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(GAZA) — For the last 25 years, pediatrician Dr. John Kahler has participated in humanitarian aid missions around the world from Syria to Haiti to Tanzania. Despite providing medical services for years, Kahler said treating people in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is incomparable to the work he’s done in other areas. “This is […]

(PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA) — Rhino poaching increased in South Africa in 2023, the government said. The new data, released by South African officials, shows 2023 saw a total of 499 Rhinos poached across the Southern African nation, an increase of 51 from to the previous year. “During 2023, 499 rhinos were poached across South Africa, […]

(SANTA BARBARA, C.A.) — The student body president at the University of California, Santa Barbara is calling out alleged antisemitism on campus after she says she was targeted in unauthorized signs displayed at the university’s multicultural center. Reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia have flooded universities across the U.S. amid rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war, […]

TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis on Wednesday visited Rome’s Gemelli hospital following his general audience at the Vatican, the Vatican said. “After the general audience Pope Francis went to the Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital for some diagnostic tests,” a Vatican official said. “Afterwards, he returned to the Vatican.” During his weekly […]

(WASHINGTON) — Federal and international law enforcement are warning of Russian cyber actors using “compromised” internet routers for cyber operations. Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting Ubiquiti EdgeRouters and using their default credentials to break into them, the FBI and its international partners warned in a cyber alert dated Feb. 27. “The U.S. Department of Justice, […]

(MOSCOW) — One of Russia’s best-known human rights defenders was sentenced by a Moscow court Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine, amid a continuing crackdown by the Kremlin on dissent. Oleg Orlov, 70, has long been a leading voice in Russia’s human rights movement and a […]

(NEW YORK) — It’s been over one week since an American couple went missing from their yacht in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat. Police said Monday that Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Brandel, are likely dead, however, their bodies have not been found. Here’s how the case has unfolded: Feb. […]

(NEW YORK) — NASA is offering volunteers an otherworldly experience here on Earth where participants eat, live and communicate as if they were over 200 miles away in space. Paving the way for future human exploration of Mars, NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) program is currently recruiting qualified individuals for its second […]

(NEW YORK) — After an ally of Alexei Navalny made a bombshell claim that the opposition leader was set to be freed through a prisoner exchange when he died in a Russian penal colony earlier this month, a Western official said his name had, in fact, been raised in discussions about a possible swap — […]

Jason Owens/U.S. Border Patrol (WASHINGTON) — A group of “armed bandits” near the U.S. southern border attempted to rob migrants crossing illegally, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens. Owens posted images of a group of migrants in Chula Vista, California, attempting to cross the border on Sunday, only to encounter armed robbers. “USBP […]