ROME – Leaders of the Group of 20 industrial and emerging-market nations made a commitment at a global health summit in Rome to speed up the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. A first of its kind, the international forum held Friday brought together countries with cumulative economies accounting for over 8% of the world’s gross […]
A ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants came into effect after 11 days of airstrikes and rocket fire. The people of displaced Palestine returned to their homes, and Israelis began to resume a normal life. The international focus has now turned to the reconstruction of the bomb-shattered Gaza Strip. The ceasefire between […]
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a plane crash near the town of Kaduna, north of the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The Nigerian Air Force confirmed that one of its planes crashed near the Kaduna International Airport late on Friday. Attahiru was among the eight people on the aircraft, […]
An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with US President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging renewed Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Israeli aerial bombardment of the densely populated enclave killed 232 Palestinians, damaged thousands of homes and disabled critical […]
Israeli and Hamas officials confirmed Thursday that a ceasefire had been agreed for Gaza after 10 days of fighting, with the militant group Hamas sending hundreds of rockets into Israel and Israel bombarding the enclave with air strikes. Almost 250 people were killed in the fiercest hostilities between the two sides in years. Israel and […]
What happens when a bomb explodes? A lot of testing has been done over the years to answer that question about huge bombs, but there is much less understanding when it comes to small bombs – especially when they are buried. This is despite the fact that improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, kill and maim […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – From a life of the rich and famous, to life behind bars. It was the murder of the decade that rocked Tucson, Arizona in the 90s. Well-known businessman Gary Triano was killed by a bomb, and the people responsible wouldn’t be convicted for almost twenty years. Our True Crime […]
BEIJING, China: To ensure government control over all schools, China’s State Council has outlawed the teaching of foreign academic subjects from kindergarten to grade nine in both public and private schools. Further, foreign ownership of schools has been prohibited. Also, schools will be required to appoint members to their board of directors from state school […]
The Memorial Grove lives again, purposely, to honor the people killed senselessly in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The garden, planted last fall, is a renovation of the original Memorial Grove honoring the 168 bombing victims. It was designed by CLS & Associates Landscape Architects — Connie Scothorn and Brian Patric […]
Landing a job in the all-powerful institution was not an easy task. When young Vladimir Putin – according to his official biography – went to a public reception office of the KGB to find out how to become an intelligence officer, he was told a university degree or service in the army would be required. […]
