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World A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks has returned home to Nepal to a hero’s welcome. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, sets record for 8,000-metre peaks previously held by 30-year-oldThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 14, 2024 7:09 AM EDT |Continue Reading

World Nobel in economics awarded for research into why countries with poor institutions don’t thriveThe Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to three economists who have studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open societies are more likely to prosper. WinContinue Reading

World China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. Taiwan residentsContinue Reading

World A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said Sunday. He was released Saturday on $5,000 US bail. ‘Incident did not impact the safety ofContinue Reading

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World Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people. It later said it targeted Israel’s elite Golani brigade. Israeli officials say dozens injured in attack militants call retaliation for Beirut strikeThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 13, 2024 2:46Continue Reading

Before the war in Gaza, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a regularly functioning hospital. Patients would come in and their ailments would be handled by health-care staff. But in the last year, death has become omnipresent there, and now, funeral prayers are held almost every day inContinue Reading

World Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday. Country has intensified its mobilization drive this year as war with Russia drags onThe Associated Press · Posted: OctContinue Reading

World A woman recalls the heartbreak of not being able to rescue her father, a paraplegic who died in his trailer as rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Milton hit in Lakeland, Fla. ‘There was too much water … I was helpless,’ says Amy Welsh, who lost her dad Katie SimpsonContinue Reading