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Nashville Venezuelan restaurant recovering after devastating fire
Nestled on Nolensville Pike is Nashville Venezuela Food, which aims to share its restaurant's Latin flavors with the community. It's been there for years — despite a fire destroying the inside this week.
3 min read - USWOOD
After teaching CPR in Thailand, Calvin University students save life at airport
A group of Calvin University swim team members spent two weeks in Thailand this spring teaching English, water survival skills and CPR. But they had no idea they would use those skills at the airport.
2 min read - WorldBBC
I married the love of my life in a Ukrainian bunker. Two days later he was killed
As Russia relentlessly shelled Mariupol in 2022, a romance was blooming several metres below.
6 min read - WorldPolitico
UN will describe Israel and Hamas as violating children’s rights in armed conflict
The move outrages Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Gilad Erdan.
3 min read - WorldKTAB Abilene
Local filmmakers produce documentary on The West Bank
In 2017, Timothy Palmer and his sister Julia Smith teamed up with filmmaker Nathan Driskell to document a trip to Israel and the Occupied West Bank where they lived as children.
1 min read - LifestyleTasting Table
The Extra Charge You Should Expect When Dining At Restaurants In Italy
When scanning your bill in Italy, you will be delighted not to see a line for gratuity, but don't be shocked to see a nominal charge that covers your table.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Von der Leyen: Will never allow Europe to be weakened
In the face of major crises as well as threats from Russia and extremists, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made an urgent plea for a strong and united Europe. "The European Union cannot be taken for granted," she said on Friday evening at the closing rally for the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc in Munich. A peaceful Europe is being challenged by populists, extremists and demagogues, such as the right-wing nationalist Marine Le Pen in France and the Alternative for German
2 min read - Worlddpa international
World War II bomb found near Frankfurt Airport successfully defused
A phosphorus bomb from World War II that was discovered on a construction site at Frankfurt Airport was successfully defused, a police spokesman said on Friday. The decades-old bomb was discovered during construction work around the new Terminal 3. Incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus were used on a large scale against Germany during World War II. An exclusion zone was set up in a radius of around 1,000 metres around the site of the discovery. The A5 motorway that runs near the airport w
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Macron in talks on coalition for military trainers in Ukraine
France is discussing the deployment of military trainers to Ukraine with partners, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. "We want to have a coalition for reasons of efficiency and several of our partners have already given their agreement," Macron said on Friday evening. "We will use the coming days to finalize the largest possible coalition capable of responding to Ukraine's request." Macron emphasized that this request
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Macron: Training of Ukrainians for fighter jets to start immediately
France plans to start training Ukrainian pilots and mechanics for the promised Mirage fighter jets immediately, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. "The priority is to start training pilots and mechanics immediately. This will begin in France in the next few days," Macron said at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Macron has not yet specified the number of Mirage jets that France and other countries plan to hand over to Ukrai
1 min read - Worlddpa international
IDF says it hit UNRWA school compound in Gaza used by Hamas
Israel's army says it has once again attacked a school compound belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in order to take action against a Hamas cell. Members of the terrorist organization had used a container on the school grounds in the al-Shati refugee camp in the northern part of the coastal strip as a meeting place for their activities, the military announced on Friday. They had also planned attacks there. Terrorists were killed
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Hundreds of far-right AfD protestors met by 3,300 anti-AfD ones
Several hundred people demonstrating on Friday against Islamism at a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Mannheim were met with several thousand counterdemonstrators calling for Nazis to get out of the country. The demonstrations followed a fatal attack on a policeman by an Afghan immigrant on May 31. Police said there were around 700 at the AfD event who were met by around 3,300 counterdemonstrators opposed to the AfD rally. Chants of "AfD, AfD" on the one ha
2 min read - WorldThe Hill
Gaza unemployment rate soars to nearly 80 percent amid war: UN agency
The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip has soared to nearly 80 percent amid the Israel-Hamas war that has been raging since October, according to a United Nations labor agency report released Friday. The war has caused a massive amount of job loss, bringing the unemployment rate in Gaza to 79.1 percent, according to the…
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in history
The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported Friday. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization, in its latest report on fisheries and aquaculture — or farming in water — says the global catch and harvest brought in more than 185 million tons of aquatic animals in 2022, the most recent year for which statistics are avai
2 min read - BusinessDefense News
KNDS will set up shop in Ukraine to repair heavy weapons, make ammo
The company hopes to create a local subsidiary in June and hire local firms for various tasks, as Ukraine battles Russian attacks.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Belarus says it will investigate a Polish soldier's death if Warsaw sends information
Belarusian authorities said Friday they are willing to investigate the death of a Polish soldier who was stabbed at the border last month, but have not received necessary information from Poland. A statement from the country’s border service said it would undertake a unilateral or joint investigation if Poland presents “concrete information.” The soldier was stabbed last month at the eastern border with Belarus, Poland’s military said Thursday.
