World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 116
TOKYO — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died,...
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Silence on Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all
A December 26 press statement by the Israeli army attempted to justify a war crime. It unabashedly admitted that the...
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Cybertruck soldier told ex-girlfriend of pain, exhaustion after Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year's Day...
Rival camps protest in South Korea as authorities press for Yoon’s arrest
Prosecutors ask acting president to order security forces to comply with arrest warrant for impeached leader Yoon.Thousands of South Korean...
Russia shoots down 8 missiles, captures Ukraine settlement, says defense ministry
Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine's eastern...
Fire at market in northern China kills at least eight people and injures 15
Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze at a busy market in the city of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province.A fire...
The Bell Stands Ready to Launch the First Securities Market in Ethiopia – Africa.com
The new stock market is part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts — interrupted by a ghastly two-year civil war...
US state of Tennessee refuses to release its new execution manual
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's...
The US soldiers returning to Vietnam in search of mass graves
It is August 2022, and four Americans – all men in their 70s – disembark at a small airport outside...
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