International News (Page 626)

The family of the 13-year-old who was driving a pickup truck in a Texas crash that killed nine, including New Mexico college golfers, “lost everything” in a fire late last year, according to a local pastor.The unidentified boy died in the Tuesday night collision along with his dad, Henrich Siemens, a 38-year-old passenger in the…Continue Reading

LIMA, Peru — Paleontologists have unearthed the skull of a ferocious marine predator, an ancient ancestor of modern-day whales, which once lived in a prehistoric ocean that covered part of what is now Peru, scientists announced on Thursday.The roughly 36-million-year-old well-preserved skull was dug up intact last year from the bone-dry rocks of Peru’s southern…Continue Reading

A Hofstra University student who was badly burned in a suspected acid attack last year detailed the pain she still endures and questioned whether Long Island police are taking the investigation seriously. “It’s been very physically painful, mentally exhausting. I was having nightmares up until this morning,” Nafiah Ikram said at a news conference Thursday.…Continue Reading

Sales of existing homes decreased 7.2 percent last month, on a seasonally adjusted basis, and were down 2.4 percent year over year, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. This comes after sales rose 6.7 percent in January.The median price for existing single-family homes hit $357,300 in February, up from $350,300 the previous month and…Continue Reading

Gerald Brevard III was arrested Tuesday on charges of attacking at least five homeless people, two of whom died, in Washington, D.C., and New York City. One of the first things the mayors of both cities said during the attacks was that the homeless should seek shelter. And that was one of the worst pieces…Continue Reading

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most influential leaders in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, died Friday at the age of 94.Condolences poured in, including from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who called him a “true public leader” who lived modestly but led tens of thousands through “wisdom, reason and a rare level of knowledge.”Israel’s conservative and…Continue Reading

In Pennsylvania’s shadow Republican primary to score a Donald Trump endorsement, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz has the support of the ultimate insider: former first lady Melania Trump, according to sources familiar with her views on the race.“The first lady has let the president know that she likes Dr. Oz. And that matters,” said a top…Continue Reading

Multiple gunmakers in the United States have made efforts to provide Ukrainians with weapons as the Russian invasion continues, but some have hit pitfalls along the way.Some companies that had already been shipping internationally, such as Florida-based family-owned company KelTec, already knew how the process worked and secured an arms export license within days, the…Continue Reading

भारतीय रेलवे ने ज्यादातर सुविधाओं को फिर से शुरू कर दिया है. (सांकेतिक तस्वीर)नई दिल्ली: रेलवे ने यात्रियों को गुरुवार को बड़ी राहत देते हुए ट्रेनों में चादर, कंबल और पर्दे प्रदान करने की सुविधा फिर से शुरू करने का आदेश जारी किया. कोरोना वायरस महामारी की शुरुआत के बाद इस सुविधा पर रोक लगा…Continue Reading