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How the Israeli Air Force once destroyed over 60 enemy jets and dozens of Soviet missile systems in battle without losing a single fighter
Israel's aircraft, weapons, training, and strategic adaptations are what led to the historic win.
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UAE lashes out at Netanyahu over joining post-war Gaza administration
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) lashed out on Saturday at a suggestion from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join a potential civil administration in the post-war Gaza Strip. Netanyahu suggested in a recent interview that a civilian administration with Gazans and possibly with the aid of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other countries could run Gaza after the war. On Saturday, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed said his country denounces Netanyahu's call, adding that Gaza is currently
1 min read - LifestyleWHTM
Did you know the Fountain of Youth exists in Pennsylvania?
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WHTM) – Achieving eternal youth might not be possible, but you can still visit the Fountain of Youth, which happens to be located in the Keystone State. There is no need to travel to South America or recruit the League of Adventurers to locate this Fountain of Youth. It’s located in a public […]
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Poland's prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday traveled to the country's border with Belarus, which is also the European Union's external border with the autocratic state, and pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier. Tusk accused Belarus, Russia's ally, of intensifying what he called a “hybrid war” against the West by encouraging migrants to try to cross into the EU.
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Death toll in Afghanistan floods rises to 153, says Taliban interior ministry
KABUL (Reuters) -The death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday. At least 138 people have also been injured in the flooding across northern Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan, caused by heavy rains on Friday, ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee told Reuters. Taliban authorities sent helicopters to try to assist civilians overnight after receiving reports that over 100 people we
1 min read - WorldBloomberg
Here’s What the Thai Senate Election Is About And Why It Matters
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand has kicked off the process to hold its first Senate election since a coup in 2014, after the military-appointed batch completed its five-year term on Friday. Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealJim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86Ford Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $
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German minister dismisses Islamist claims ahead of Hamburg demo
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has dismissed Islamist support for the caliphate as a form of rule as absurd, but does not necessarily consider it a judicial issue in Germany. His comments came ahead of an Islamist demonstration in Hamburg later on Saturday, called by the organization Muslim Interaktiv, and in the wake of controversy following a similar rally last month. "Purely expressing sympathy for a caliphate is something that I consider politically absurd," Buschmann told dpa. But,
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Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges Friday. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government, posted on the social me
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Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government's response
Winnie Makinda, 35, says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the Kenyan government's response to floods that devastated her poor community in the capital of Nairobi. The floods are fueled by unusually heavy rainfall during Kenya's rainy season which starts in March and sometimes extends up to June. Hardest hit are people living close to rivers, including the Mathare River running through Nairobi.
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Northern lights seen in rare display across Germany
Germans were able to gain a rare glimpse of the northern lights on Friday night, due to an unusually large solar storm. The phenomenon, lighting the night sky up in magenta, green and shimmering turquoise, may be visible in some regions on Saturday night too. The German Weather Service (DWD) posted an image on X of the Alps in southern Germany lit up in pink, as well as bright rays of light over the Frankfurt skyline. Other images were shared across social media. US meteorologists at the Nationa
1 min read - WorldBBC
Brazil floods drive thousands from their homes
Heavy rains wreak havoc in southern Brazil, leaving many homeless and raising fears of further chaos.
5 min read - BusinessAFP
China consumer prices rise at faster rate in April
China's inflation rate quickened last month, official data showed Saturday, as the government works to boost spending in the world's second-largest economy.A debt crisis in the real estate sector and high unemployment are weighing on the economy and contributing to a slump in demand.
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Israeli whistleblowers allege abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman military base: CNN
Israeli whistleblowers alleged abuse of Palestinians at a military base in Sde Teiman that also serves as a detention center, according to a CNN report. Three Israeli individuals who worked at the base, in which Palestinians are detained amid the war in Gaza, alleged that at the facility, doctors have occasionally amputated prisoners’ limbs and…
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Flood-hit Brazil braces for more chaos under a weekend of heavy rain
People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption after heavy rainstorms pummeled the area on Friday and meteorologists warned of more to come throughout the weekend.
