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N. Korea tests deadly new weapon

North Korea said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how the country continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States. The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported… Read More

German town seeks owner of baby ostrich found in local park

Is anyone missing an ostrich? An animal shelter says it is looking for the owner of an ostrich chick that was found in the German town of Krefeld late Friday. Sponsored: The Truth About CBD German news agency dpa reported Saturday that passers-by called the fire service after catching the… Read More

Former soccer player dies after 39 years in coma

Jean-Pierre Adams, the former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender who spent 39 years in a coma, has died. He was 73. In a poignant tribute on Monday, PSG called him the club’s “glorious elder.” “His joie de vivre, his charisma and his experience command respect. Paris Saint-Germain offers its condolences… Read More

Suez Canal blocked by another stuck ship

A bulk carrier vessel became wedged Thursday in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in one lane of crucial global waterway, Egyptian authorities said. Luckily, this time authorities were quickly able to free the ship. Sponsored: Deadliest Drug Ever (are you taking it?) The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement… Read More

100-150 left behind Americans, others to leave Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities will allow between 100 and 150 Westerners, including many Americans left behind by President Joe Biden, to fly out from Kabul in the coming hours, Qatari officials said Thursday. It is the airport’s first such flight since U.S. forces chaotic withdraw from the country. The large group… Read More

14 killed due to fire at North Macedonia field hospital for corona

North Macedonia’s government was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over an overnight fire that ripped through a field hospital set up to treat COVID-19 patients, leaving 14 people dead. The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a… Read More

Japan extends state of emergency until end of September

Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, although new infections have slowed slightly. The current state of emergency, which was to end on Sunday, was issued first… Read More

Smoke alarms sound at International Space Station

Smoke alarms went off at the Russian segment of the International Space Station in the early hours of Thursday, and the crew reported noticing smoke and the smell of burnt plastic. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said the incident took place in the Russian-built Zvezda module and occurred as the station’s… Read More

Powerful earthquake rocks Acapulco, Mexico

A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7 and was centered 17… Read More

Afghanistan’s last remaining Jew has fled

The last member of Afghanistan’s Jewish community has left the country. Zebulon Simentov, who lived in a dilapidated synagogue in Kabul, kept kosher and prayed in Hebrew, endured decades of war as the country’s centuries-old Jewish community rapidly dwindled. But the Taliban takeover last month seems to have been the… Read More