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Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town
Paris – A knife-wielding assailant injured a child and others in an Alpine town on Thursday and was arrested soon after, according to France’s interior minister. Gerard Dalmannin said the attack took place in the town square of Annecy. In a brief tweet, he said police had detained the attacker. “Several people, including a child, were injured by a knife-wielding…
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Crocodile found to have impregnated itself in 1st-known ‘virgin birth’ for species – National
Decrease article font size increase article font size A female crocodile in a zoo in Costa Rica successfully impregnated herself in what scientists now call the first known ‘virgin birth’ for the crocodile. The crocodile, which appears to have had no contact with a male crocodile for nearly 16 years, was able to produce eggs containing fetuses that were 99.9…
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South Korean inquiry looks into foreign adoptions for suspected laundered origins
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission announced Thursday that it will further investigate 237 South Korean adoptees suspected of having their family origins manipulated to facilitate adoptions in Europe and the United States. A new case in the commission’s expanded investigation into the foreign adoption boom in South Korea includes adoptees from 11 countries, including the…
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What kind of surgery does Pope Francis need? – National
Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome Wednesday afternoon for abdominal surgery after developing a painful hernia in connection with his 2021 large-colectomy surgery, the Vatican said. Here’s what we know about the surgery and what doctors will be keeping an eye on for possible complications with the 86-year-old Pope. What kind of surgery does the Pope have?…
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Mexico call centre workers missing
Mexico City – A missing persons activist in western Mexico said Wednesday that call center workers have been missing in Mexico since at least 2017 and authorities have done little to solve the case. Activist Hector Flores said authorities’ failure to investigate these disappearances set the stage for what authorities believe was the mass kidnapping and murder of eight young…
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Swiss regulator finds FIFA made false claims about ‘carbon neutral’ World Cup in Qatar – National
Swiss advertising regulators said Wednesday that FIFA had falsely claimed that last year’s World Cup in Qatar was carbon neutral. In its ruling on complaints from five countries, the federally accredited Swiss Justice Commission said FIFA “failed to provide evidence that the allegations were accurate”. The commission said it “recommended FIFA to refrain from making unsubstantiated allegations in the future.”…
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Greece seeks assistance from rival Turkiye over migration spike along border river
Athens, Greece – Greek authorities have launched a series of high-level contacts with the newly elected government in Turkiye to counter a surge in migrants trying to cross the river that divides the two countries. Athens officials said Defense Minister Alkibiades Stefanis had a telephone conversation with Turkey’s Yasar Güler on Wednesday, a day after the two countries’ foreign ministers…
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Pope Francis in hospital for abdominal surgery to treat intestinal blockage – National
Pope Francis visited a hospital Wednesday to undergo abdominal surgery to treat an intestinal obstruction, two years after having his colon removed 33 centimeters (13 inches) due to a stricture. The 86-year-old will undergo surgery on Wednesday afternoon under general anesthesia and will spend several days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said. Francisco’s Fiat 500 car left the Vatican…
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U.S. gun-related deaths reach record high in 2021
According to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence, the epidemic of gun violence in the United States in 2021 will be deadlier than ever. In 2021, both gun-related homicides and suicides will hit record levels, bringing the total number of gun deaths to nearly 49,000. Firearms-related deaths spiked in the first year of the COVID-19…
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Ukraine, Russia trade blame as dam blast threatens drinking water supply – National
A major dam wall in parts of southern Ukraine controlled by the Russian government collapsed on Tuesday, flooding as both sides of the war rush to evacuate residents and blame each other for the emergency. , jeopardizing Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric…
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