Earthquake hits Nepal; death toll now 128

Reuters 11/04/2023

KATHMANDU — At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far…

How Hamas aims to trap Israel in Gaza quagmire

Reuters 11/04/2023

Hamas has prepared for a long, drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it can hold up Israel’s advance long enough to force its arch enemy to agree to a ceasefire, two sources close to the…

Earthquake shakes Nepal; 69 dead

Reuters 11/04/2023

KATHMANDU — A strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot in Nepal on Friday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens. Witnesses said that the houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as…

Israel hits ambulance in Gaza, claims vehicle used by Hamas

Reuters 11/04/2023

GAZA/TEL AVIV/BEIRUT — Israel struck an ambulance near a Gaza hospital on Friday in an attack the military said targeted militants, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls by Washington’s top diplomat for a halt to fighting…

Mass graves, overcrowded cemeteries: War robs Gaza of funeral rites

Associated Press 10/29/2023

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — It was neither the place nor the time for a proper goodbye, said Omar Dirawi. Not here, in this dusty field strewn with dead people wrapped in blankets and zipped up in…

Suspect in Maine mass killing has been found dead

Associated Press 10/28/2023

LEWISTON, Maine — The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search…

Israel steps up air, ground attacks in Gaza, cuts off communications in area

Associated Press 10/28/2023

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and…

Alaska Air pilot in aborted flight said he used ‘magic’ mushrooms, documents show

Reuters 10/25/2023

An off-duty pilot charged with trying to disable the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet in flight told police afterward he was suffering a nervous breakdown, had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier and had not slept…

Gaza and West Bank death toll now 2,383 Palestinians – ministry

Reuters 10/15/2023

GAZA — The death toll in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank reached 2,383 Palestinians dead and 10,814 injured on Sunday morning, according to Palestinian health ministry sources. In Gaza, the death toll climbed to 2,329…

Van Gogh Museum scraps Pokemon cards over safety concerns

Agence France Presse 10/15/2023

The Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said Saturday, October 14, it would no longer hand out a prized Pokemon card after the giveaway sparked crushes by “scalpers” reselling it for exorbitant prices. Launched with great fanfare…

Gaza braces for Israeli ground assault

Reuters 10/15/2023

GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israeli troops prepared on Sunday for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as the country hit back for an unprecedented assault on its territory, and Iran warned of “far-reaching consequences” if Israel’s bombardment…

‘Ring of fire’ eclipse brings cheers, shouts of joy as it moves across the Americas

Associated Press 10/15/2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse…

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