signaling investors are concerned about the state of the broader economy.

Albums by Wallen and Adele were the top sellers of 2021, according to MRC Data and Billboard's annual tally. Other findings: audio on-demand streaming soared, and sales of vinyl outpaced CDs.

Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained after she made an Instagram post about the first man recently executed for crimes committed during nationwide protests.

The winner of the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search is 18-year old Yunseo Choi for playing theoretical "matchmaker" using algorithms. She won $250,000.

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.

The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority.