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Israeli forces rescue hostage in Gaza as strikes kill at least 20 Palestinians
New York Times, Published on 28/08/2024
» GAZA - An elite Israeli military unit rescued a frail and gaunt hostage from a tunnel deep beneath the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the eighth living captive to be freed by Israeli troops in nearly 11 months of war and the first to be found alive in the subterranean labyrinth used by Hamas.
Trump shooter appears to have acted alone, motive unclear
New York Times, Published on 15/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - The 20-year-old gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania appears to have acted alone, FBI officials said Sunday, but investigators remain unsure of his motives and political beliefs and have not yet been able to determine what evidence might be on his cellphone.
8 officers shot, 4 fatally, while serving warrant in US
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2024
» CHARLOTTE - Eight law officers were shot Monday, four fatally, as a United States Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years.
Vatican says gender change, surrogacy are threats to human dignity
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2024
» ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued a new document approved by Pope Francis stating that the church believes that gender-fluidity and transition surgery, as well as surrogacy, amount to affronts to human dignity.
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy
New York Times, Published on 27/02/2024
» WASHINGTON — An airman who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip died of his injuries Sunday night, a spokesperson for the United States Air Force, Rose M. Riley, said Monday.
One dead, 21 shot at Kansas City Super Bowl celebration
New York Times, Published on 15/02/2024
» KANSAS CITY — One person was killed and at least 21 others were shot, including nine children, in a barrage of gunfire at a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon, turning a scene of triumph into one of chaos as thousands of fans in red jerseys ran for safety.
Decades after infamous beating death, recent attacks haunt Asian Americans
New York Times, Published on 16/06/2022
» MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan: When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived near Detroit, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white autoworkers in 1982, it horrified and mobilised Asian Americans across ethnic and linguistic lines.
At the Polish border, tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees
New York Times, Published on 26/02/2022
» MEDYKA, Poland: Cradling her three-year-old son, who was gravely ill with cancer, the 25-year-old Ukrainian mother staggered into Poland on Friday.
Protesters are back, and angrier, as govt fumbles on Covid
New York Times, Published on 06/09/2021
» In air heavy with monsoonal pressure and discontent, the riot police in Bangkok unleashed rubber bullets and tear gas. Tanat Thanakitamnuay, the scion of a real estate family, stood on a truck, where he had been excoriating Thailand’s leaders for their bungled response to the pandemic.
‘Better to walk through a minefield’: victims of Burma Army speak
New York Times, Published on 09/03/2021
» The soldiers from Myanmar’s army knocked on U Thein Aung’s door one morning last April as he was having tea with friends, and demanded that all of them accompany the platoon to another village.