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[ad_1] A U.S.-led resolution calling for an immediate and sustained cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza failed to pass in the United Nations Security Council on Friday as Russia and China, who are permanent members, voted against the measure. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the U.N., said the resolution was exceedingly politicized and contained…
[ad_1] MOSCOW — Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organizations, state media said on Friday. The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last November that LGBTQ activists should be designated as extremists, a move that representatives of gay and transgender people said…
[ad_1] Many of the world’s greatest athletes will make their big-screen debut in IMAX theaters this summer. NBC announced Friday that its live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26 will play on more than 150 IMAX screens in the U.S. The Summer Olympics opening ceremony will be the first not held in a…
[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power supply including major hydroelectric plant 01:06 UP NEXT Kyiv comes under Russian bombardment from ballistic and cruise missiles 00:53 Putin warns he’s ready to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia 00:37 Pope…
[ad_1] BOSTON — A Rwandan-born Ohio man was arrested on Thursday on charges he engaged in a three-decade scheme to conceal his involvement in the African nation’s 1994 genocide to enter the United States as a refugee and ultimately gain U.S. citizenship. Federal prosecutors in Boston said that for years, Eric Nshimiye, 52, hid the…
[ad_1] Opposition under pressure AAP activists also staged protests in the eastern state of Odisha, the western state of Gujarat, and in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “BJP wants to distract people’s attention from their corrupt practices,” AAP’s Odisha convener Nishikanta Mohapatra told reporters, referring to Prime Minister…
[ad_1] A court in Pakistan sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of burning pages of Islam’s holy book, a prosecutor said Friday. Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting the religion or religious figures can be sentenced up to death. While authorities have yet to carry out…
[ad_1] The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges. In moody black and white, photos of French President Emmanuel Macron pounding a punching bag arched eyebrows across Europe on Thursday after his official photographer posted them to social media in what was widely received as the latest round in his drive to toughen up…
[ad_1] The International Olympic Committee believes its president Thomas Bach fell prey to a prank telephone call amid rising tensions with Russia over restrictions on its athletes competing at the Paris Games. The IOC on Thursday detailed a call from people claiming to be from the African Union — a similar trick to one played…
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber carried out an attack Thursday at a private bank in the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, officials said. All of the victims were people who had gathered at the branch of New Kabul Bank to collect their monthly salaries,…