December 6, 2023
EXCLUSIVE – Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., demanded an investigation into allegations that a controversial United Nations agency’s employee detained one of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “The United States will not be complicit in propping up Hamas’ terrorism, and this report further proves why deep change is necessary
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New details have emerged after imprisoned U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan was allegedly assaulted by another inmate in a Russian prison. Whelan, whose family insists he is being held on false charges, suffered an eye injury in a quarrel with another convict, the Mordovian Federal Penitentiary Service told Russian news agency Interfax. The agency reported
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The only knock on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the most highly regarded pitcher on the free-agent market besides Shohei Ohtani, is that he’s short and light at 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds. His reputation, however, is huge and his trophy case crammed with heavy metal after winning his third consecutive most valuable player award Tuesday on top of
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Flash flooding in Somalia has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes. Flash flooding in Somalia has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes, a government official said, with heavy rains starting Tuesday expected to worsen the country’s plight. The Horn of Africa region is experiencing torrential rainfall and
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The Gaza Strip faces a severe communications blackout as the UNRWA chief links the crisis to a lack of fuel. The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said he feared for civil order in the Gaza Strip after it was hit with a new communications blackout on Thursday. “Gaza is again in
READ MOREThe race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster free agency deal is off to a clandestine start. “Special player, that’s all I’ll say,” said Chris Young, general manager of the World Series champion Texas Rangers. “We’re going to be interested in looking at everything that’s available that can make us better,”
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The current baseball free-agent market is stocked with quality starting pitchers. Yet it’s a starter who can’t pitch until 2025 that could sign the largest contract in baseball history. Shohei Ohtani, 29, spent the six seasons leading into free agency with the Angels, establishing himself as perhaps the best hitter in the major leagues and
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Stunning new photos from the European Space Agency’s Euclid probe show the cosmos in ‘mesmerizing’ detail. The UK-backed spacecraft, which blasted off from Florida in July, has returned its first five images from its vantage point about 1 million miles from Earth. Among them is a shot of 1,000 galaxies in to the Perseus Cluster
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JERUSALEM – A new report has accused some teachers and staff members of a controversial U.N. agency of praising the Hamas slaughter of Israelis, Americans and other foreign nationals on Oct. 7 in Israel. The jihadi terrorist organization Hamas murdered 1,400 people, including at least 32 Americans, and kidnapped 242 people, 13 of whom are reportedly
READ MORESouth Korea’s top spy agency believes North Korea sent more than a million artillery shells to Russia since August to help fuel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing Wednesday with intelligence officials. North Korea and Russia have been actively boosting the visibility of their partnership
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