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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 9 people, mostly women and children
Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed nine people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to local ...
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
The fire that caused significant damage in April to historic buildings in Suriname’s capital city was not the only threat ...
Albanian election sees old rivals, new parties and an ambitious promise of European Union membership
Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister in a general election on Sunday, after taking on ...
What is the traditional Sunday blessing that popes deliver in St. Peter’s Square?
For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope ...
Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 8 people and injuring more than 30 others
A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring more than 30 others. The accident occurred in the ...
An Alaska Mother’s Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get a daisy and free admission ...
A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law
As 18-year-old Bobby Gumpright rode his bike home from his bartending job in New Orleans in 1999, he began to concoct a story ...
Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon
Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the ...
Economic jitters and soaring gold prices create a frenzy for US jewelry merchants
At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until ...
Former Panamanian president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli left the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City where he had sought refuge more ...
Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center
A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana ...
Triad to see scattered showers for Mother’s Day
Cloudy skies remain this evening with temperatures in the 60s. Grab a light jacket if you’re heading out for any graduation dinners or early Mother’s Day celebrations. A ...