BEIRUT – The leader of Hezbollah on Thursday said this week’s deadly attack on the Lebanon-based militant group’s communications devices was a “severe blow” that crossed a “red line.” Hassan Nasrallah said the group is investigating how the two-day attack, which killed more than 30, wounded thousands and was widely believed to be carried out by Israel. “Yes, we were …
Read More »Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?
JERUSALEM – With Israel’s defence minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the spectre of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before. Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict appear to be fading quickly as Israel signals a desire to change the …
Read More »NASA scientists recreate Mars ‘spiders’ on Earth for first time
These formations similar to the Red Planet’s “spiders” appeared within Martian soil simulant during experiments in JPL’s DUSTIE chamber. Carbon dioxide ice frozen within the simulant was warmed by a heater below, turning it back into gas that eventually cracked through the frozen top layer and formed a plume. NASA scientists have successfully replicated spider-like shapes found on the surface …
Read More »Pablo Rodriguez to sit as an Independent MP after resigning from Trudeau’s cabinet
Longtime cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez will sit as an Independent MP after stepping down as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s transport minister and Quebec Lieutenant, CTV News has learned. On Thursday, Rodriguez is expected to announce he will run for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ). First elected as an MP in 2004, he was defeated by the NDP’s …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim is bolstering nuclear and conventional weapons after testing 2 types of missiles
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles — one designed to carry a “super-large conventional warhead” and the other likely for a nuclear warhead, as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel United States-led threats. The tests appear to be the …
Read More »A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
KAMITUGA, Congo – Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The one-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral. In her first visit to the cemetery, she wept into her shirt for the child she lost and worried about …
Read More »Mission specialist for Titan sub owner tells Coast Guard the goal was to ‘make dreams come true’
A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year told the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday that the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to “make dreams come true.” Renata Rojas was the latest person to testify who was connected to Titan owner OceanGate. An investigatory panel has listened to two days …
Read More »Harris plans a livestream with Oprah Winfrey while Trump is set to address an Israeli-American group
WASHINGTON – Both major presidential candidates are making appearances Thursday meant to fire up their core supporters, with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris participating in a livestream with Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump attending an event with prominent Jewish donors before addressing a gathering of the Israeli-American Council. Winfrey, who has endorsed Harris and spoke at the Democratic convention in August, …
Read More »Mayor of Atlantic City and his wife are charged with beating their daughter
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said the indictment was made Tuesday by a grand jury that accused the couple of child endangerment. Marty Small …
Read More »Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield’s schools and the near daily afternoon media briefings, a hush …
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