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As a kidnapped American nurse and her child marked their 11th day in captivity in Haiti on Monday, the United Nations’ leading child-welfare agency says it is seeing an alarming spike in the abductions of women and children in the Caribbean nation. Ne…
KYIV — Moscow escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing a deadly strike on a blood transfusion center as a “war crime”. A separate strike struck a key factory, both attacks coming just hours after Kyiv …
Pope Francis has encouraged young people around the world to hold on to their hopes and dreams for a better future during the closing Mass of Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Lisbon. “Do not be afraid,” the pontiff said on Sunday, repeating the ca…
Iceland’s President Gudni Jóhannesson spent the weekend at Wacken Open Air, the legendary heavy metal festival in northern Germany that operates under the motto “louder than hell.” Jóhannesson, who assumed office in 2016, told dpa that a big highlight…
Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country. People rallied on the streets of Niamey to signal their support fo…
Doctors have long warned women against drinking alcohol while pregnant. “There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy,” according to one piece of advice. Abstaining until after giving birth gives a baby a “better chance of heal…
It is widely seen as a bad-mannered and unhygienic habit that can leave the perpetrator red-faced if caught in the act. Some studies have also flagged it as unhealthy as it can introduce alien bacteria to the nasal passages and spread unwanted germs i…
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau have announced their separation after 18 years of marriage. “After many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” they both shared via In…
The Iranian government has declared Wednesday and Thursday national holidays due to an “unprecedented” heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring above 40 degrees in large parts of the country, the ISNA news agency reported. Bank branches and judicia…
Two men burned a copy of the Koran in front of the Swedish parliament on Monday, the latest in a string of demonstrations in which Islam’s holy book was destroyed. The two trampled on the Koran and then set it on fire, the Swedish news agency TT repor…