2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as tempers flare at UN amid ceasefire callsOct 25, 2023·2 min read
MrBeast builds 100 wells in Africa, attracting praise – and some criticismAmerican YouTuber MrBeast’s latest video, in which he says he built 100 wells across Africa, has drawn a complex response online since it was published on Saturday. Some Kenyan activists and journalists said he has spotlighted the failures of the Ken...Nov 7, 2023·3 min read
Thai King cuts ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra’s 8-year prison sentence to 1 yearThailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga. Thaksin, the head of a fam...Sep 1, 2023·3 min read
3 US Marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during training exerciseThree US Marines have been killed and several others seriously wounded after an Osprey aircraft crashed during military exercises in Australia. Of the 23 Marines on board the MV-22B Osprey aircraft, three died while five others have been transferred ...Aug 27, 2023·3 min read
Ukrainian forces appear to widen breach of Russian defenses on southern front linesSigns are growing that Ukrainian forces have penetrated Russian defenses along part of the southern front lines in Zaporizhzhia region and are expanding a wedge toward the strategic town of Tokmak, while stepping up attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea...Aug 25, 2023·2 min read
Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied CrimeaUkrainian forces have carried out their most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities in the occupied region of Crimea, officials in Kyiv have said. Special forces landed on the western shore of Crimea, near the se...Aug 24, 2023·2 min read
Ukrainian pilots begin training on much sought after F-16 fighter jets, Kyiv saysUkrainian pilots have begun training on F-16 aircraft, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said, bringing Kyiv closer to obtaining a long-sought after piece of military hardware it says is essential to counter Russian air superiority. “Traini...Aug 20, 2023·3 min read
Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the SouthwestConcern is growing Hurricane Hilary will unleash a prolific amount of flooding rainfall on the southwestern US and parts of California as it makes a rare move over the region Sunday and into early next week, triggering the first ever tropical storm w...Aug 18, 2023·2 min read
