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Super typhoon scraps flights across Asia, highest storm alerts issued
Super Typhoon Ragasa is causing major flight disruptions across Asia as it churns in the South China Sea, with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific saying on Tuesday that more than...
From local mahallas to a global strategy: Uzbekistan’s fight against poverty
Five years ago, around 650 million people lived in poverty across the globe. Today, that number has climbed to more than 800 million. In other words, one out of...
Old video of Pakistan protester catching tear gas canister falsely linked to Nepal unrest
Youth-led protests swept Nepal and ousted its government in September, but a video of a demonstrator catching and throwing a tear gas canister was not taken in the Himalayan...
British-Egyptian activist reunited with family
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been freed and reunited with his family after almost six years of imprisonment in Egypt.One of the country's most prominent political prisoners, he...
China cancels schools and flights as it braces for Ragasa, one of the strongest typhoons in years
HONG KONG (AP) — Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday with school and business closures and flight cancellations as the region braced for...
‘Holidays are not holidays for me without you’: Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah
"Shiri, Ariel and Kfir - I love you most in the world, always in the world,” he wrote in an Erev Rosh Hashanah Instagram post.Yarden Bibas, who was held...
UN report: Nicaragua’s human rights crisis deepens
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new United Nations report details a Nicaragua tightly in the grasp of co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, where the legislative and...
South Korean City Has Seized Crypto from 200+ Residents Over Unpaid Tax Bills
Cheongju, the capital and largest city of South Korea’s North Chungcheong Province, says it has seized crypto from 203 residents since 2021. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported...
Corn Holds Losses on Monday, Closing Off the Lows
Corn futures popped off the midday losses on Monday though contracts still closed 1 to 2 ½ cents lower across the nearbys. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was...
Passenger jet descends within 10 feet of EasyJet plane in France
An easyJet flight preparing to depart Nice Côte d'Azur Airport in France on the evening of Sept. 21 was canceled after another passenger jet descended dangerously close to it,...