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Germany against working with Taliban over deporting violent offenders
The German Foreign Ministry on Friday warned against cooperating with Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on deporting Afghan offenders, saying the Islamist government would seek international recognition through such a move. "The Taliban will want to have any repatriations paid for at least through international recognition," a spokesman for Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in Berlin. "And it is a fact that the German government does not recognize the de facto Taliban government in Afghanistan,
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Insurers estimate Germany's insured flood damage at €2 billion
The recent heavy rains in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are expected to cost insurers around €2 billion ($2.2 billion), the German Insurance Association (GDV) said on Friday, in an initial estimate The current floods in southern Germany were the third and largest in just a few months. In addition to the Danube, many of its tributaries also burst their banks. One week after the heavy rains started, more rain is in sight, though not as much as before. "Because the floods on
2 min read - Worlddpa international
VW plans large electricity storage facility in northern Germany
The Volkswagen Group is entering into the operation of large battery storage systems for the power grid. The first so-called Power Centre, which temporarily stores green electricity, will be connected to the grid in Germany next year, VW's chief technology officer Thomas Schmall announced in Berlin on Friday. The site will be in the north of Germany and the ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled to take place in the next six to eight weeks. "And we will go online at the beginning of next year," s
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Putin seeks big expansion of Arctic trade in North-East Passage
Russia wants to roughly quadruple shipping traffic on the North-East Passage via the Arctic Ocean from the 36 million tons moved last year to as much as 150 million tons, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at an economic meeting. "In the future, transport could increase to 150 million tons," Putin told the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The 36 million tons that moved last year consisted of freight transported on the northern sea route between Europe and Asia. Russi
1 min read - ScienceFuturism
Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon
China's Chang'e-6 lunar touched down on the far side of the Moon, successfully scooping up samples, and kicked off within just over 48 hours. It was an extraordinary feat, representing the first-ever samples we've ever taken from the side of the Moon that permanently faces away from us. During its brief visit, the lander […]
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
22 Chinese nationals sentenced to long prison terms in Zambia for multinational cybercrimes
A Zambian court on Friday sentenced 22 Chinese nationals to long prison terms for cybercrimes that included internet fraud and online scams targeting Zambians and other people from Singapore, Peru and the United Arab Emirates. The Magistrates Court in the capital, Lusaka, sentenced them for terms ranging from seven to 11 years.
1 min read - Worlddpa international
German court blocks right-wing demo at site of police officer killing
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will not be allowed to demonstrate on Friday evening on Mannheim's market square where a police officer was stabbed to death a week ago. The ban follows a decision by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg, the highest administrative court in the south-west state. The court upheld an appeal by the city of Mannheim against a decision by the lower administrative court in Karlsruhe, which had given the go-ahead for the demonstration at
1 min read - WorldBBC
Failed 'coup plotters' go on trial in DR Congo
Broadcast live on TV from prison, 51 people, including three Americans, go before a military tribunal.
