Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat on April 8 when a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The event will be visible to millions — including 32 million …
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Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the ferocity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s largest on record after burning through more than 1 million acres — caught even the experts off …
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The official said the reason was that Hamas had not responded to two Israeli demands: a list of hostages specifying which are alive and which are dead; and confirmation of the ratio of Palestinian prisoners to …
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Hundreds of people have been flocking to the grave of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Images from OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights group that monitors Russian repression, show a long line of people queuing at …
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The images were stirring: Alexey Navalny’s mourners lining up on Friday around the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow’s Maryino district, risking arrest to pay final respects to a man they …
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Iranian pop star who sang protest anthem jailed and ordered to write anti-US song, rights group says
by adminIranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US “atrocities,” a human …
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Alleged murder of Sydney couple by police officer reopens old wounds in LGBTQ+ community
by adminThe alleged murder of a young Sydney couple by a serving police officer has opened a tragic new chapter in the troubled history between the force and the city’s LGBT+ community and cast a shadow …
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Anesthetics, crutches, dates. Inside Israel’s ghost list of items arbitrarily denied entry into Gaza
by adminHumanitarian workers and government officials working to deliver urgently needed aid for Gaza say a clear pattern has emerged of Israeli obstruction, as disease and near-famine grip parts of the besieged enclave. Other items that have …
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Mystery of common mushroom growing from an amphibian shows how little we know about fungi
by adminFungi are fascinating and integral parts of the web of life. They also have a bit of a mixed reputation. On one hand, mushrooms and networks of fungal roots are sought-after sources of nutritionally rich …
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They used to swim and play on the beach in northern Gaza. Now these children are wondering if they’ll ever return home
by adminBefore the war, Mohammed Hamouda and his wife, Dina, would stroll along beaches in northern Gaza, where their three young children loved to swim, eat ice cream, and ride camels on the shoreline. Now, the sound …