Today in History: Aretha Franklin records ‘Respect’
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2024. There are 321 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 14, 1967, Aretha Franklin recorded her cover of...
View ArticleGaza cease-fire and hostage release talks appear to stall as Netanyahu blames...
JERUSALEM —International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas suffered a setback on Wednesday as Israel reportedly recalled its negotiating team and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
View ArticleGreece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil...
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS (Associated Press) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the...
View ArticleToday in History: Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak killed in assassination...
Today is Thursday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2024. There are 320 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination...
View ArticleIsraeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a...
View ArticleRussia has obtained a ‘troubling’ emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White...
WASHINGTON — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on Earth....
View ArticleWhile recession has struck some of the world’s top economies, the US keeps...
NEW YORK — As some of the world’s biggest economies stumble into recession, the United States keeps chugging along. Both Japan and the United Kingdom said Thursday their economies likely weakened...
View ArticleToday in History: Borders bookstore chain files for Chapter 11
Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2024. There are 319 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 2011, bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
View Article5 patients die as oxygen runs out in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces,...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Five patients in intensive care died after their oxygen cut off in southern Gaza’s main hospital that was stormed by Israeli troops, causing chaos for hundreds of staff and wounded...
View ArticleSatellite photos show Egypt building a wall near Gaza Strip as Israeli...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah, satellite images...
View ArticleWestern officials blame Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government...
TALLINN, Estonia — World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his...
View ArticleAlexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, dies...
Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving...
View ArticleTop UN court rejects South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier...
View ArticleToday in History: Thomas Jefferson elected president over Aaron Burr
Today is Saturday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2024. There are 318 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between...
View ArticleAlexei Navalny’s team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for...
Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony, saying he was “murdered,” but it was unclear where his body was as his...
View ArticleMediator says talks on a cease-fire in Gaza not ‘progressing as expected’...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Talks on a potential cease-fire deal in Gaza “have not been progressing as expected” in the past few days after good progress in recent weeks, key mediator Qatar said Saturday, as...
View ArticleOver 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny,...
By DASHA LITVINOVA Over 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported Sunday....
View ArticleToday in History: Donald Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod...
Today is Sunday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2024. There are 317 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 2020, President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year prison sentence of...
View ArticleIsrael strikes across Gaza as US says it will block another cease-fire...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States said it would veto another draft U.N. cease-fire...
View ArticleRussia says it has crushed the last pocket of resistance in Avdiivka to...
By SUSIE BLANN KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have completed their takeover of Avdiivka by eliminating the last pocket of resistance at the eastern Ukraine city’s huge coke plant, the Russian military...
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