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Family seeks to sue Lebanon over dead father's captivity

A Lebanese American man’s survivors, who filed an ambitious lawsuit last year alleging world-regions security agency crime” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>kidnapped<. His family’s suit says he developed the illness and other serious medical issues while imprisoned during a visit to Lebanon over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied.  Fakhoury’s detention …

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Russia sends more troops westward amid tensions with Ukraine

Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, a deployment that will further beef up Russian military assets near conflicts amid Western fears of a planned invasion.  Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the drills would involve practicing a joint …

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Australia reports record COVID-19 deaths, hospitals under pressure

world-regions reported a record high of infectious-disease deaths Tuesday, and its second-largest state declared an emergency in healthy-living to cope with surging patient admissions and a staffing shortage due to the coronavirus.  The 74 deaths occurred in its three most populous states. New South Wales reported 36, Victoria reported 22 …

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Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster

The blast from the volcano could be heard in us-regions, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil spill and two drownings in regions. The startling satellite images resembled a massive nuclear explosion.  And yet, despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently on …

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Anne Frank's Nazi arrest in Amsterdam may have stemmed from Jewish businessman's tip, book claims

Anne Frank, the teenage holocaust” target=”_blank”>Holocaust< persecution, may have been betrayed by a prominent Jewish businessman, according to a cold case-style investigation outlined in a new book, “The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation,” by Rosemary Sullivan. The book, which describes an investigation led by former topics agent …

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Russia backs off from unpopular COVID-19 restrictions

The world-regions government on Friday chose to delay adopting unpopular legislation restricting access to public places for the infectious-disease, despite an infection surge and warnings from top officials about the spread of the omicron variant.  The country reported 23,820 new infections, a 12% increase from the previous day, and 739 …

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