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UN official says 47 were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran aid hub in Gaza
A U.N. official says 47 Palestinians were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran Gaza aid hub. Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office for the Palestinian ...
Big surprise in sumo. The sport has a new champion — and he’s Japanese
Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...
Opponents of French players at the French Open deal with insults and whistling and, yes, even gum
In all sports, there are advantages to being at home. At the French Open tennis tournament, being a visitor playing against a ...
Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly clash in a disputed border area
Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wednesday, the Thai and Cambodian armies said. The Thai statement said the Cambodian soldiers ...
Search efforts continue at the site of a China chemical plant explosion as fate of 6 missing unknown
Six people remained missing and search and rescue efforts continued Wednesday morning after an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China shook nearby buildings, killing at ...
Manhunt launched for ex-police chief known as ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ after his escape from prison
As law officers search Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped prison this weekend by impersonating a guard and walking out through a gate ...
5-year forecast sees more killer heat, fires and temperature records
Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies ...
Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border
More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote ...
California opens track-and-field finals to more girls after success of trans athlete
The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state ...
Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence
Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, ...
Rio’s mayor eases his new rules on live beach music after an outcry
Rio de Janeiro’s mayor on Tuesday loosened new restrictions on live music on the city’s beaches after many people warned of a threat to the dynamic cultural ...
1 hurt in Rocky Mount shooting on Earl Street, police say
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — A shooting in Rocky Mount early Tuesday morning left a man hurt, police said. According to the Rocky Mount Police Department, officers responded around midnight to the 300 ...