Death toll rises after string of tornadoes
JERUSALEM/DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) – The war in Gaza has cooled Israeli business activity with the United Arab Emirates, with the once-celebrated relationship now conducted away from public scrutiny amid anger in the Arab world over the conflict. The UAE became the most prominent Arab state in 30 years to establish formal ties with Israel…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. “Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully … The attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and…
As Ukraine’s punishing counteroffensive continues to take its toll on Russian forces, and desperate not to rouse a finnicky nation with another conscription, Russia has turned to Kazakhstan in search of soldiers, Reuters reported on Aug. 3. Russia has launched an advertising campaign in its neighbor to the south to offer recruits a one-time payment…
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith releases a document detailing new norms regarding cases of reported supernatural phenomena. As a rule, neither the local bishop nor the Holy See will declare that these phenomena are of supernatural origin, but will only authorize and promote devotion and pilgrimages A new document from the Dicastery…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) confirmed Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 people were injured in the shootings in Lewiston. On Wednesday night, the number of dead in the heinous attacks had been reported as high as 22 and early reports suggested dozens wounded, as Breitbart News reported. Gov. Mills pledged during a…
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has backed the European Union’s move to put the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on the “terrorist list” after a deadly crackdown on mass protests. Speaking ahead of a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: “If you act as a…