One killed, 17 injured in twin attacks in Israeli city of Raanana
A woman in her 70s was killed Monday and 17 other people were injured in twin attacks in the central Israeli city of Raanana, according to hospitals treating the victims.…
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Iran extends Nobel Prize winner’s prison sentence
She was charged with “spreading propaganda” against the Islamic Republic regime, her family said. The 51-year-old rights activist was awarded the Nobel in October for “her fight against the oppression of women…
The first US lunar lander to launch in over 50 years is headed for a fiery end. Here’s what it got done in space
The Peregrine spacecraft — which launched last week on the first US mission to aim for a moon landing in over 50 years — is headed back toward Earth and expected…
Who is Frederik X, the new King of Denmark?
He’s been known as the Crown Prince of Denmark since the age of three, but on Sunday, he left Copenhagen’s Christiansborg Palace as King Frederik X, sovereign of Europe’s oldest…
Taiwan loses diplomatic ally to China days after presidential election
Taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally to China just days after its presidential election in what Taipei said was both sudden and designed by Beijing to suppress the island’s “democratic…
Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary becomes world’s first Australian-born queen
The fairy-tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty was completed Sunday when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark became the country’s Queen Consort.…
Brunei comes to a standstill for royal wedding of Prince Abdul Mateen
Life in the tiny oil-rich kingdom of Brunei came to a standstill Sunday for a grand royal wedding attended by heads of state and royals from Bhutan and Middle Eastern…
Protests sweep Germany as far-right spots an opening
Farmers across Germany have been bringing major roads to a standstill in protests in recent days, piling misery on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition amid fury over subsidy cuts. The…
Five-foot Toy Story 3 bear draws the crowds at Costco’s first store in ‘China’s Silicon Valley’
More than four years after Costco’s first store in the country caused a stir, shoppers in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen this week flocked to the US retailer’s latest outlet on…
Indonesian volcano erupts for second time in just over a month
Indonesia’s Marapi volcano has erupted for the second time in weeks, the country’s geological agency said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the 2,891-meter-high (9,500 feet)…