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Israeli emergency services are responding to what they have described as a "mass casualty event" after bleachers collapsed at an Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Giv'at Ze'ev northwest of Jerusalem.At least two people have been confirmed dead,…
China has suspended its spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday, and climbers have begun to scrap their expeditions on the Nepali side and retreat from the world's tallest…
Israel bombed a house in Gaza where a family had gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan and an office housing international media as a new flurry of Hamas missiles rained down on Tel Aviv Saturday, increasing fears that a…
President Joe Biden was at the wooded Camp David retreat in Maryland when he first heard Colonial Pipeline had been hacked.Briefed in one of the mountainside lodges by senior advisers and aides from the National Security Council, Biden quickly realized…
Australia received its first repatriation flight from India since its controversial ban on travel from the Covid-hit country came into force, with 80 Australians landing in Darwin on Saturday and immediately being taken to quarantine facilities.A number of passengers were…
This week marked a major shift for the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, and much of American life -- including the classroom -- could soon start to look much the way it did pre-pandemic.After more than a year in…
Some unaccompanied migrant children, waiting to be reunited with family in the United States, were stuck in parked buses -- at least one for more than three days -- with no access to showers or places to sleep, according to…
Surprise accents send social media buzzing, a look inside Joan Rivers' possibly paranormal penthouse and a police escort through the streets of New York for a family of ducks. These are the must-watch videos of the week.The multiplying meteorologistMeteorologist Jennifer…
As the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza exchange deadly airstrikes and rocket bombardments, rioting and violent clashes have also swept through several Israeli cities between Arab and Jewish citizens.In Bat Yam, south of Jaffa, graphic video Wednesday night…
Entering office, President Joe Biden hoped to shift US foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward areas he thought of as more modern-day threats: China, Russia and cyberspace.But as some of the worst violence in years breaks out…
Breathless and fighting for her life, Reshma Aub Shaikh lay for 13 hours in the back of an auto-rickshaw as her family drove around Mumbai's suburbs in search of medical care.Covid-positive and suffering abnormally low oxygen levels in her blood,…
Lit only by an orange floodlight, a single file of camouflaged men crept along the wall of a small, dark Romanian port on the Black Sea. Suddenly, they opened fire on the two men guarding a darkened warehouse with broken…
Instagram for kids? Dozens of attorneys general are asking Facebook to scrap plans for a social network aimed at the under-13 crowd, citing mental health and privacy concerns.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On…
A US Coast Guard ship fired approximately 30 warning shots as a "large group" of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast boats conducted "unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers" near US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, Pentagon…
It's known as the "Golden Line." The Mexico City subway system Line 12, spanning 25.1 kilometers (15.6 miles) and featuring 20 stations, was touted as one of the most expensive and ambitious public works projects in Mexican history when it…
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing.Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall…
For a week, China's Long March 5B grabbed global attention, as space agencies and experts closely tracked its trajectory, speculating where debris would fall upon the rocket's uncontrolled reentry.In China, however, the country's space administration stayed silent for days amid…
A leopard remains on the loose near one of China's biggest cities after three of the big cats escaped a zoo over the busy May Day holiday.Residents living near the Hangzhou Safari Park, which did not inform the public for…
A young whale trapped in London's River Thames was euthanized after becoming stranded for a second time on a river embankment Monday evening.The minke whale's condition had deteriorated throughout the day as it struggled in the unfamiliar environment, and it…
The Indian government has been blasted for ignoring warnings of a second wave, encouraging complacency, and failing to be transparent on Covid-19 data, in a scathing editorial in prestigious medical journal The Lancet.The publication branded the response by Prime Minister…
