Month: May 2024

Read MoreThe artwork was discovered just before being put up for sale for equivalent of $1,800 following an attribution mistake.The artwork was discovered just before being put up for sale for equivalent of $1,800 following an attribution mistake.

Read More As Americans commemorate the sacrifices of wars past, Ukrainians are serving, donating, volunteering and dying now. As Americans commemorate the sacrifices of wars past, Ukrainians are serving, donating, volunteering and dying now.

Read MoreScores were killed in the camp for displaced Palestinians which Israel says targeted “senior Hamas terrorists”.Scores were killed in the camp for displaced Palestinians which Israel says targeted “senior Hamas terrorists”.

Read MoreFormer world champion will fight Jake Paul in JulyRepresentatives say 57-year-old had ulcer problem Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson suffered an apparent medical scare on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday. The incident came in the run-up to a scheduled July bout between the 57-year-old and YouTuber turned fighter Jake…

Read More Three-year-old male bear was killed after swiping at boy’s face twice and ‘got him on the nose and the cheek’ A three-year old black male bear was “dispatched” after bursting into a family’s cabin in Alpine, Arizona, and taking a swipe at a 15-year-old boy who was alone inside watching YouTube videos. The…

Read More The Israeli prime minister has so far proven resilient to all kinds of setbacks, but now faces huge challenges In recent weeks, many events have unfolded that could seriously disrupt the plans of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, his political career shows that he has repeatedly emerged from similar challenges, while only…

Read More The erstwhile military officer said he feared the Ukrainian conflict could escalate into a nuclear war and wanted to help Moscow A Dusseldorf court on Monday convicted an erstwhile Bundeswehr captain of spying for Russia and passing along sensitive documents. The military officer was sentenced to three and a half years in prison…

Read More The suspect allegedly entered a theater and unprovokingly stabbed four young girls while laughing throughout the attack The suspect allegedly entered a theater and unprovokingly stabbed four young girls while laughing throughout the attack

Read More Presumptive Republican nominee calls demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza part of a ‘radical revolution’ Donald Trump has told a group of wealthy donors that he will crush pro-Palestinian on university campuses if he is returned to the White House. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee called the demonstrations against Israel’s war…

Read More Dorset police release 17-year-old without charge and renew plea for help identifying suspect in CCTV images A woman stabbed to death on a beach in the seaside town of Bournemouth has been named locally as Amie Gray, a sports coach who has been described as a beloved mother, wife and friend. A 17-year-old…

Read More A U.S. congressional delegation met the self-governing island’s new leader on Monday, and expressed full commitment to supporting Taiwan militarily, diplomatically and economically. (Image credit: AP) A U.S. congressional delegation met the self-governing island’s new leader on Monday, and expressed full commitment to supporting Taiwan militarily, diplomatically and economically.

Read MoreHuge storm front heads north-east a day after 21 die in tornados and high winds across four states.Huge storm front heads north-east a day after 21 die in tornados and high winds across four states.

Read More Berlin says it does not want to get directly involved in the Ukraine conflict Berlin considers setting up a “missile shield” over Ukraine, as Vladimir Zelensky has requested, to be a step too far, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Monday. Speaking to the New York Times last week, the Ukrainian leader…

Read More Trump continued his attacks after both prosecutors and his defense team rested their case Trump continued his attacks after both prosecutors and his defense team rested their case

Read More Officials ultimately put the bear down Officials ultimately put the bear down

Read More The two nations will reportedly hold talks on the ‘European Sky Shield Initiative’ this week German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to unveil a plan this week for closer cooperation on strengthening Europe’s air defense systems, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing sources. The German and French leaders are…

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Read MoreMr Zelenksy said there needed to be “tangible coercion of Russia” into peace by Kyiv’s allies.Mr Zelenksy said there needed to be “tangible coercion of Russia” into peace by Kyiv’s allies.

