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A massive early-morning fire in Philadelphia engulfed a building with two apartments, killing at least 13 people and injuring two. All smoke detectors in the rowhouse apparently didn’t work. The fire started on the second story at around 6.30am on Wednesday and was brought under control about an hour later, …

Russell was named as the incoming UNICEF executive director on Friday, with outgoing director Henrietta Fore hailing her successor’s “knowledge, experience, and deep care for children and women.” Biden described the White House’s loss as “UNICEF’s gain,” and praised Russell’s management of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel for “[breaking] records in …

A headteacher in Northern Ireland died after a tree brought down by gale landed on his car, and another man was crushed by a fallen tree in Lancashire. The foul weather crippled powerlines, leaving up to 80,000 customers in the region without electricity. The utilities provider Northern Powergrid said it …

While it is normal for academics, policy wonks, scholars, ambassadors, bureaucrats, and various NGOs and think tanks to predict that there will be impending disaster if the US or the EU is not more involved in “stabilizing” the area once known as Yugoslavia, they have adopted an increasingly desperate tone …

In an “urgent” warning published by the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network on Monday, medical personnel asked parents to be vigilant over their kids making the South Korean honeycomb confection. The street-food gained mass popularity from the hit series, prompting Squid Game fans to participate in the ‘Dalgona Candy’ challenge by …

AFP’s Sunday evening report said that Ambassador Nicolas de Bouillane de Lacoste has already departed from Minsk, and that the Belarusian authorities had set an October 18 deadline for his departure.  The agency cited a French embassy spokesman, who said that the envoy sent his goodbyes to the staff before …

As Biden spoke to the nation on Wednesday and pushed his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda, viewers became distracted by his surroundings. The president was not sitting in the West Wing, but rather in a set his team constructed for video conferences and interviews.  Biden sat at the desk with the …

One thing is for certain, Germany will have a new chancellor next week. This is important, not only for Germany, but also for Europe, and, indeed, the world. The German chancellor is not only the highest ranking politician in Germany – the president is largely ceremonial – it also comes …

In a statement released by Kiev’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday, officials said that “today, at around 10:00am, the car carrying the first assistant to the President, Sergey Shefir, was fired upon near the village of Lisnyky,” just on the outskirts of the capital. “More than ten bullets hit …

Getting back on track in the sport’s most elite championship following three defeats in his last four outings, the American improved his record to 9-5. Spotting his moment halfway through the second round of his scrap with Modestas Bukauskas, who fell to 11-5, ‘The War Horse’ struck with an oblique …