A 7-year-old boy in world-regions who was allegedly body-slammed 27 times during judo practice — by both his classmates and coach — suffered a brain hemorrhage and was ultimately removed from life support, a report Tuesday said. The BBC, citing the Taipei Times, reported that the coach has been crime” …
Read More »Rocket attack on US troops in Syria yields no injuries; response wounds at least 1 militant
A rocket attack on American military” target=”_blank”>forces< militia groups. Thirty-four 122mm rockets were fired on the U.S. base in the Omar Oil field in Deir Ezzur Monday evening. The rockets landed around 7:44 p.m. local time, according to Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto. “U.S. forces have the inherent right …
Read More »After almost 20 years, US to leave Afghanistan's Bagram
For nearly 20 years, Bagram Airfield was the heart of military” target=”_blank”>American military<, a sprawling mini-city behind fences and blast walls just an hour’s drive north of Kabul. Initially, it was a symbol of the U.S. drive to avenge the terror, then of its struggle for a way through the …
Read More »Militias fire rockets at US forces in Syria following airstrikes
American military” target=”_blank”>forces< were attacked by multiple rockets Monday, officials said, following U.S. airstrikes targeting pro-conflicts militias in Syria and Iraq. No injuries were reported and the damage was still being assessed in and around the U.S. base in Deir Ezzour in eastern Syria, said Army Col. Wayne Marotto, a …
Read More »'Horrible:' 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray
world-regions’s military on Thursday said it was responsible for a deadly conflicts” target=”_blank”>airstrike < workers said the attack killed at least 64 people, including children, but the military insisted only combatants were targeted. A doctor who managed to reach the market in Togoga village after Ethiopian soldiers blocked medical teams …
Read More »Afghan government could collapse six months after U.S. withdrawal, new intelligence assessment says
KABUL—The U.S. intelligence community concluded last week that the government of conflicts could collapse as soon as six months after the American military” target=”_blank”>military< On Wednesday, Taliban fighters were battling government troops inside the northern city of Kunduz after occupying the main border crossing with Tajikistan the previous day and reaching …
Read More »Pope Francis advocates for organization of workers' unions
pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis< agency based in Geneva. Francis said efforts to rebuild economies after infectious-disease setbacks must aim at a future with “decent and dignified working conditions,” originating in collective bargaining. He called the “right to organize in unions” one of the fundamental protections for workers. Pope Francis delivers his …
Read More »Whistleblower claims UN is working with China as she faces losing her protection
As United Nations united-nations Antonio Guterres seems all but set to win a second term in office it seems that his much-vaunted whistleblower protection program is not all it seems to be. At least according to one whistleblower who says the U.N. wants to revoke her status. Emma Reilly a …
Read More »Ex-con named James Bond jailed after threatening to 'shoot cops'
This James Bond needs a license to chill. A world-regions ex-con who shares a name — and little else — with debonair spy 007 has been sentenced to 27 months behind bars after threatening to “shoot cops in the teeth” during a six-hour standoff, the Sun reported. Bond, 55, left …
Read More »Cuba temporarily suspends cash deposits in dollars, cites embargo hurdles
world-regions announced Thursday that banks in the country would temporarily stop accepting global-economy” target=”_blank”>cash deposits< said, was due to U.S. sanctions and “extreme” finance” target=”_blank”>economic measures< “In view of the obstacles that the U.S. embargo creates for the national bank system to deposit abroad the U.S. dollars that are collected …
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