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Researchers in Germany have decoded what they say is the oldest-ever manuscript detailing Jesus Christ’s life as a child. The papyrus manuscript dates back more than 1,600 years old to the 4th or 5th century. The document had been stored at a library in Hamburg, Germany, as no one believed the document was of any significance. “The fragment is of …

The leader of Armenia on Wednesday declared his intention to pull out of a Russia-dominated security alliance of several ex-Soviet nations as tensions rise between the two allies. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his government will decide later when to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, a grouping that includes Russia and the former Soviet Central Asian …

JERUSALEM — The Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist movement on Wednesday pummeled Israel’s northern border, including Tiberias, where Jesus performed miracles, with rockets after the Jewish state eliminated a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for military operations. According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the “IDF struck a Hezbollah command and control center used to direct attacks from southeastern Lebanon …

Basketball sensation Caitlin Clark has helped bring an unprecedented amount of attention to women’s sports. NBA legend Isiah Thomas recently joined Dan Dakich on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me” to discuss the top pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft’s impact on the game. “I actually love the attention that Caitlin has brought to the WNBA, and I love the attention that …

Boston Celtics forward Kristaps Porzingis is questionable for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, and it is not the calf injury that kept him out in games before this series. It is a new, “rare” injury that the team announced on Tuesday. “Kristaps Porzingis suffered a torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon …

An El Paso, Texas, man vacationing at a private resort inPuerto Peñasco, Mexico, has died after getting electrocuted in a jacuzzi on Tuesday, according to reports. A local NBC station in El Paso reported that the Mexican State of Sonora General Prosecutor’s Office said the man, only identified as 43-year-old Jorge N., and another person, Lizeth, N., were at the …

Argentine riot police unleashed water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters who threw sticks, stones and Molotov cocktails outside Congress on Wednesday, escalating tensions before lawmakers were to vote on state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei. The vote is the most serious test to date of the libertarian leader’s vision of governance and change. Thousands …

A fleet of Russian warships arrived Wednesday off Cuban waters ahead of planned military exercises in the region as part of what some perceived as Moscow’s attempt to show its strength as tensions with the West grow over the war in Ukraine. The naval ships included three vessels accompanied by small boats. The flagship frigate, adorned with the Russian and …

A boat carrying more than 270 passengers has capsized on a river near Congo’s capital of Kinshasa, leaving more than 80 dead, President Félix Tshisekedi said Wednesday. It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed, including in February when dozens lost their lives after an overloaded boat sank. AT LEAST 49 …

Ukraine’s army has struck missile launch positions in Russia, helping to reduce the number of attacks on the embattled city of Kharkiv, its mayor told Reuters on Tuesday. His comments came after U.S. President Joe Biden late last month approved the use of American weapons to strike targets inside Russia that were being used to attack Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city …