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UN Security Council demands investigation into mass graves in Gaza
The UN Security Council on Friday called for an investigation into mass graves discovered near health facilities in the Gaza Strip. Graves containing several hundred bodies were found near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in recent weeks. Last month the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which cited the Palestinian civil defence, said some bodies had bound hands. Hospitals and other medical establishments are entitled special protections
1 min read - ScienceFuturism
If You Read a Lot of Fiction, Scientists Have Very Good News About Your Brain
It's a big day for bookworms now that scientists have begun to study how reading fiction affects your brain. Spoiler alert: the news is very good. In an interview with PsyPost, Lena Wimmer, a postdoctoral researcher at Germany's Maximilian University, explained that she and her colleagues wanted to lay the groundwork for quantitative studies about fiction's […]
2 min read - WorldBBC
Tata won't change mind on job cuts - FM says
Vaughan Gething travels to India to meet Tata executives over plans to cut thousands of steel jobs.
3 min read - ScienceNY Post
Inside Costa Rica’s ‘cave of death’ which kills all that enters
Think twice before entering. There is a spooky cave in Central America that kills almost all inside.Take a deep breath before trekking here. Deep in the volcanic mountains of Costa...
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German defence minister proposes cooperation with Canada in Arctic
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has invited NATO partner Canada to enter into a joint partnership with Norway to protect infrastructure in the far north. "Let us initiate a trilateral strategic maritime partnership with a focus on securing sea lines of communication through the northern Atlantic and Arctic," Pistorius said on Friday in the Canadian capital Ottawa at a meeting with his counterpart Bill Blair. The initiative could be the umbrella for joint activities. Blair said that the C
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
CLAIM: France sent troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. THE FACTS: The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X that France has not deployed troops to Ukraine, calling the claim “disinformation.” Reports of the deployment cited a May 3 blog post by Stephen Bryen, a deputy undersecretary for the Department of Defense during the Reagan administration.
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Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people
Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed at least 50 people on Friday, a Taliban official said. The flash floods also hit the capital, Kabul, said Abdullah Janan Saiq, the Taliban’s spokesman for the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management. Saiq said that the rescue operation is the main focus of authorities at the moment, and that he later might be able to provide more precise figures on casualties and damage.
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Italy mulls delivery of another SAMP/T system to Ukraine, says source
The battery Italy would send is based in Kuwait and is one of five now operated by Italy, after one was sent to Ukraine last year.
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Popular vacation islands in Spain crack down on partying
Spain’s Balearic Islands are further cracking down on public drinking and party boats as part of modifications to a 2020 decree that addressed “excess tourism.”
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'Fierce' Russian attacks test Ukraine's defenses near its 2nd largest city
Ukraine's defense ministry said it has managed to repel the Russian attacks near Kharkiv so far, but "battles of varying intensity continue."
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
A train in central Buenos Aires strikes a boxcar on the track, injuring dozens
At least 90 people were injured in Argentina's capital when a passenger train struck an empty boxcar on the tracks and derailed Friday, authorities said, a rare collision that fueled questions about basic safety. The train was on its way from Buenos Aires to the northern suburbs when it derailed around 10:30 a.m. on a bridge in the trendy neighborhood of Palermo, safety officials said. While it was not immediately clear why the idled boxcar had been on the bridge, Argentina's railway union sai
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
China's Xi leaves Hungary as he concludes a 5-day visit to Europe
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Hungary on Friday, concluding a tour of three European nations meant to meant to reinforce China's growing influence on the continent. Xi's plane took off from Budapest airport on Friday evening, after five days in Europe that began with a visit to France and then Serbia. Earlier on Friday, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the social platform X that Xi had concluded his three-day state visit to Hungary, the last stop on his Europe visit, hailing t
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China’s tech secrets are being stolen by foreign spy agencies targeting overseas entities, Chinese Ministry of State Security warns
China's top spy agency warns overseas workers to steer clear of foreign friendships.