3 min read - USLive Science
Bear vs tiger: Watch 2 of nature's heavyweights face off in the wild in India
Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Thunberg at climate, pro-Palestinian demo on fringes of Bonn UN talks
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in a protest in Bonn in which participants demanded action against climate change and denounced Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip. The Kick Big Polluters Out demonstration was organized by a collective of climate justice and human rights groups. In addition to climate demands, pro-Palestinian chants and posters were a major feature of the demonstration. Some held placards saying "Free Palestine." Thunberg raised her fist and joined
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Further fall in refugees seeking asylum in Germany
The number of asylum requests made in Germany continues to fall, with 17,231 initial applications registered in May, according to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). From January to May, there were an overall 103,467 applications, a decrease of 17.6% compared to the same period last year. In April, the drop was 16.7%. The BAMF says around a third of asylum seekers continue to come from Syria, followed by Afghanistan and Turkey. The migration office says it has decided on 131,75
1 min read - USGizmodo
Stressed-Out Tiger Shark Spits Up Fully Intact Echidna
Researchers tagging marine animals off Australia’s Orpheus Island were shocked when a tiger shark they caught spat up an echidna, a grub-eating monotreme recognizable for its spine-covered body. Known for eating just about anything, it seems this tiger shark met its match.
2 min read - ScienceSpace
South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars
South Korea has announced the creation of a new space agency and is aiming to land its own spacecraft on the moon and Mars in the coming decades.
1 min read - WorldSalon
A quarter of the world's children live in severe food poverty, according to a new UNICEF report
Of the 181 million affected children, 64 million reside in South Asia and 59 million reside in Sub-Saharan Africa
2 min read - BusinessSemafor
IEA says clean energy investment will double that of fossil fuels in 2024
China, the US, and Europe make up more than two thirds of the investment.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Memorial bench honours Warwickshire D-Day soldiers
A bench honouring Warwickshire soldiers killed or injured in France is installed in Normandy.
1 min read - WorldBBC
Kagame critic barred from Rwanda's presidential race
Diane Rwigara says she feels cheated for a second time from being able to campaign.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
China says it is willing to upgrade economic corridor with Pakistan and deepen ties with Brazil
Beijing is willing to work with Islamabad to build an upgraded version of an economic corridor linking the two countries, China's leader Xi Jinping told visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday. Sharif pledged to ensure the safety of Chinese workers in Pakistan, according to a report on their meeting posted online by state broadcaster CCTV. The report said that Sharif offered his government's condolences for the deaths in March of five Chinese engineers in a suicide bombing i
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Zelensky thanks France for promised delivery of Mirage fighter jets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked France for promising to send Mirage fighter jets to his country, in a boost to Kiev's efforts to protect its skies from Russia's daily aerial assault. "Your fighter planes, your excellent fighter planes, piloted by Ukrainian pilots, prove that Europe is stronger, that Europe is stronger than the evil that dared to threaten it," said Zelensky on Friday in an address to the French parliament in Paris. The previous evening, French President Emmanuel Ma
2 min read - Worlddpa international
UN expert says attacks on civilian targets must be proportionate
The Israeli attack on a school in the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas fighters has sparked fierce criticism and heated international debate. A spokesman for the UN Human Rights Office told dpa in Geneva on Friday that international humanitarian law "prohibits launching attacks where the anticipated incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage expected to be o
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Domestic violence in Germany rises second year in row
The number of victims of domestic violence in Germany rose by 6.9% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with Family Minister Lisa Paus lamenting the "shocking extent of a sad reality" on Friday. According to a recent report on police crime statistics, a total of 88,411 people were officially affected by domestic violence in 2023. In 2022, there had already been an increase of more than 8% compared to the year before. The majority of victims were female (70.5%). Of those affected, 65.5% were vi
2 min read - BusinessEngadget
Whistleblower claims Amazon violated UK sanctions by selling facial recognition tech to Russia
An ex-employee has accused Amazon of breaching UK sanctions by selling facial recognition technology to Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.
