Venus Moon duo and Quadrantids meteors stun stargazers
PA Media In the UK’s Whitley Bay, a shining waxing crescent Moon glows with Venus to the right Stargazers around the globe were treated to...
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How the Islamic State Radicalizes People Today
The Islamic State has lost thousands of fighters to death or prison and suffered the demise of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But...
Ethiopian playwright Banna Desta releases audio drama set in the Aksumite Empire
Getty Images Danielle Deadwyler plays Queen Yodit – a character she describes as regal, cunning and sensual Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an...
Which Countries Warn That Alcohol May Cause Cancer?
Should the United States follow the surgeon general’s call on Friday for cancer warning labels on alcohol, it would join a tiny contingent of nations...
Briton among dead in New Orleans vehicle attack
A British national was among at least 14 people killed in the vehicle attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, the Foreign Office has...
Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq
An Iraqi who pleaded guilty to commanding insurgents who committed war crimes in Afghanistan filed suit in federal court on Friday, seeking to stop his...
28 December 2024 – 3 January 2025: Photos of the week
A selection of news photographs from around the world. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Two people play the tabletop football game Subbuteo at the home of Stephen...
Honduran Leader Threatens to Push U.S. Military Out of Base if Trump Orders Mass Deportations
Honduras’s president threatened to push the U.S. military out of a base it built decades ago in the Central American country should President-elect Donald J....
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case 10 January
A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York – less than two weeks...
Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to TV, Dies at 81
Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and writer who adapted the antics of a cheerful, impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas & Friends,” which...