2 min read - WorldBBC
South Africa's top court hears Zuma election challenge
The electoral body says the ex-president's conviction for contempt of court means he should be barred.
2 min read - WorldBloomberg
Zelenskiy Says Russia Attempts a New Offensive Near Kharkiv
(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia started a new offensive around his country’s second-biggest city as Kremlin forces moved to breach the border in the northeast.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealJim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86Ford Cuts Battery Orders as EV
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Hiraide And Nakajima to Attempt the West Face of K2
Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima will travel to Pakistan in two weeks to attempt one of the most ambitious goals in current alpinism: a new route on the West Face of K2, likely in alpine style. Kazuya Hiraide has won three Piolets d’Or, the first with his late partner Kei Taniguchi and the others with […]
3 min read - WorldAFP
Brazil floods strike blow to powerful agriculture sector
Floodwaters in Brazil have swallowed up soybean fields and farming equipment, cutting off roads, livestock farms and warehouses in the latest extreme weather event to hit the agricultural giant.While Brazil will retain its spot as the world's largest producer of soybeans, which are used in livestock feed, the flooding is expected to hit its results this season.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press Finance
Mock coffins fill a square in Milan in a protest over workplace safety in Italy
Mock coffins filled one of Milan’s most famous squares Friday in a protest organized by Italy's second-largest union to raise awareness over workplace deaths. Protesters lined up 172 cardboard coffins in Piazza La Scala to symbolize the exact number of workers who died on the job last year in the northern Lombardy region alone. The UIL labor union said that it was demanding that both the government and businesses do more to protect Italian workers.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Gunmen abduct 9 students in Nigeria's north in the latest attack targeting schools
At least nine students have been abducted by gunmen during a late-night raid on their school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi state, authorities said Friday, the third such abduction amid rampant kidnappings targeting schools in the conflict-hit region this year. The assailants invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Kogi state, which neighbors the nation’s capital, Abuja, and whisked away the students from their classrooms before security forces could arrive, according to Kogi
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All the Best Photos from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Nigeria Trip!
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Nigeria on Friday, May 10
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Polish farmers protest 'harmful' EU environmental rules
Polish farmers on Friday rallied against EU environmental regulations they said were hurting the economy and called for a referendum on the issue."We don't agree to all the Green Deal provisions, which are harmful to Poland's economy," said Adrian Wawrzyniak, a spokesman for the Solidarity farmers' union.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
75-year-old 'mastermind' of a 2005 armed robbery that killed a UK police officer sentenced to life
A 75-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Friday for the murder of a British police officer who was shot dead during an armed robbery in northern England nearly two decades ago. Piran Ditta Khan was convicted in April, as he had fled the country to Pakistan soon after the murder of Sharon Beshenivsky. Judge Nicholas Hilliard sentenced him in Leeds Crown Court to life imprisonment.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Police officers to drive emergency vehicles to Africa
The journey for charity will take about two-and-a-half weeks from Spain to The Gambia.
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Bavarian leader Söder finds common ground with Italy's Meloni
The conservative premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, said he found a great deal of common ground with Italy's far-right prime minister, Georgia Meloni, following a meeting in Rome on Friday. Söder said they were in agreement on energy, transport and asylum policy issues. Bavaria and Italy, for example, both have an interest in a hydrogen corridor from Italy to the south of Germany, said Söder. He also agreed with Meloni that the European Union must reverse its future p
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Aircraft problems leave Germany's justice minister stuck in Venice
Germany's justice minister will be stuck in Italy for several hours longer than planned after technical issues with the German government aircraft meant to ferry him home. Marco Buschmann and his entourage had planned on leaving Venice around midday on Friday. He was in the Italian city for a meeting of justice ministers from the G7 group of wealthy democratic countries. The aircraft, a Bombardier Global 5000 jet, had to return to its parking position shortly before the planned take-off. The ret
1 min read - WorldBloomberg
Russian Lawmakers Vote to Reappoint Mishustin as Prime Minister
(Bloomberg) -- Russian lawmakers voted to reappoint Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister after President Vladimir Putin nominated him to continue in the post he’s held for more than four years.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealJim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86Ford Cuts Battery Orders as EV Lo
1 min read - BusinessOffshore Technology
INPEX and JERA team up on CCS value chain between Japan and Australia
The collaboration aims to explore the viability of capturing CO₂ emissions in Japan and securely storing them in Australia.
