Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. For the moment, he’s blissfully unaware of the drones overhead, or the incurable disease crippling his body. Abdul Rahman is…
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Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
by adminDaniel Sancho, a chef who made YouTube videos, was sentenced by a Thai court on Thursday to life in prison for killing Edwin Arrieta Arteaga last year in a hotel room on Koh Phangan, an…
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US, Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi talks as American elections loom large over relations
by adminHigh-level US and Chinese officials discussed potential talks between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the months ahead as the two countries press ahead on stabilizing communication in their increasingly contentious…
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Japan urges 1 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
by adminMore than 1 million people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with gusty winds, torrential rain and…
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Venezuela’s ‘little commandos’ took on Maduro. Now they may be leading a new wave of migration
by adminThey were the self-styled political “commandos” with aspirations of bringing down the authoritarian government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Now, the opposition says, hundreds of its activists and electoral witnesses are fleeing the country amid the fallout…
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Japan claims Chinese military plane violated its territorial airspace for the first time
by adminJapan says a Chinese military intelligence-gathering aircraft entered its territorial airspace off remote islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the first time Tokyo has accused the People’s Liberation Army Air Force of an…
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At least 30 people have been killed following the collapse of a dam in Sudan’s northwest Red Sea State, according to the United Nations’s emergency relief agency. Hundreds more are believed missing, Reuters reported. Flash…
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Kenyan police deployed to Haiti haven’t received full promised salary in two months
by adminHundreds of Kenyan police officers leading an international policing force in Haiti have not received their full pay for two months, the latest complication in what has been a rocky start to the security mission…
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UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push
by adminThe United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating the launch of a polio vaccination campaign. Israel’s…
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A South African vineyard is dropping predatory wasps from drones to keep its grapes free from bugs
by adminVergelegen Wine Estate in South Africa’s Western Cape is using an unconventional method to keep its 130 hectares of vineyards both virus and pesticide free. Pairing technology and nature, the 324-year-old wine estate is using…