Facing headwinds and history, Marcos makes policy speech

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation address yesterday with momentum from his landslide election victory, but he’s hamstrung by history as

Slovakia may consider giving Ukraine Russian-built warplanes

Slovakia may consider donating its fleet of Soviet-era MiG warplanes to Ukraine, the Slovak defense minister said yesterday. Standing alongside his British counterpart Ben Wallace, Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav

Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Cairo for talks yesterday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the

Haiti 315 kids, adults shelter at school to escape gang war

Hundreds of children and adults sheltered at a high school in Haiti’s capital Saturday after fleeing shooting in a neighborhood where fighting between two rival gangs in

1978 First ‘test tube baby’ born

The birth of the world’s first “test tube baby” has been announced in Manchester.  Louise Brown was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General

Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins

When Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil this week, he will make another effort toward healing harms inflicted at church-run residential schools — and add

Russia pounds major Ukrainian city after expanding war aims

Russian shelling pounded a densely populated area in Ukraine’s second- largest city yesterday, killing at least three people and injuring at least 23 others with a

1977 Deng Xiaoping back in power

The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, is to return to Chinese Government.  The Chinese Communist Party conference has restored him to the offices

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

As the World Health Organization’s emergency committee convened yesterday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a

Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment

Trump officials tried to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census in a move experts said would benefit Republicans despite initial doubts among some

1969 Man takes first steps on the Moon

American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon.  The astronaut stepped onto the Moon’s surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at

UK Conservatives picking final two in race to replace Johnson

Britain’s Conservative Party was choosing two finalists yesterday in the contest to replace Boris Johnson, as the divisive, unrepentant leader ended his final appearance in Parliament as

Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived yesterday in Iran for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United

1990 IRA bombs Stock Exchange

An IRA bomb has blown a 10-foot hole in the London Stock Exchange. Nobody was injured in the blast, although police say there would have been fatalities if

Pair charged with making straw donations to Trump committees

Two Chinese American businesspeople were charged Monday with funneling foreigners’ money into political donations that bought entry to an exclusive dinner with then-President Donald Trump so

Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward yesterday to Britain, where authorities warned of possible record temperatures, and fueled ferocious wildfires in France, which scrambled water-bombing planes

1983 Flesh-eating dinosaur resurrected

A huge new dinosaur skeleton has been unveiled to the media at the Natural History Museum in London.  Plumber and amateur fossil hunter Bill Walker, 55,

Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east

Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine yesterday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly

1990 English teenagers held in Thailand over drugs

Two teenage girls from the Midlands have been arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand.  Patricia Cahill, 17, and Karen Smith, 18, were stopped by customs officials

UN decries rising death toll, rights violations in Haiti

The U.N. human rights office on Saturday expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent fighting between

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