A young boy is lucky to be alive after a man rescued him from a monorail track at a Pennsylvania amusement park on Saturday. According to Hersheypark, the child and their parents became separated. That’s when the boy entered a monorail station and began walking on the tracks. After about 20 minutes, a bystander climbed […]
A killer earthquake shocked Afghanistan. This morning, hundreds are dead, and a desperate search for survivors is underway. Plus, some deportation flights to Guatemala were stopped after a last-minute court order involving unaccompanied children. And Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping partake in what they’re calling a security summit in China. We look at what the […]
A new study is challenging the idea that beta blockers help everyone who has experienced a heart attack. Researchers at the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) found beta blockers did not offer a clinical benefit for patients whose heart did not deteriorate after the attack. In an international clinical trial done in collaboration […]
China will host over two dozen world leaders in Tianjin at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) beginning today. Noteworthy attendees include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, among other heads of […]
Rescue crews are searching for survivors in Afghanistan after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the far eastern part of the country late Sunday night. At least 800 people have been confirmed dead and more than 3.000 injured, according to the Afghan Red Crescent. The quake was so strong it could be felt in parts of Pakistan, including the capital, […]
On June 30, British medical journal The Lancet published its findings on the consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid programs and elimination of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The authors projected around 14 million excess preventable deaths worldwide over a 4.5-year period as a result of those cuts. […]
The Trump administration is suspending the approval of almost every type of visitor visa for Palestinians who have a passport. The new restrictions go further than the initial pause the administration put on passports in mid-August for roughly 2 million Palestinians from Gaza. Who the new directive effects The New York Times reports the new […]
Britain has secured a $13.5 billion agreement to build at least five new warships for Norway, marking the largest warship export deal in U.K. history and Norway’s biggest defense investment to date. The contract covers Type 26 frigates, advanced anti-submarine warfare vessels designed to detect, track and neutralize enemy submarines. The ships will be constructed […]
An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot while playing a doorbell prank with other children in east Houston, according to police. The shooting happened late Saturday night near Mimbrough and Fidelity streets. Investigators said a group of kids had been running from porches after ringing doorbells when someone from one of the homes opened […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra and other non-life-threatening injuries in a car crash in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by an adviser when it was struck from behind by a 19-year-old driver, state police said. Giuliani was taken to a local […]
