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With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, this year’s anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them.
Stanford University said on Tuesday it has laid off over 360 employees, citing budget constraints that it attributed to the federal funding policies of US President Donald Trump.
Four commercial trucks were looted in central Gaza along unsafe roads controlled by Israel, private contractor says.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Russia to discuss the war in Ukraine ahead of a deadline for peace. And, today marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which is facing new threats.
Italy’s government is to give final approval Wednesday to a 13.5-billion-euro (R280 billion) project to build the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland.
Heavy rain and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, a day after sudden flooding and landslides killed four people and left dozens missing.
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow. This, ahead of Trump’s Friday deadline for the Kremlin to pause the fighting in Ukraine, or face severe economic penalties.
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. Former Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker weighs in on how the negotiations might go.
A zoo in Copenhagen, Denmark is making waves by allowing people to donate their aging pets and livestock as food for zoo animals.
A zoo in Denmark is making waves by allowing people to donate their aging pets and livestock as food for zoo animals.
Japan marks 80 years since the U.S.’s World War II nuclear attack on Hiroshima. The number of atomic bomb survivors is dwindling, as wars and global instability pose a growing challenge to Japan’s pacifists.
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is to be sentenced in October for his conviction on prostitution-related charges, is seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump.
The UK’s charity watchdog cleared Prince Harry of accusations of bullying in a row with an African charity he founded, but deplored that the internal dispute was played out in public.
U.S. agriculture officials halted live cattle crossing the border in July due to concerns about the flesh-eating maggot which has been found in southern Mexico and is creeping north.
The United Nations called reports about a possible decision to expand Israel’s military operations throughout the Gaza Strip “deeply alarming” if true.
“There must be consequences,” says the governor as Democrats insist they will not return to Texas.
The sweeping secondary tariffs could cut the flow of Russian oil and gas to global markets.
Migrants living in unease under President Trump have quietly begun to ask themselves: is America worth it?
Hiroshima students have spent weeks visualising the stories of survivors from the atomic bomb and turning them into art.
A photo of a starving child in Gaza has gone viral, with many in Israel claiming it depicts false information.
His three terms saw the tumultuous birth of modern Romania as it moved from communism to democracy.