Month February 2024

Day after election date set in Chad, opposition group attacks security agency in capital

Several people were killed Wednesday in the central African country of Chad in what the government said was an attack by an opposition group on the national security agency’s office in the capital. Government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah said in a… Continue Reading →

Legislation rejecting same-sex marriage advances in Czech Parliament

The lower house of Parliament in the Czech Republic on Wednesday rejected same-sex marriage while affirming existing unions called partnerships for gay couples. The new legislation, passed in a 123-36 vote, also doesn’t allow same-sex couples to adopt children aside… Continue Reading →

2027 World Athletics Championships will not be held in Rome after Italy withdraws bid

The Italian athletics federation announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its candidacy to host the 2027 world championships in Rome. The move comes after the Italian government refused to guarantee the $92 million needed to host the meet at the… Continue Reading →

ICC awards $56 million in reparations to victims of Ugandan rebel group commander

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday granted reparations of more than $56 million to thousands of victims of a convicted commander in the shadowy Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army. The nearly 50,000 victims covered by the… Continue Reading →

‘Exactly like Iron Man’: Dubai hosts first-ever jet suit race for pilots

Pilots lined up on a runway in Dubai on Wednesday and fired up their seven jet engines with an ear-splitting roar. But they weren’t preparing to fly an airplane — they were the aircraft. This city-state in the United Arab… Continue Reading →

Toxic gas detected as Swedish security agency is evacuated, local news reports

Traces of a toxic, colorless gas were found at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency where a suspected gas leak last week forced authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility, a local paper reported Wednesday. The daily Svenska… Continue Reading →

Family Dollar hit with record fine for rat-infested warehouse

Popular discount retail chain Family Dollar will pay a nearly $42 million penalty after regulators found the company sold products from a warehouse infested with rodents for years.

Palestinian hunger crisis continues as destroyed bakeries struggle to reopen

The rubble and twisted metal of Kamel Ajour’s smashed-up Gaza bakery underscores one reason starving people in the north of the bombarded enclave are reduced to eating raw cactus leaves after nearly five months of Israel’s military campaign. Bread will… Continue Reading →

Northern Ireland judge rules that UK government’s ‘Troubles’ law breaches human rights

A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offenses committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights, a judge in Belfast ruled Wednesday. The British government’s Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, passed in… Continue Reading →

Report finds 52% of recent college grads working in fast food, retail and other ‘underemployed’ jobs

Americans have long viewed a four-year college degree as essential to financial success, but a report finds most graduates can’t find a job requiring one within a year of commencement.

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