1 min read - WorldBloomberg
For $323 Million, Last Private Land in Arctic Archipelago Can Be Yours
(Bloomberg) -- In the High Arctic, a Manhattan-size piece of land with geopolitical implications has hit the market for €300 million ($323 million).Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealJim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86Ford Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per CarThe sale comes as t
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UI protesters take down tents on Quad as encampment ends Friday morning
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Tents were taken down from the Quad pro-Palestine encampment overnight, with protesters continuing to take them down Friday morning, effectively ending the encampment. Protesters were seen quietly packing up tents this morning, with nearly half the tents that were present yesterday already gone by daybreak. By around 8:30 a.m. nearly all […]
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A bus plunges off a bridge in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, killing 7 people
A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river on Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing seven people, officials said. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top criminal investigations body, reported the death toll. It did not state how many others were injured, but the emergencies ministry earlier said that six people removed from the bus were in critical or serious condition.
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A campaign ad by a South African party showing a burning flag is called treason by the president
A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s flag in flames has stoked tensions just weeks ahead of national elections that are seen as the most pivotal since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation 30 years ago. The opposition Democratic Alliance says the ad is a symbolic depiction of what it claims will befall the country if the ruling African National Congress, or ANC, forms a coalition with two other parties to remain in power after the May 29 ele
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Nigeria’s Reinstated Fuel Subsidy Set to Drain Almost Half of Oil Revenue in 2024, IMF Says
(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s reintroduction of a gasoline subsidy months after it was scrapped is expected to guzzle almost half of its projected oil revenue this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealJim Simons, Code Breaker Who Mastered Investing, Dies at 86Ford Cuts Batte
2 min read - WorldAFP
Nigeria has more than 60 appeal court judges, not 35
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo submitted a list of 20 names to the Judicial Council of Ghana in April for potential appointment to the Court of Appeal. The move sparked backlash, with critics arguing that the number of judges in the country was already too high. Social media users claimed that Nigeria only had 35 judges in comparison despite its larger geographical size and population. But AFP Fact Check found the claim to be false: Nigeria has 66 appeal court judges.
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Russian forces mount major offensive on Ukraine's Kharkiv region
Russian forces have launched a major offensive along the front near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry reported from Kiev on Friday. Russian ground troops supported by armour had begun advancing at 5 am local time (0200 GMT) in an attempt to break through the defensive lines, the ministry said. The target of the attack is reported to be Vovchansk, a town lying on the Russian border some 40 kilometres north-east of Kharkiv. The attack had been warded off thus f
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Aid workers speak of 'devastating' conditions in the Gaza Strip
Aid workers in the border town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip reported devastating conditions on Friday. "I have been working on large-scale humanitarian emergencies for the best part of the last 30 years and I've never been involved in a situation as devastating, complex or erratic as this," said Hamish Young, UNICEF emergency relief coordinator. "The current situation in Gaza has reached unprecedented emergency levels," said Georgios Petropoulos, representative of the UN Office for the Coordinatio
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Protesters try to enter Tesla factory grounds outside Berlin
Activists tried to break into Tesla's electric car factory in Germany just outside Berlin on Friday during a demonstration against a proposed plant expansion, according to police. So far, the demonstrators had not succeeded in accessing the Tesla plant grounds, a police spokesman told dpa on Friday afternoon, but had managed to overcome the first fences on the property. The police spokesman described the situation as "dynamic." One woman has been injured in the protests around the factory site s
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