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World French police have arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of La Grande-Motte on Saturday, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. ‘Once more, our Jewish compatriots are targeted,’ prime minister saysThomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 24, 2024 10:50 AM EDT |Continue Reading

World Prosecutors in Italy said Saturday they have opened an investigation after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people on board. Victims included British tech magnate Mike Lynch and his daughter, HannahThe Associated Press · Posted: Aug 24, 2024 9:49 AM EDT |Continue Reading

World The Russian Defence Ministry said the 115 Russian soldiers had been captured in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia two weeks ago. Ukraine said the 115 Ukrainian servicemen who were freed were conscripts. Deal brokered by U.A.E. comes as Ukraine marks its 3rdContinue Reading

World A prosecutor says a terrorist motive has not been ruled out in a knife attack in western Germany that killed three people and wounded seven. A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Saturday but police said he was not the perpetrator. Police arrest 15-year-old boy but say he was notContinue Reading

As Avraham Munder’s wooden casket was lowered into the Nir Oz earth at sunset earlier this week, his family’s fury and exasperation with Israel’s government and its prime minister appeared to overtake their grief. “You could have been returned alive and been redeemed from … the physical and psychological painContinue Reading

World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reminding Kyiv’s allies that his country cannot rely on IOUs to defend its borders, calling on those same partners to follow through on defence provision commitments promptly. Soldiers fight on the front line ‘with shells and equipment, not with words,’ Zelenskyy saysThomson Reuters · Posted: AugContinue Reading

World A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralyzed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with UN agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby. UN says 90% of Gaza has facedContinue Reading

World Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the ballot in Arizona, as both he and Donald Trump were set to appear miles apart in the Phoenix area on Friday amid speculation that Kennedy could drop his independent presidential bid and endorse the Republican nominee. Kennedy’s polling numbers have dropped inContinue Reading

World The Ukrainian forces’ audacious push into Russia’s Kursk region has buoyed the hopes of Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by 30 months of all-out war. Yet this optimism is also tempered by concerns about how events could still turn — and not necessarily in Ukraine’s favour. Though Ukraine remainsContinue Reading