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Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers Hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, on Friday. Anupam Nath/AP hide caption toggle caption Anupam Nath/AP VANG VIENG, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing … Read more
Israeli forces have bombarded southern Lebanon and the suburbs of Beirut, killing at least five medics and crumpling a multistorey building, as ground troops have clashed with Hezbollah fighters in the south. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli warplanes launched strikes on Friday on two buildings just inside Beirut’s southern suburbs. A missile struck … Read more
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria. Heinz-Peter Bader/AP hide caption toggle caption Heinz-Peter Bader/AP VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it … Read more
More than 120 countries that are part of the International Criminal Court are obliged to enforce the arrest warrants. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are now fugitives from justice after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against them over suspected war crimes in Gaza. While Israel … Read more
Germany’s defense minister said damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea appeared to be acts of sabotage. Several European countries have launched investigations. Source link
At a bear sanctuary in the heart of Romania’s Carpathians, several cubs believed to have been orphaned have just arrived. There are fears that more will need shelter now that the country has authorised the hunting of this protected species, effectively overturning a ban in place since 2016. Florin Ticusan and his team care for 128 … Read more
India’s Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani addresses the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, India, Jan.10, 2024. Ajit Solanki/AP hide caption toggle caption Ajit Solanki/AP NEW YORK — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company’s … Read more
The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations has said. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials. That is one child killed every 30 minutes. Thousands more are missing under the rubble, most of them presumed dead. The surviving children, … Read more
For the first time, Ukraine has fired U.S. ballistic missiles into Russia as part of heavy ongoing fighting. Russia is expressing strong opposition and says this marks an escalation in the war. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: For the first time, Ukraine has fired long-range U.S. ballistic missiles into Russia as part of heavy ongoing fighting, Russia … Read more
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground. Multiple schoolchildren have been injured following a car crash outside a school in central China’s Hunan province, state media outlets have reported. “Many” children were injured in the incident, but the specific number of casualties is still being determined, … Read more