Following Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel, the Israeli Foreign Ministry says one immediate response would be to classify the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which carried out the attacks, as a terrorist organization. According to a statement on Sunday, which Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat also posted on social media platform X, Israel would also […]
A rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia’s Far East has been called off – and the men have been declared dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 125m (400ft) when part of the mine collapsed in the Zeysk district of […]
The scope of the bridge disaster in Baltimore widened on Wednesday as six construction workers were declared to be dead and investigators recovered the black box from the ship whose crash brought one of America’s busiest ports to a grinding halt. Authorities were continued their investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge […]
Millions of people in Gaza are on the brink of famine as they struggle to access food. The United Nations (UN) has also warned that the ongoing conflict in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis. What is famine and when is it declared? Famine occurs when a country has such a severe food […]
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka on Wednesday, just days shy of a record date amid a warm Minnesota winter. The declaration, made about 5:53 p.m. Wednesday, is the unofficial start of the boating season on the metro area’s largest lake, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Officials on Wednesday […]
A German-Israeli man who was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip has been declared dead. “It is devastating to learn that our fellow German Itay Chen, whom we had hoped to be still alive, is dead after all,” the German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, wrote on the X platform, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. “Killed by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days — a reversal of current law that Republicans, and even some Democrats, have been pushing for years. Those lawmakers say […]
Due to the potential for strong storms in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, the First Alert Weather Team has declared that Saturday will be a First Alert Weather Day. Here’s what you can expect: Mostly cloudy skies Friday evening with an isolated, well inland shower. Mild overnight with temperatures in the upper 60s to lower […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press was able to declare that Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey have advanced to the November election for California’s U.S. Senate seat based on an analysis of partial results from throughout the state. Schiff was declared the winner of one of the two […]
A 7,500 square mile area off the central coast of California that includes ancestral Chumash sites and unique biodiversity was recognized this week as a Mission Blue Hope Spot. The “Hope Spot” title, given by International marine conservation non-profit Mission Blue, is meant to identify “special places that are scientifically identified as critical to the […]
Feb. 29—WILLIAMSBURG — A mistrial has been declared in a murder trial in Whitley County Circuit Court. Martin Allen Canada, 50, of Williamsburg, had been charged with murder in connection to the September 2022 shooting death of his stepson 31-year-old Kyle Chadwell. Canada’s trial began on Monday and ended the following day with a hung […]
President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty”, his doctor wrote after conducting an annual medical that is being closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks re-election in November. Dr Kevin O’Connor, Mr Biden’s physician, wrote that the president is adjusting well to a new device that helps control his sleep apnoea and has experienced […]