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World Shireen Talaba and her brother, Khaled, were displaced from their Gaza City home to Khan Younis when the war began. When Khaled and two of their cousins were killed, Shireen vowed that when the war ended, she would find a way to bring their bodies home. While the tenuousContinue Reading

World Look at it this way — there’s around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won’t hit the Earth in eight years. Still, there’s up to a two per cent chance it will, according to NASA and the European Space AgencyContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to build into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” once he empties it of the Palestinians. The comments were greeted with pleasant surprise in Israel. But for Palestinians, it’s not just a piece of land. For Palestinians, it’s more than justContinue Reading

World Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. Advance could indicate a renewed push by M23 toward provincial capital BukavuThomson ReutersContinue Reading

Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted.  Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting toContinue Reading

World Survivors of Sweden’s worst mass shooting on Wednesday recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades at a school for adults in Örebro, a day after a gunman killed 11 people on what the prime minister called a “dark day” in the country’s history. At least 11 killed,Continue Reading

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pitch to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after permanently displacing its residents was met with unified anger and concern from Palestinians in Gaza Wednesday. Trump raised the prospect of relocating more than two million Palestinians living there during a visit to Washington TuesdayContinue Reading

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that he’s spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump about the prospect of Ukraine sharing rare earth minerals with the United States in exchange for its support in the war against Russia, a topic he said was first raised with Trump months ago. Ukrainian leader says conversationsContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants his country to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are displaced elsewhere. U.S. president’s comments come after his meeting with Israel’s prime ministerThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 04, 2025 4:31 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading