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Katia Temkin Even when she was barely old enough to walk, Ariana Grande was giving it her all as a performer. Wednesday is Ari’s 31st birthday, and she marked the occasion by posting an adorable video on Instagram of herself singing and dancing her heart out when she was just a toddler. Wearing a pink and […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Jun 26, 3:29 […]

(SPAIN) — Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and communal caregiving that likely aided the child to survive to about age 6 — unlikely for early hominins with congenital defects, according to new research. The fossil fragments, excavated from the Cova Negra archaeological […]

(NEW YORK) — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander returned to Earth this week with the first-ever rock and soil samples collected from the far side of the moon. After a 53-day mission, the return vehicle successfully landed in Inner Mongolia at 2:07 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The […]

(LONDON) — Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a felony at a United States federal courthouse in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday and walked out of court a free man. The Justice Department had reached an agreement for Assange to plead guilty to a single felony count of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified […]

A protester lobs back a teargas canister at police during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. (Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — In a major turn of events, Kenyan President William Ruto announced Wednesday afternoon from the State House […]

(NEW YORK) — An American who traveled to the Bahamas to attend a yoga retreat has been missing for nearly a week, her family and police said. Taylor Casey, 41, of Chicago, was last seen on June 19 in the area of Paradise Island, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. The search for Casey […]

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials are defending President Joe Biden’s decision to build a $230 million temporary pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid as a better-than-nothing solution to the worsening crisis there, even as rough waves have forced its closure several times in the past month and aid workers on shore say it’s nearly impossible […]

(LONDON) — The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, was convened on Wednesday behind closed doors, as U.S. officials accused the Kremlin of using the case “to achieve its political objectives.” The proceedings in Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, a city hundreds of miles from Moscow, will mark the […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hugs his wife, Stella Assange, after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024. (William West/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Julian Assange arrived on Wednesday in his native Australia, with the WikiLeaks founder stepping off the plane in Canberra and hugging his wife, Stella. “Touchdown!” WikiLeaks said […]