DEEP in the Siberian desert sits the world’s coldest village where minus 40C is considered a warm afternoon and a staggering minus 68C is deemed pretty bearable. Yakutia might be one…
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Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear
Some of the hostages were held in sweltering tunnels deep beneath Gaza, while others were squeezed into tight quarters with strangers or confined in isolation. There were children forced to…
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The struggle for democracy persists as we come into the second half of 2023. As the year progresses, we face lies, corruption, and violence. And so the fight for America…
Pak’s election body indicates it may go for in-prison trial of Imran Khan in contempt case
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top election body on Thursday indicated that it may go for an in-prison trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a contempt case following security concerns…
Shane MacGowan, poetic, hard-charging frontman of The Pogues, dies at 65 | Music News
MacGowan won fame for incorporating traditional Irish ballads into Britain’s punk scene in the 1980s and 90s. Shane MacGowan, who galvanised Britain’s punk scene with his incorporation of Irish traditional…
Chilling moment ‘paedo’ freed by Putin for fighting in Ukraine lures girl, 11, to flat where he ‘rapes and tortures’ her
THIS is the chilling moment a convict who was freed from jail by Vladimir Putin allegedly lured a girl to his flat and then raped and tortured her. Yury Gavrilov,…
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
There were an estimated 249 million cases of malaria around the globe last year, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, significantly more than before the Covid-19 pandemic and an…
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The struggle for democracy persists as we come into the second half of 2023. As the year progresses, we face lies, corruption, and violence. And so the fight for America…
Fbi: FBI agent becomes latest victim amid rising tide of carjackings in Washington, DC
In a distressing incident highlighting the escalating carjacking crisis in Washington, D.C., an FBI agent fell prey to a mid-afternoon armed carjacking on Wednesday in the 100 block of 12th…
‘We will rebuild’: Gaza families return to homes in ruins | Israel-Palestine conflict
Tea and cheese sandwiches are on the breakfast menu for Taghrid al-Najjar’s children. It should be an everyday moment, but their home in Gaza is now mostly rubble. The walls…