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Killing of 5-year-old girl in Gaza sparks international condemnation as war continues
A mural of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza, along with several family members and paramedics, by artist Emmalene Blake in Dublin, May 15, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty [Read More…]
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South Africans head to the polls in high-stakes election
Voters queue outside a polling station in Juju Valley, Polokwane, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. (Paul Botes/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and PRETORIA, South Africa) — Millions of South Africans are [Read More…]
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‘Parade of planets’ on June 3: Here’s what it will really look like
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Before skywatchers begin their countdown for the brief planetary alignment expected next month, some astronomical debunking has proved there may be less of a sky show after all. In [Read More…]
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Israeli government facing increased condemnation, diplomatic pressure over latest Rafah air strikes
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday expressed its “deep concern” over Israeli air strikes Sunday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a tent camp that [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Nikki Haley signs artillery shells: ‘Finish them!’
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]
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Pope apologizes for reported use of offensive term for gay men
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis is apologizing after reports that he used an offensive term for gay men in a recent closed-door meeting. “Pope Francis is aware of articles [Read More…]
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Rough seas cause portion of US temporary aid pier off Gaza to detach
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza over the U.S. Army’s temporary Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) system has been paused after rough seas caused parts of the pier [Read More…]
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American sentenced to time served, fined $9,000 for bringing ammo to Turks and Caicos
Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (NEW YORK) — A Virginia man was sentenced to time served and fined $9,000 for bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, avoiding a potential 12-year sentence under the [Read More…]
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Over 130 killed in two weeks as fighting intensifies in major Sudanese city, aid group says
Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 134 people have been killed [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu calls strike on Rafah that killed 50 a ‘tragic mishap’
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Dozens killed in IDF airstrike on Rafah, Gaza ministry says
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]
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Multiple people killed, dozens injured in Russian airstrike on Ukraine shopping center
Getty Image – STOCK (UKRAINE) — Russian forces struck a Ukrainian shopping center in Kharkiv on Saturday, leaving four people dead and 38 people wounded according to local officials. Sources in local law enforcement tell [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: UN court rules Israel must stop Rafah operation
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]
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Three US service members treated for injuries related to pier off Gaza: CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three U.S. service members have been treated for injuries related to the U.S.-built pier off Gaza known as JLOTS, or the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, according to [Read More…]
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Winemaker discovers approximately 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in cellar
Yannik Merkl (GOBELSBURG, Austria) — While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection of mammoth bones, believed [Read More…]
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Why British PM Rishi Sunak called snap election for July 4, according to expert
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year to [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel expands operations into central Rafah: IDF
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]
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Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went [Read More…]
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Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians [Read More…]
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UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing ‘insecurity, lack of supplies’ amid Israel-Hamas war
Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the southern border city [Read More…]