A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission on Wednesday said that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down...
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Ana Maria Knezevich missing: Federal authorities say no blood found at scene where Florida woman disappeared
Federal and international authorities are reportedly backtracking after saying that newly disclosed evidence showed that no blood was found at the Spain apartment where a Florida woman vanished. Ana Maria Knezevich, 40, was last seen in Madrid, Spain, on Feb. 2 around 10 p.m., just 30 minutes after a man wearing a motorcycle helmet spray-painted...
Rocket attack launched against US military base in Syria
A rocket was fired at a U.S. military base in Syria this week in an unsuccessful attack, Fox News Digital has learned. A small explosion was reported on Tuesday outside the U.S. base at Mission Support Site Euphrates in Syria. “On August 13, at approximately4:00 PM ET, a rocket attack was attemptedagainst U.S. and Coalition...
Taliban parades American weapons 3 years after chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
Members of the Taliban on Wednesday commemorated the third anniversary of the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan by parading through a former U.S. air base with American weapons and vehicles that had been abandoned. Bagram Airfield was once the center of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaeda militants responsible for...
Japan issues first-ever 'megaquake' advisory, leaving citizens scared, confused
Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu. The magnitude 7.1 quake caused no deaths or severe damage but the advisory has led to widespread confusion and a lingering sense of...
Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows
The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone lying flat at the center of the monument was brought to the site in southern England from near the tip of northeast Scotland, researchers reported Wednesday in...
Thai politics braces for shakeup after court dismisses PM Srettha Thavisin
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he “grossly” violated ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance. Real estate tycoon Srettha is the fourth premier in 16 years to be removed in verdicts by the...
Skeletal remains of man, woman discovered in Pompeii offer chilling details of final moments
The newest discovery in the ancient city of Pompeii details the final moments of a man and a woman before the city of Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. During the excavations of Region IX, Insula 10, in Pompeii, the skeletal remains of a man and a woman were found, according to a press release...
Mideast oil powerhouse bans Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels that seek to undermine sanctions
The United Arab Emirates has pushed back on Russia’s efforts to circumvent Western sanctions through a “shadow fleet” by refusing entry to its port for any ship from the African country of Eswatini. “Using a ‘shadow fleet’ to smuggle oil while concealing its origin, in order to circumvent Western economic sanctions has been part of...
The Taliban is celebrating 3 years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans
The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power Wednesday at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises to help the struggling population. Under blue skies and blazing sunshine at the Bagram base — once the center of America’s war to unseat...









