A Russian man has been rescued after 67 days adrift on a small boat in the bitterly cold Sea of Okhotsk, Russian authorities said Tuesday. The man’s brother and his teenage son died in the…
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It’s just past 4am. Daniel Aula is in his one room apartment praying, thankful he’s alive, and thankful he’s heading to work. Aula, originally from Haiti, has been living in Springfield over a year now.…
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Taiwan condemns Chinese military drills around island as ‘unreasonable provocation’
by adminTaiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing deployed warships and fighter jets in what it described as a “stern warning” to “separatist…
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Hezbollah drone attack injures more than 60 in one of the bloodiest attacks on Israel since October 7
by adminMore than 60 people have been injured, several of them critically, in a drone attack in north-central Israel, according to first responders. There were no immediate official reports of deaths from the attack, but the…
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Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country, died in Russian detention last month, Ukrainian authorities said earlier this week. Roshchyna, who was 27, disappeared in August last year…
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What is THAAD? The powerful US anti-missile defense system is being sent to Israel – along with up to 100 supporting troops
by adminThe THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers (93 to 124 miles) and with a near-perfect success rate in testing.…
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Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
by adminThirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary…
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A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said. Helen Davey, who lived in northeastern England and ran a beauty salon, died…
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The CIA, a Navy Seal and a $15m bounty. This alleged plot on Venezuela’s Maduro reads like a Hollywood script, for a reason
by adminIt was the perfect feel-good story, just in time for Christmas. On December 20 last year, the United States secured from Venezuela the release of 10 US citizens – six of them wrongfully detained –…
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Toronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year
by adminPolice in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by…