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Strike expected to shut down the Eiffel Tower as workers protest monument’s management
spreephoto.de/Getty Images (PARIS) — The Eiffel Tower is expected to be closed to visitors on Monday as workers plan a one-day strike to demand that Paris City Hall officials immediately review the financial management of [Read More…]
Navalny’s widow vows to continue husband’s opposition to Putin
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference, on the day Alexei Navalny’s death was announced by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Nasser Hospital no longer ‘functional,’ WHO chief says
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Alexei Navalny’s allies accuse Russian authorities of deliberately withholding his body
Alex McBride/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are demanding that Russian authorities release his body to his mother and lawyer, claiming it is being deliberately withheld. Russian authorities announced Navalny died [Read More…]
1st Ukrainian city falls since the US became deadlocked in sending more military aid
Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images (AVDIIVKA, Ukraine) — On the same day Alexey Navalny was declared dead in a Russian prison, Vladimir Putin was able to rack up another victory of sorts as Ukraine’s military announced it has [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: 2 killed in shooting attack in southern Israel
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Alexei Navalny, vocal critic of Vladimir Putin, dies in prison: Russian government
MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Vladimir Putin — often considered to be a vocal and prominent thorn in the side of the Russian [Read More…]
Israeli families desperate to get hostages home protest to demand action: ‘We have no time’
ABC News (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Some families of Israeli hostages say they have reached their breaking point and have begun to take extreme measures to express their frustration more than four months into the Israel-Hamas [Read More…]
Fears grow in Gazan city of Rafah ahead of potential Israel ground operation
Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV and LONDON) — Before war erupted between Israel and Hamas in October, the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was home to around 250,000 people. Now, [Read More…]
Over 200 dead as thousands flee and violence flares in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
AUBIN MUKONI/AFP/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 200 people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee following a sharp uptick of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a “dramatic resurgence” of violence, [Read More…]
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report warns
Gyamfi Prince / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fish, sea turtles, elephants, sharks, shorebirds and more of the world’s migratory species are in dire decline, according to the first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu says negotiations can move forward when Hamas drops ‘delusional demands’
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Locust outbreaks could get worse as global temperatures continue to climb, scientists say
Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. [Read More…]
Palestinian families speak out over rise in killings, violence in West Bank
Hafez Abduljabbar speaks with ABC News’ James Longman. CREDIT: ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tawfic Abdel Jawwad went to spend a year with his family in the West Bank after he finished high school in [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: No hostage deal reached as Netanyahu rejects parameters
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Ukraine says it sank another Russian warship in Black Sea
filo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine said it “destroyed” another one of Russia’s warships in the Black Sea on Wednesday — a claim not yet confirmed by Moscow. Ukrainian naval drones struck the Caesar Kunikov landing [Read More…]
Fugitive who allegedly killed girlfriend in Boston caught in Kenya after escaping custody
Kali9/Getty Images (LONDON) — The suspect accused of killing his girlfriend at Boston’s Logan International Airport and fleeing to Kenya was recaptured Tuesday after he escaped custody a week ago, police said. Kevin Kangethe was [Read More…]
Solar eclipse on Mars shows the planet partially covered in darkness in new NASA images
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU (NEW YORK) — As Americans gear up for the total solar eclipse in April, eclipse watchers can feast their eyes on a similar astronomical event that partially shadowed Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover captured images [Read More…]
David Barnes, American detained in Russia, found guilty by Moscow judge
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Russian judge convicted a Texas man on Tuesday of abusing his two sons between 2014 and 2018 in the United States, even though the law enforcement officials in [Read More…]
Famed Kenyan lion Olobor is missing. Officials are searching for clues
Kalahari Lion (Panthera leo). CREDIT: Digital Vision/Getty Images (LONDON) — Wildlife authorities in Kenya are intensifying the search for Olobor, an iconic lion of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in southwestern Kenya. The well-known lion, [Read More…]