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At least 10 people have died in a wildfire raging in the Los Angeles area, officials said. The fire has burned nearly 30,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes. President Joe Biden has pledged to provide assistance to those affected. President Biden said Thursday night that he understands the nightmare the families are living through […]
The UN Human Rights Commission ruled today that Australia is violating the rights of asylum seekers, including refugees from Myanmar. The 18-member UN Human Rights Commission is investigating the detention of refugees, including minors, on the island of Nauru outside the country’s borders, where they are denied adequate water and healthcare. The commission is considering […]
The HTS rebel group, which has won the war in Syria, is evicting its fighters and their families from affordable housing for former dictator Bashar al-Assad. The Muadamiyat al-Sham housing complex, which consists of dozens of buildings and houses hundreds of people, was built for former Assad government officials and is one of many to […]
President Joe Biden said the United States stands ready to provide any assistance needed in the wake of the South Korean Airlines crash. As a close ally of the United States and South Korea, the American people are deeply saddened by the loss of life and the United States stands ready to provide any assistance […]
India has shown no sign of giving in to India’s request to extradite ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial, saying it has received Bangladesh’s request to extradite her to face trial, but has nothing to say on the matter, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said. Hasina was flown in by the […]
When Pope Francis left the Vatican earlier this month for his traditional Christmastime outing downtown, he acknowledged what many Romans have been complaining about for months: That his big plans for a Holy Year had turned their city into a giant construction pit, with traffic-clogging roadworks tearing up major thoroughfares, scaffolding covering prized monuments and […]
TIRANA, ALBANIA — Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. Albanian authorities held 1,300 meetings with teachers and parents following the stabbing death of a teenager in mid-November by another teen after a quarrel that […]
The union representing thousands of striking Boeing workers has hit out at what the aircraft manufacturing giant called its “best and final” pay offer, which proposed a 30% rise over four years. The new offer also included the reinstatement of a performance bonus and improved retirement benefits. However, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace […]
With dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts threatening to strike on Oct. 1, businesses have been accelerating imports, redirecting cargo and pleading with the Biden administration to prevent a walkout. Some importers started ordering Christmas goods four months earlier than usual to get them through the ports before a labor contract between the operators of port […]
Paul Mescal‘s Lucius is just like his father in the latest trailer for Ridley Scott‘s Gladiator II. In the new clip from the film, the sources of the gladiator’s hunger for vengeance and violence are revealed as he battles inside and outside of the Colosseum. “I don’t fight for power,” Lucius states in the trailer. “I fight to […]