Read More It’s bad news for Trump if jurors take Michael Cohen at his word, Alex Woodward writes from New York It’s bad news for Trump if jurors take Michael Cohen at his word, Alex Woodward writes from New York

Read MoreReports say there was an exchange of fire in a rare deadly incident between the two countries.Reports say there was an exchange of fire in a rare deadly incident between the two countries.

Read More Nineteen students and two staff members died in a 2022 shooting at a Uvalde elementary school Nineteen students and two staff members died in a 2022 shooting at a Uvalde elementary school

Read More Beijing’s investment comes in response to US efforts to restrict Chinese access to advanced technologies Beijing has launched a new state-backed investment fund focused on advancing the country’s semiconductor industry, according to a report by the Chinese corporate information service Qichacha. The move comes in response to US efforts to restrict China’s access…

Read MoreSome Kenyans question the president’s statement that using Kenya Airways would have been more expensive.Some Kenyans question the president’s statement that using Kenya Airways would have been more expensive.

Read More This is the moment a lightning bolt strikes a house, sparking a fire in West Seneca, New York. This is the moment a lightning bolt strikes a house, sparking a fire in West Seneca, New York.

Read More (TOKYO) — North Korea on Monday launched a missile into the sea, Japan and South Korea said, hours after North Korea announced plans to put a rocket into orbit apparently carrying its second military reconnaissance satellite. North Korea had earlier notified Japan’s coast guard about its plans to launch “a satellite rocket” during…

Read More Party members booed and jeered Trump on Saturday when he addressed them in a bid to win their support The US Libertarian party has nominated Chase Oliver as its presidential candidate after members rejected overtures from Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr. Oliver, 38, who describes himself as “armed and gay”, was…

Read MoreGrief-stricken parents were filmed leaving a morgue carrying the bodies of their newborn children who died in a fire.Grief-stricken parents were filmed leaving a morgue carrying the bodies of their newborn children who died in a fire.

Read MoreA preliminary investigation suggested the animals had gotten bogged down in the marsh and drowned, an official said.A preliminary investigation suggested the animals had gotten bogged down in the marsh and drowned, an official said.

Read MorePalestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza city of Rafah killed dozens of people in a makeshift refugee camp. Israel says it targeted two Hamas leaders in the attack. It came hours after Hamas fired rockets toward Tel Aviv.Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza city of Rafah killed dozens…

Read More Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas saw hundreds injured and homes obliterated as storms move into Georgia and South Carolina Powerful storms were moving into the eastern half of the US on Monday, after killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds, obliterating homes, and leaving a path of destruction that spread across Texas, Oklahoma and…

Read More Hollywood star’s claim ChatGPT update used an imitation of her voice highlights tensions over rapidly accelerating technology When OpenAI’s new voice assistant said it was “doing fantastic” in a launch demo this month, Scarlett Johansson was not. The Hollywood star said she was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” that the updated version of…

Read More NAIROBI, May 27 (IPS) – Carbon trading has gained growing popularity on the African continent and is considered by many governments as a viable way to achieve their climate targets while building communities. IPS takes a look at what’s behind the carbon market. Read the full story, “Explainer: Understanding Carbon Trading and its…

Read More Museum’s experts realised painter’s Ecce Homo had been misattributed in auction catalogue Four centuries after it was painted, three and a half centuries after it arrived in Spain and three years after it came perilously close to going under the hammer for just €1,500, a lost, luminous and lovingly restored Caravaggio has gone…

Read More Great white sharks are returning to Cape Cod, and authorities are warning people flocking to the beach over the holiday weekend Great white sharks are returning to Cape Cod, and authorities are warning people flocking to the beach over the holiday weekend

Read More NEW YORK, May 27 (IPS) – A widely respected humanitarian law expert who has resisted using the term “genocide” for Israel’s killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza—a word used “sparingly” in the international human rights movement, he noted—said he has concluded a genocide is indeed taking place, evidenced particularly by…