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Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations have stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl has weakened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday, but not before leaving flooding and widespread damage on the island of Jamaica late Wednesday. Beryl’s center passed just 45 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. Beryl was the first […]
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson addresses Conservative Party supporters at the National Army Museum in London on July 2, 2024. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — As former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed a Conservative Party rally in London on Tuesday, he made clear that opinion polls were predicting his party was […]
Australia’s Northern Territory (LONDON) — The remains of a missing 12-year-old girl in Australia have been found after she was attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming in a creek, police said. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at about 5:30 p.m. local time in the remote community of Palumpa — approximately a […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl is slamming Jamaica with life-threatening impacts. The eyewall of the Category 4 storm is scraping the south coast of Jamaica Wednesday afternoon and looking, at this time, like it will not make official landfall. Wind gusts were up to 175 mph as the storm moved past the south […]
bgwalker/Getty Images (LONDON) — An ant species can amputate each other’s legs and can also determine whether it is needed depending on the location of the wound, a new study finds. Ants are territorial and can get into rough encounters with rival colonies which can lead to injuries, according to scientists. But Florida carpenter ants–also […]
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the Fourth of July, Americans across the country will be taking much of the day to relax and take a break with family. But in the UK it’s Election Day. The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scheduled elections for the Fourth of July and it’s shaping up […]
Australia’s Northern Territory (LONDON) — Police in Australia have launched a search near a remote community for a missing 12-year-old child after reports that they were attacked and taken by a crocodile while swimming in a creek. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at about 5:30 p.m. local time in the remote community of […]
In this file photo, people refill donkey-drawn water tanks during a water crisis in Port Sudan in the Red Sea State of war-torn Sudan on April 9, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have advanced eastwards towards the key administrative and humanitarian hub of Port Sudan, claiming to […]
Dr. Cecilia Laguzzi speaks with “Good Morning America,” July 2, 2024. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Dr. Cecilia Laguzzi was sleeping while on an overnight flight home to Uruguay when the mother of two said she was woken up by severe turbulence and found her 2-year-old son stuck in the ceiling above the overhead compartment. […]