Xinhua News Agency reports the discovery of what is believed to be the world’s largest gold deposit. Reuters estimates the gold reserves at 600 billion yuan, equivalent to $83 billion USD. Geologists from the Hunan Provincial Geological Institute unearthed the deposit approximately 12 miles beneath Pingjiang County, China. The discovery comprises 40 gold ore veins […]

Exit polls in Ireland suggest a likely coalition government formed by the incumbent center-right parties, although vote counting continues and Sinn Féin remains a contender. According to an Ipsos B&A poll of 5,018 voters, Fine Gael received 21% of first-preference votes, and Fianna Fáil secured 19.5%. To command a majority in the 174-seat Dáil, these […]

A Chinese journalist, Dong Yuyu, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for espionage, his family reports. Dong, a former deputy head of the editorial department at the state-owned Guangming Daily and contributor to the Chinese edition of the New York Times, was apprehended in February 2022 during a meeting with a Japanese diplomat at […]

JERUSALEM—The capture of significant portions of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, by extremist Islamist forces presents a serious challenge to U.S. policy in Syria. Jason Brodsky, policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran, expressed concern over the potential seizure of sensitive sites, including the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center, which houses Assad’s chemical weapons program. […]

A Russian court handed Alexei Gorinov, a Kremlin critic already serving a seven-year sentence, an additional three-year prison term on Friday. This conviction stems from his opposition to the war in Ukraine. The three-day trial underscored Russia’s continued suppression of dissent. Gorinov, 63, a former Moscow municipal council member, had his original sentence for publicly […]

Ireland held a parliamentary election on Friday to determine the next government, testing whether the nation would defy the global trend of voters ousting incumbents amid pandemic fallout, international instability, and rising living costs. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT), with Ireland’s 3.8 million eligible voters choosing 174 lawmakers for the Dail, the […]

A video shows a passenger at Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Terminal 1 physically assaulting an airport employee. The altercation, which occurred on November 10, was apparently triggered by a flight check-in delay. The footage depicts the passenger, wearing a green shirt and pants, repeatedly striking the employee, who attempts to defend themselves. The attack culminates […]

Ahmed Yahia Dabbas, 37, escaped the relentless bombing of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its Russian allies in northwest Syria over a decade ago, seeking refuge in Lebanon’s southern Beirut suburbs. He worked as a doorman, building a new life with his wife and four children (aged 4-9). Following Israeli retaliatory strikes in late September, and […]

A Hamas gunman opened fire on an Israeli bus in the West Bank on Friday, injuring eight people, including four Israeli soldiers, according to reports. The attack, near the Ariel settlement, concluded with the assailant, identified by Hamas as 46-year-old Samer Hussein, being killed by Israeli forces. “Four IDF soldiers sustained light injuries in the […]

Prosecutors say a man abducted a seven-year-old girl in 2012 and held her captive for over a decade before she escaped earlier this year. Carlos Humberto Grisales Higuita, a former school bus driver, faces charges in Medellín, Colombia, including simple kidnapping, sexual abuse of a minor, and child pornography. Authorities allege Higuita confined the girl […]

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The UK moved closer to legalizing assisted dying after Parliament approved a bill allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives. The House of Commons vote was 330 […]