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Ex-US ambassador to Bolivia arrested for working for Cuba

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Associated Press (AP) reported that Manuel Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to ...

Wisconsin man who firebombed anti-abortion group office pleads guilty

MADISON, Wisconsin: On November 30, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to firebombing a conservative anti-abortion group's office on ...

Israeli tank targeted journalists, killing one and wounding 6

An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two ...

Bidens in trouble as Hunter is hit with 9 new charges

WASHINGTON DC - In a major blow to U.S. President Joe Biden, less that a year out from the November ...

Remains of 5 crew, Osprey aircraft found by US, Japanese divers

TOKYO, Japan: This week, the U.S. Air Force said that divers have discovered the wreckage and the remains of five ...

South Korea follows North Korea, launches first spy satellite

VANDENBERG, California: South Korea successfully launched its inaugural military spy satellite, following North Korea's recent claim of deploying its own ...

Twenty-two dead, 1 still missing as Marapi volcano erupts in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia: The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's Marapi volcano surged to 22 as rescuers discovered additional climbers ...

HRW officials believe Israel is apartheid state

In September, Tamir Pardo, who headed the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from 2011 to ...

US Navy says salvaging crashed jet in Hawaii will cost $1.5 million

HONOLULU, Hawaii: U.S. Navy officials say that it would cost some $1.5 million to salvage a P-8A jet plane that ...

Scale of human lives lost in Gazan conflict prompts rare UN move

NEW YORK, New York - In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken a dramatic constitutional step ...

No casualties reported after Marapi volcano erupts in Indonesia

BUKITTINGGI, Indonesia: On December 2, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, erupted, sending hot ash clouds several miles (kilometers) ...

Philadelphia City Council bans ski masks to control crimes

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: In a measure supporters claimed will increase public safety amid high violent crime rates, Philadelphia City Council passed ...

Migrants in Chicago, other northern US cities struggle to find homes

CHICAGO, Illinois: As winter sets in and with cold weather just around the corner, Chicago is struggling to house hundreds ...

12th century leaning tower in Bologna secured to save it from collapse

BOLOGNA, Italy: Due to fears of a collapse, local officials have secured the area around one of two 12th century ...

Flights, trains cancelled in Bavaria after heavy snowfall

MUNICH, Germany: The heavy snow and icy conditions that hit Bavaria, Germany, canceled flights and long-distance trains out of Munich, ...

North Carolina to add thousands of people to Medicaid rolls this week

RALEIGH, North Carolina: After a decade of discussions and hesitations, North Carolina has expanded Medicaid coverage by offering government-funded health ...

Pentagon secretly providing bombs for Israeli bombardments

The U.S. has supplied Israel with scores of BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs since October 7, the Wall Street Journal has reported, ...

Biden administration says EPA to replace lead water pipes in 10 years

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the Biden administration announced a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would require U.S. ...

Cyberattack hits Japan space agency, rocket and satellites unaffected

TOKYO, Japan: Japan's space agency recently fell victim to a cyberattack, but reassuringly, the compromised information did not pertain to ...

Michigan man sentenced to prison term for keeping dead wife in freezer

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan: This week, a judge sentenced a Michigan man who kept his dead wife's body in a freezer ...

US CDC says life expectancy for newborns in 2022 gained a year

ATLANTA, Georgia: After two consecutive years of declines mainly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, babies born in the U.S. in ...

Three more Israeli troops die in Gaza conflict, death toll hits 400

The number of soldiers in the Israeli army killed in the current Israel-Hamas war has topped 400. Three hundred and ...

Detention extended by Russian court of WSJ's US reporter

MOSCOW, Russia: A Russian court has extended the detention of Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. reporter for the Wall Street Journal, ...

3 in 4 People in Africa Cannot Afford a Healthy Diet, Says UN

ABUJA, Nigeria - At least three-fourths of Africans cannot afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to ...

China's export container shipping price index up in November

© Provided by Xinhua SHANGHAI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's export container shipping price index rose 4.8 percent month on ...

Saudi Foreign Minister, US Secy Blinken discuss Gaza situation, regional issues

Washington, DC [US], December 9 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held discussions with US Secretary of ...

Charlie Puth says he wants his fans to know "how music is made" during his TikTok's inaugural concert

Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): Singer and songwriter Charlie Puth discussed his plan to explain the layers behind some of ...

China, Biggest AC Producer, Snubs Global Pledge at COP28

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - More than 60 countries signed onto a pledge to sharply reduce cooling-related carbon emissions at ...

When policy is given utmost priority, one can see it's outcomes: PM Modi at InFinity Forum

New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his virtual addresses in the second edition of InFinity ...

Adani Group secures second global rank among large-scale solar PV developers

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 9(ANI): Chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani, expressed elation as Mercom Capital's recent rankings positioned the ...

Update: China's PPI down 3 pct in November

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at ...

Update: China's CPI down 0.5 pct in November

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged ...

Gaza aid operation not sustainable UN

Israel's military assault on the Palestinian enclave has left ?no place safe for civilians,? a senior UN official has saidThe ...

Biden pushing $500 million arms sale to Israel Reuters

The White House is reportedly weighing whether to fast-track thousands of munitions under emergency powersUS President Joe Biden is quietly ...

EU mulls relaunching WTO case against US Bloomberg

The complaint is related to steel and aluminum tariffs imposed during the Trump administrationThe EU is considering reopening a case ...

Russia to launch year-round LNG shipments via Arctic operator

Winter deliveries to Asia will start along the Northern Sea Route next monthMoscow plans to start year-round LNG deliveries to ...

US Vetoes UN Chief's Appeal for Gaza Cease-Fire

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council Friday that two months into Israel's war with Hamas "we are at ...

North Korea Boasts of Satellite Capability, Plans More Launches Soon

seoul, south korea - North Korea is determined to launch more spy satellites soon to collect information on the military ...

Canada Expands Probe of Asia Multilateral Bank

Ottawa, Ontario - Canada is broadening a probe of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and freezing its participation in the ...

Actor Ryan O'Neal, Star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon' Dies at 82

LOS ANGELES - Ryan O'Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in ...

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United States strikes down international demand for ceasefire

NEW YORK, New York - The U.S. was alone on Friday in a 13-1 vote for a ceasefire in the ...

Ex-US ambassador to Bolivia arrested for working for Cuba

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Associated Press (AP) reported that Manuel Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to ...

Wisconsin man who firebombed anti-abortion group office pleads guilty

MADISON, Wisconsin: On November 30, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to firebombing a conservative anti-abortion group's office on ...

Israeli tank targeted journalists, killing one and wounding 6

An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two ...

Bidens in trouble as Hunter is hit with 9 new charges

WASHINGTON DC - In a major blow to U.S. President Joe Biden, less that a year out from the November ...

Remains of 5 crew, Osprey aircraft found by US, Japanese divers

TOKYO, Japan: This week, the U.S. Air Force said that divers have discovered the wreckage and the remains of five ...

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