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A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found

A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found


July 9, 2025
More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit by a Japanese torpedo and losing scores of sailors, performed hasty repairs with coconut logs, before an 1,800-mile voyage across the Pacific in reverse. The front of the ship, or the bow, had sunk to the sea floor. But over […]
More than 200 children found with high lead levels after kindergarten in China uses paint as food coloring, authorities say

More than 200 children found with high lead levels after kindergarten in China uses paint as food coloring, authorities say


July 9, 2025
More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked outrage in a country long plagued by food safety scandals. Eight people, including the principal of the private kindergarten that the children attended, have […]
Russia launches record drone attack on Ukraine after Trump criticizes Putin

Russia launches record drone attack on Ukraine after Trump criticizes Putin


July 9, 2025
Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, just hours after US President Donald Trump pledged more military support for Kyiv and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of throwing “bullsh*t” over peace talks. The massive aerial assault involved 741 drones, Ukraine’s Air Force said, […]
Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point

Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point


July 9, 2025
Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical point, with the little supplies that are available running short […]
Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say

Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say


July 8, 2025
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister. Asked by […]
‘We have to keep growing:’ Mother of killed Israeli hostage in battle to have a grandchild with his harvested sperm

‘We have to keep growing:’ Mother of killed Israeli hostage in battle to have a grandchild with his harvested sperm


July 8, 2025
“Something can be born out of everything – if you want it to,” said Iris Haim, whose hostage son Yotam was killed in Gaza. Those words are helping her find hope. The new beginning that Haim now longs for is a grandchild, created from sperm she had harvested from Yotam’s body upon its return home […]
King Charles to emphasize bonds between UK and France as he welcomes Macron in first European state visit since Brexit

King Charles to emphasize bonds between UK and France as he welcomes Macron in first European state visit since Brexit


July 8, 2025
King Charles III will highlight the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of complex threats” as he welcomes President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader since Brexit. The French leader’s three-day visit to the UK kicks off on Tuesday and sees Charles […]
Man dies at Milan airport after being sucked into jet engine, local media reports

Man dies at Milan airport after being sucked into jet engine, local media reports


July 8, 2025
A man died after he was sucked into the engine of a departing plane at Milan airport in northern Italy, local media reported on Tuesday. Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that unnamed airport officials said an individual ran onto the tarmac as the plane was preparing to take off and got sucked into the engine. […]
Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4, disrupts internet, phone

Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4, disrupts internet, phone


July 8, 2025
Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre in Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson at Egypt’s Health Ministry, told Reuters on Tuesday. The blaze at a Telecom Egypt ETEL.CA facility, which state TV said was contained on Monday, […]