1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (605+ words) Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the Black Sea port of Odesa and a fire near a border crossing with Poland. Russia has ramped up its air…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (419+ words) Allegations of homosexual prostitution and obscenity made against LGBTQI+ groups in Muslim-majority Turkey saw 26 people detained since Friday with offices of six allied associations also targeted in a series of police raids. Reuters reports the protection of family values is…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (710+ words) Donald Trump turns his focus Sunday to golf and promoting his business interests, as he wraps up a two-day Ireland visit so far marked by his off-the-cuff diplomacy causing another stir. The US president caught his Irish hosts and neighbouring…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (416+ words) A firefighter fired a verbal fusillade of big-city-honed F-bombs to excoriate a pro-Palestinian agitator wearing an Elmo costume not far from where the city’s solemn 9/11 memorial was taking place at Ground Zero Friday. Called by one X account an “absolute…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (360+ words) The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa’s top health body. In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (486+ words) A fire ripped through a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, sparking a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said. The blaze began while the children were in lessons,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (842+ words) Donald Trump’s pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn from some members of Congress — the very people who have constitutional authority over federal spending. Economists and other political observers are voicing concerns…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1433+ words) President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate…...

4+ day, 29+ min ago   (1119+ words) Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water. Kathryn Pilgrim knew the century-old Victorian she bought in Dunkirk, New York, came with old plumbing. She replaced pipes…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (829+ words) Ayana was deported to Cameroon from the United States where she had legally lived nearly all her life and now faces uncertainty, far from her family in an unfamiliar country. Born in a refugee camp in Sudan, she arrived in…...