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MELBOURNE (AP): Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark a week since two gunmen targeting a Jewish festival killed 15 people. Since then, Australian governments have been...
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World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs told The Associated Press that Schab died at home early Saturday in...
LONDON (AP): Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many in costume, had gathered before dawn, waiting patiently in the dark and cold...
LUXOR (AP): Egypt, on Sunday, revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent Pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country. The giant...
PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) : Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the storm lashed Haiti’s southern region. The...
WASHINGTON (AP): Some of the country’s most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students — a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action. America’s top campuses remain crowded with wealth, but some...
HONOLULU (AP): Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the centre of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today, only 12 are still alive – all centenarians – and, this year,...
CARACAS (AP): Supporters of Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win, ahead of the prestigious award ceremony next week. Thousands of people...
NEW DELHI (AP): A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub some...
WASHINGTON (AP): For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses could actually help preserve the child’s vision and...
WASHINGTON (AP): The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts – and for many, a time for giving back. Food banks, services that deliver meals to seniors and other US charities typically see a surge in volunteering between...
BELMOPAN (CMC): Tracy Taegar-Panton has been sworn in as the first ever woman to lead the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) as the party seeks to end the internal divisions that have plagued it in recent months. “The magnitude of the...
CARACAS (AP): US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the airspace of the South American country should be viewed as closed. The government of Venezuelan President...
CASTRIES (CMC): The “Mood is Red” prevailed Monday as the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a decisive second consecutive five-year term in office. Supporters of the SLP had long vowed to prevent a repeat of the “yellow is the colour” wave that...
HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift...
TEL AVIV (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges – seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been at...
