Officials in the Kremlin are scrambling to downplay Ukraine’s invasion into the Kursk region as Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed for a second week to stop Kyiv’s advances on his home turf, according to a report by independent Russian news outlet Meduza. The report, which first emerged last week, claimed that sources in the...
Scientists in Italy have announced stunning new results regarding the age of a controversial relic believed by many of the faithful to be the death shroud of Jesus Christ.The Institute of Crystallography in Italy shared its findings this week regarding the famous Shroud of Turin, which skeptics have historically called a forgery. It is arguably...
In an unsurprising ruling, the regime-dominated Venezuelan Supreme Court has sided with President Nicolás Maduro’s claims he won last month’s election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were fake. In a courtroom packed with Maduro supporters, the decision was read Thursday in response to a request made by Maduro...
A big explosion triggered a fire at a pharmaceutical plant in southern India, killing at least 18 workers, police said Thursday. The death toll rose from 15 as three of the 40 injured in the fire Wednesday in the chemical reactor of the plant in Andhra Pradesh state died in hospital on Thursday, police officer...
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire continue to hit stumbling blocks, with the terrorist group’s leaders holding out for guarantees of safety among other demands. “Sinwar emphasizes that the security of his life and well-being must be ensured,”an Egyptian official told Israeli outlet Ynet. The officials noted that Sinwar has delivered short and...
Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat. They were the latest arrests after years of investigation into one of the deadliest human smuggling attempts...
The United Kingdom is looking to treat some forms of misogyny as a form of extremism under the new government’s Home Office, according to reports. “Hateful incitement of all kinds fractures and frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy,” British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said during an interview with LBC. “Action against...
JERUSALEM — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has stirred up a hornet’s nest with the selection of a liaison for the American Jewish community who has been criticized for holding views that undermine Israel’s security and for being soft on Iran, according to some prominent American Jews and Israelis. Harris appointed Jerusalem-born Ilan Goldenberg —...
President Biden in March reportedly approved in secret a change to the highly classified U.S. nuclear posture in the wake of growing aggression from nations like Russia and China, but the White House on Tuesday said this step was just business as usual. In response to a report by The New York Times that suggested...
A co-defendant of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was killed in England after being struck by a car just days before Lynch and five others went missing when a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy on Monday, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Divers brought three bodies in bags ashore from the yacht Wednesday, and two...