2 min read - WorldWGN Chicago
Israeli strike kills 33 in a Gaza school filled with displaced families
Israel bombed a United-Nations run school that was sheltering displaced Palestinian families. The Israeli airstrike killed at least 33 people, including women and children. Israel claimed Thursday the school was being used as a Hamas compound, without providing evidence. Israel’s military said it was not aware of any civilian casualties in the strike on the […]
1 min read - WorldBBC
Unity government is S Africa's best option - Ramaphosa
It would reflect the will of voters and help move the country forward, President Ramaphosa says.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Zelensky in Paris: 'Europe is no longer a continent of peace'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the French parliament that Europe was a continent at war and that Russia would not stop its aggression at the borders of his country. "We live in a time when Europe is no longer a continent of peace, unfortunately," Zelensky said in an address to French lawmakers on Friday morning. "Again, Europe's cities are being destroyed and villages are burned," he said of Russia's bombing of Ukraine. He also decried the abduction of Ukrainian children in occupied
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Zelensky to address German parliament on Tuesday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will give a speech in the German parliament next Tuesday, during his visit to Berlin. Parliamentary sources told dpa on Friday that Zelensky will address the Bundestag while attending the two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday. The German government had previously confirmed that Zelensky would open the conference on Tuesday together with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Zelensky addressed German lawmakers by video link on March 17, 20
1 min read - Sportsdpa international
Zverev trial ends without verdict in exchange for payment of fine
A Berlin trial against Alexander Zverev on assault charges ended without a verdict on Friday, just hours ahead of his French Open semi-final match. The district court closed the trial after all parties agreed on a monetary fine of €200,000 ($218,000) for the Olympic tennis champion from Germany, €150,000 to the justice treasury and €50,000 to a charity. The payment is no admission of guilt and the presumption of innocence remains. Zverev, 27, had appealed against a €450,000 penalty order on dome
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Taliban open to cooperation with Germany on deporting Afghans
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Friday they are open to cooperating with the German government on the deportation of Afghan criminals back to their home country. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday that he wanted to see the swift deportation of criminals back to countries deemed unsafe by the government in Berlin, including Afghanistan and Syria. The initiative comes after outrage was triggered by the recent killing of a police officer by an Afghan national. The attack took place
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
At D-Day ceremony, American veteran hugs Ukraine's Zelenskyy and calls him a savior
An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II, each praising the other as a hero. Retired Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to the foreign dignitaries remembering the landings in Normandy on Thursday.
1 min read - WorldSemafor
ANC is mulling a unity coalition made up of multiple South African parties
A coalition government that includes most of South Africa’s main parties has emerged as the most popular option for the African National Congress.
2 min read - WorldAFP
Video shows church choir singing for late Thai king, not 'Putin tribute'
After Russian President Vladimir Putin secured a record-breaking fifth term, footage of a church choir circulated in social media posts that falsely claimed they were performing the Thai royal anthem at his inauguration ceremony in Moscow. However, the video was in fact filmed years earlier in Phuket and shows a tribute to Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej following his death in 2016.
3 min read - BusinessCNN Business
Workers at Samsung Electronics walk out for the first time ever
A labor union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung in South Korea went on strike Friday, marking the first such walkout in its 55-year history.
2 min read - WorldAFP
Photo shows Israel weapons test, not 'Philippines launching missile'
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said in 2022 the archipelago had acquired a Spyder air defence system as part of a push to modernise the military. A photo circulating on Facebook, however, shows different equipment. Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said the photo showed a new missile tested in Israel in December 2023, while a Philippine Air Force spokeswoman told AFP the equipment in the photo shared online was "not ours ".
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Swiss leader: Ukraine meet likely to be followed by Russia conference
Swiss President Viola Amherd says the Ukraine peace conference that her country is organizing for later this month is just the beginning of negotiations and would likely be followed by talks with Russia. "It is clear to us that we will not sign a peace agreement at the end of the conference," Amherd said in comments published by Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Friday. Both parties need to be at the table for peace, she said, referring to the fact that Russia has not been in
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