Ukraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time

Associated Press 11/20/2024

Ukraine fired several American-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia, officials said Tuesday, marking the first time Kyiv used the weapons that way in 1,000 days of war. The use of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, came as…

A surge in mass attacks has killed dozens in China in recent months

Associated Press 11/20/2024

Dozens of people have been killed in China in the past three months in a series of mass attacks. The latest on Tuesday saw primary school students injured by a car as they arrived for classes. The attacks take…

Philippines’ Marcos says has ‘friendly’ phone call with Trump

Agence France Presse 11/19/2024

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said he had a “very friendly” phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday and expressed his desire to strengthen the alliance between the countries. Manila and Washington are long-standing treaty allies…

When AI tells you to die: student receives threats from Google Gemini

Dale Arasa - @inquirerdotnet 11/18/2024

Google Gemini went viral after it asked a Michigan college student to “Please, die” while helping her with homework.  Vidhay Reddy told CBS News that the experience shook her deeply, saying the AI’s threatening message was terrifyingly…

11 killed, 48 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s south

Agence France Presse 11/18/2024

Israeli strikes Sunday have killed 11 people and wounded dozens more in Lebanon’s southern Tyr region, the Lebanese health ministry said. “The raids of the Israeli enemy on villages in the Tyr district have left 11 dead…

Snow seen on Mount Fuji after record time without

Agence France Presse 11/06/2024

Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain’s longest-ever stint with bare slopes. The national weather agency — which compares conditions in exactly the same…

Night at the mewseum: Ancient Egypt exhibition welcomes cats

Agence France Presse 07/28/2024

A queue of glamorous visitors stood outside Shanghai Museum twitching impatiently, tails flicking and whiskers quivering as they waited to be let in for the institution’s inaugural ancient Egypt cat night. Feline tickets for Saturday night’s event sold out within…

A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies

Associated Press 08/20/2023

LONDON — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of…

Mattel introduces Barbie doll with Down syndrome

Reuters 04/30/2023

LONDON – Toy maker Mattel has introduced its first Barbie with Down syndrome in a bid to make its famous doll range more inclusive. In a statement on Tuesday, Mattel said it had worked with the National…

Fire kills more than two dozen patients in Beijing hospital

Reuters 04/19/2023

BEIJING – The death toll rose to 29 on Wednesday from a fire at a Beijing hospital that was one of the Chinese capital’s deadliest in at least two decades, killing 26 patients and wounding dozens. Social…

Worry for tech startups after Silicon Valley Bank failure

Agence France Presse 03/12/2023

New York, United States — Silicon Valley Bank’s stunning collapse has led to the freezing of tens of billions of dollars stored there by startups and their private equity backers, raising fears of a wider tech sector fallout.…

‘Entire families are all gone’: Turkish chef in Singapore lost over 120 relatives in quakes

The Straits Times 03/12/2023

SINGAPORE – Each time he spoke with his brother in Turkey days after the Feb 6 earthquakes that hit their country and Syria, he was told more relatives had died. It reached the point where Singapore permanent…

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