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US Navy aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal

US Navy aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal


February 14, 2025
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday. It’s not clear what caused the collision between the US warship and the Panamanian-flagged vessel Besiktas-M, but the spokesperson said it did not result […]
Pope Francis to be hospitalized for bronchitis treatment and checks, Vatican says

Pope Francis to be hospitalized for bronchitis treatment and checks, Vatican says


February 14, 2025
Pope Francis will go into the hospital in Rome for treatment for bronchitis and medical examinations, the Vatican said Friday, the latest in a string of ailments that have raised concerns about the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. “This morning, at the end of the audiences, Pope Francis will be admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic for […]
Israel announces names of three hostages set for Saturday release from Gaza

Israel announces names of three hostages set for Saturday release from Gaza


February 14, 2025
Israel has announced the names of the three hostages set to be released Saturday, in what would be the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire deal that came into effect last month. Israel said Friday that Palestinian militants will release American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn. A […]
Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon

Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon


February 14, 2025
A man from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022, a court official said on Friday. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release, a Fiji High Court registry official […]
Suspect in Brazil Christmas cake poisonings found dead in prison cell

Suspect in Brazil Christmas cake poisonings found dead in prison cell


February 14, 2025
A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil. “Immediately, the staff provided first aid” and called the emergency medical service, “which, upon arriving at the scene, confirmed her death,” the criminal police said in a statement. “Deise […]
Ecuador’s president questions first-round election results in a claim ruled out by election observers

Ecuador’s president questions first-round election results in a claim ruled out by election observers


February 13, 2025
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential election was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round with a slim lead — which authorities have called a technical tie with his leftist rival Luisa González. “There have been many irregularities,” Noboa said in a […]
Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ vision needed an Arab reality check. This royal visit only encouraged it

Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ vision needed an Arab reality check. This royal visit only encouraged it


February 13, 2025
It was supposed to be the moment US President Donald Trump’s vision of bringing peace to the Middle East by redeveloping the war-torn Gaza strip into “Riviera” style premium housing and permanently relocating its more than 2 million residents finally got a reality check. Instead, it was the moment the true scale of the challenge […]
What does Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine mean for China?

What does Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine mean for China?


February 13, 2025
Clarity is beginning to form around US President Donald Trump’s plans for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with his administration appearing to accept some of the Kremlin’s key demands that Ukraine should not join NATO or return to its pre-2014 sovereign borders. Amid the dust of what looks to be Trump’s blowing up of the […]
Resort that hosted war-separated families being dismantled by North Korea, Seoul says

Resort that hosted war-separated families being dismantled by North Korea, Seoul says


February 13, 2025
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on Thursday, in the latest sign of strained tensions between the two Koreas. Seoul’s Unification Ministry, which handles affairs between the two Koreas, urged in a statement North Korea to […]
They fled repression in Venezuela. They may migrate again due to the US foreign aid freeze

They fled repression in Venezuela. They may migrate again due to the US foreign aid freeze


February 13, 2025
The sewing machines and computers sit collecting dust in the dark. They were once tools of hope and empowerment, a promise for those seeking to build a life for themselves. This abandoned workshop is no ordinary factory. It is a vocational school in Cali, southwest Colombia, run by local contractors of the United States Agency […]
Why do Japanese government workers keep losing sensitive data while drunk?

Why do Japanese government workers keep losing sensitive data while drunk?


February 13, 2025
Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government employees – who on at least two occasions in recent years have lost sensitive personal data after a few too many beers. An employee of the Finance Ministry’s customs and tariff bureau went drinking with […]
Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five

Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five


February 13, 2025
A gas explosion at a shopping mall in Taiwan on Thursday killed at least five people and injured several others, according to authorities. Dramatic videos of the explosion in the city of Taichung, on the island’s west coast, showed debris and large panels of a mid-rise building’s exterior blown out as a loud bang is […]
Putin has waited for this moment for 3 years, as Zelensky is left in the cold

Putin has waited for this moment for 3 years, as Zelensky is left in the cold


February 13, 2025
For three years he was the center of the room, but now is perhaps unsure if he is even in the right one. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been a totemic figure of the West’s unified stance against a marauding, autocratic Russia. A Churchillian presence forcing Europe into a moral stance against a Kremlin head […]
Munich car ramming believed to be an attack, officials say

Munich car ramming believed to be an attack, officials say


February 13, 2025
A car plowed into demonstrators in Munich on Thursday injuring at least 28 people, in what a local official said was a suspected attack, shortly before world leaders were set to descend on the southern German city for a high-level security conference. The suspect is believed to be a 24-year-old asylum-seeker from Afghanistan, according to […]
Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned following dispute with Israel over Gaza ceasefire

Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned following dispute with Israel over Gaza ceasefire


February 13, 2025
Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding “positive” talks with mediators, following a dispute with Israel over the Gaza ceasefire deal. The militant group had postponed the release of more hostages this weekend, accusing Israel of violating the fragile ceasefire. In response, Israel warned it would return to fighting. After […]