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Global freedom drops sharply in 2023, study says
WASHINGTON, US: Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023 with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom ...
Oil spill from capsized barge near Tobago soils beaches hundreds of miles away
SAN JUAN: An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month involves ...
Pope Gregory XIII gave us the leap year – but his legacy goes so much further
On this day, February 29, conversations the world over may conjure the name of Pope Gregory XIII – widely known ...
Avalanche in northern Italy kills 1 German skier, critically injures 2 others
MILAN: An avalanche buried three German backcountry skiers in Italy’s northern South Tyrol province on Wednesday, killing one and critically ...
Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend
Some members of the advisory panel said a “should” recommendation is meant to more clearly prod doctors and pharmacists to ...
More than 20 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal
DAKAR: Rescuers pulled more than 20 bodies from the sea off northern Senegal on Wednesday after a Europe-bound boat loaded ...
France’s navy finds a body and looks for 2 people missing on the treacherous English Channel route
PARIS: French maritime authorities say a body has been found and searches are underway for two people feared missing on ...
Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release
RAFAH: Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a ...
Boeing given 90 days by FAA to come up with a plan to improve safety and quality of manufacturing
The incident has raised scrutiny of Boeing to its highest level since two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in ...
Continuing to do everything to improve the visa process and green card backlog says White House
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to improve the H1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog and ...
