Heavy rains worsen conditions for displaced Gazans, UN warns
Gaza’s health ministry says one baby has died from hypothermia and 11 other people have died in building collapses over the past week.
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Alberta shuts down supervised drug consumption site in Edmonton hospital
By Dayne Patterson Alberta has closed one of three…
Trump attacks Democratic foes in White House presidential portraits
New plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ scorn ‘divisive’ Obama and ‘by far the worst’ Biden – but Reagan is praisedWhite House officials on Wednesday revised what they call the “Presidential Walk of Fame,” installing plaques beneath portraits of for…
The Next Nuclear Proliferation Crisis Is Already Here
OPINION — Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened that Russia might use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or territory is threatened, as it enters the fourth year in its war of aggression in Ukraine. The Russian Federation has revi…
The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off Venezuelan oil sales could devastate a country already wrangling with years of spiraling crisis.
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim withdrawal from Uvira as peace talks struggle
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim they have begun withdrawing from the eastern Congolese city of Uvira.
Woman injured after being kicked by real camel used in church’s Nativity performance: ‘This could’ve been deadly’
Champion Forest Baptist Church’s annual ‘Christmas Spectacular’ in Houston, Texas, attracted some 30,000 people last year, according to the establishment
Two large rail unions say they oppose planned UP-NS merger
The head of one opposition union says the job protection deals agreed to by other unions in exchange for their support of the merger have “loopholes big enough to traverse freight trains through.”
US, Russia To Hold Talks In Miami This Weekend: Report
US and Russian officials are expected to hold talks in Miami, Florida, this weekend about a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Congress: Energy Department assisted China’s nuclear arms
The Chinese Communist Party exploited Energy Department programs to gain access to taxpayer-funded research that has fueled the Chinese military, including its nuclear weapons, according to an investigation by a congressional committee.