By Gram Slattery GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Alexei Navalny was “a very brave man” who “probably” should not have returned to Russia, without assigning any blame for the Russian opposition leader’s unexpected death. Democratic President Joe Biden and other Western leaders have blamed Russian President […]
Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson has confirmed that the Russian opposition leader died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was “murdered”, but it is unclear where his body is. An official note handed to Mr Navalny’s mother stated that he died at 2.17pm local time on Friday, Kira Yarmysh said. She added that an […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall — and it’s double the rubble return goal. Officials reported Thursday that the Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected 121.6 grams (4.29 ounces) of dust and pebbles from asteroid Bennu. That’s just over half a cup and the […]
LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn’t seen them in decades. The successful move of 21 eastern black rhinos to a new home will give them space to breed and could help increase the population of the critically endangered animals. It was […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut returned home to a hero’s welcome Monday, portrayed as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace. Alper Gezeravci was greeted by bouquet-laden children at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport as he returned from a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. In return, he handed out Turkish […]
Ramchandra Khadka stood in front of a temple in the middle of Kathmandu, Nepal, praying for his fellow countrymen who are fighting for Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. As the ceremonial bells rang and the sweet smell of incense filled the air, he lit candles and offered flowers to a deity. All he wants […]
KFAR AZA, Israel — It looks like a grisly crime scene. But to Shahar Shnorman and his wife, Ayelet Cohen, kibbutz Kfar Aza looks like home. The couple were the first to return to Kfar Aza — a sleepy, sun-drenched hamlet in southern Israel where Hamas killed 80 people and kidnapped another 19 on Oct. […]
DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – An escaped Huber inmate in southcentral Wisconsin has deputies asking for the public’s help in finding her, authorities say she was last seen at an approved medical visit. According to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Jennifer P. Petersen left the jail, presumably the Dodge County Detention Facility in Juneau, […]
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely swung back to growth in the October-December period, helped by a slight pickup in external demand, though analysts warned private consumption remains fragile, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The expected return to expansion, albeit modest, would come at a time when the Bank of Japan […]
A Seattle woman has gone viral after she said she tested Costco’s liberal return policy by taking back a couch she had for two and a half years. “I just didn’t like it anymore. We just don’t like the color anymore,” Jackie Nguyen said in a TikTok video that’s been viewed nearly 3 million times […]
A gun-shaped hole became a bizarre sensation in Virginia — and even had its own sidewalk shrine. Now, the so-called “gun hole” has returned to a Richmond neighborhood after a brief hiatus, according to Jan. 31 photos from WRIC and social media users. The news came after fans flocked to the sidewalk to leave coins, […]
Hungary is asking Ukraine to return the rights of its national minority in Zakarpattia that were in place until 2015. Source: Ukrinform, quoting Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó at a joint briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and Andrii Yermak, head of the Office of the President, following the talks in Uzhhorod Quote: “Since […]