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The World’s First Floating Hotel Abandoned In North Korea

Thai ex-officer attacks day-care center, killing dozens, including 24 children

(WashingtonPost.com) BANGKOK — A former police officer attacked a day-care center in northeastern Thailand with a pistol and a knife Thursday, in a rampage that left at least 36 people dead — at least 24 of them children, according to police. The alleged attacker, identified by authorities as Panya Kamrab, 34, was fired from theContinue reading “Thai ex-officer attacks day-care center, killing dozens, including 24 children”

NATO leaders promise Zelenskyy more troops, aid; Ukraine says it sank Russian warship Orsk

( CNBC.com ) It’s a day of high-level meetings on Thursday, with an extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels, as well as meetings of EU leaders and the G-7. NATO is expected to commit to “major increases” in troop numbers along its eastern flank, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg telling CNBC ahead of theContinue reading “NATO leaders promise Zelenskyy more troops, aid; Ukraine says it sank Russian warship Orsk”

AND IT BEGINS! China and Russia forming a new axis to challenge the West!!

For years, international-affairs watchers have scoffed at the idea that Beijing’s and Moscow’s interests would align so closely, or that they were scared enough of the United States and its allies, that they would become either formal or informal partners in crime. Thanks to the war in Ukraine, that day has arrived, and we should beContinue reading “AND IT BEGINS! China and Russia forming a new axis to challenge the West!!”

Teen boy dies in Australia after being stung by box jellyfish

A 14-year-old boy has tragically died after being stung by a box jellyfish with huge six feet-long tentacles. The teen was enjoying a day out at the popular Eimeo Beach in Queensland, Australia before the fatal accident. He reportedly emerged from the water at about 2:30p.m. on Saturday with more than six feet of tentaclesContinue reading “Teen boy dies in Australia after being stung by box jellyfish”

The latest on the Ukraine-Russia crisis

( CNN.com ) CNN team reports hearing loud explosions in Kharkiv, Ukraine The CNN team in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine located in the country’s northeast, is hearing a “steady stream of loud explosions.” CNN reporters on the ground also reported hearing explosions near the capital Kyiv. Putin tells Ukrainian forces to lay downContinue reading “The latest on the Ukraine-Russia crisis”