Revellers around the world counted down to midnight on New Year's Eve as fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some — even as the globe's ongoing conflicts raised security concerns and led to muted or even cancelled festivities. Pope Francis recalls 2023 as a year …
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Russia launches biggest drone, missile attack on Ukraine in months
Russia unleashed its largest drone and missile attack on Ukraine in months on Friday, killing 10 people and wounding at least 60 others in Kyiv and many other areas of the country, officials said. Wide variety of weapons used in 18-hour barrage Russia unleashed its largest drone and missile attack …
Read More »Gypsy Rose Blanchard released from prison years after convincing boyfriend to kill abusive mother
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses, was released Thursday from prison on parole. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in …
Read More »PHOTOS | Thousands in Argentina protest President Javier Milei’s proposed economic reforms
Thousands of union members and activists took to the streets of Argentina's capital Wednesday to protest a decree from President Javier Milei that imposes sweeping deregulation and austerity measures meant to revive the country's struggling economy. Milei seeks to impose deregulation, austerity measures to revive struggling economy ***** Credit belongs …
Read More »Israel’s military chief says the war on Hamas will grind on for months
Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday, and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths — including 20 in one attack — after Israel's military chief said the war on Hamas would last for months. Israeli airstrike reportedly kills 20 Palestinians near hospital in southern Gaza …
Read More »Thunderstorms, flooding in Australia kill 10 and cause widespread blackouts
Ten people were killed in Australia after severe thunderstorms battered the country's east over the Christmas period, authorities said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of properties remain without power. Winds blow off roofs, down trees and tens of thousands lose power over Christmas period Australia cleans up after deadly thunderstorms …
Read More »Mumbai doctors blame pigeons for spike in lung disease
Doctors in India's most populous city are sounding the alarm over what they say is a fivefold increase in cases of a severe inflammation of the lungs called hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Experts link the spike directly to Mumbai's growing pigeon population, since their droppings are the leading cause of the disease …
Read More »Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead, South Korean officials say
Lee Sun-kyun, an actor who starred in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has died, South Korea's emergency office said Wednesday. Lee, who faced allegations of illegal drug use, was found in Seoul park, South Korea's emergency office said Lee Sun-kyun, an actor who starred in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has died, …
Read More »Israeli forces bombard refugee camps in central Gaza as UN appoints humanitarian co-ordinator
Israeli forces bombarded Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza on Tuesday and ordered residents to evacuate as the military expanded its ground offensive into another part of the besieged territory. Gaza's main telecom provider announced another "complete interruption" of services. New signs of Israel-Hamas war inflaming tensions around the region …
Read More »Pope’s Christmas Day blessing includes appeal for peace, denounces weapons industry
Pope Francis devoted his Christmas Day blessing to a call for peace in the world, noting that the biblical story of the birth of Christ in Bethlehem sent a message of peace. But he said Bethlehem "is a place of sorrow and silence" this year. Around 70,000 people filled St. …
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