World

The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery. The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through challenges that have included delays during the pandemic and the loss of the project’s leader. It’s slated for …

One Chicago Bears player is upset that Justin Fields is no longer on the team. Tight end Cole Kmet got a call from Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, who told him that Fields was going to be traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Eberflus made it a point to call Fields’ close friends, knowing that not everyone on the team was …

The Biden administration is involved in high-stakes talks to try and persuade Niger to allow 1,000 U.S. military personnel and contractors to keep operating a $110 million anti-terror drone base in the West African country. This is against a backdrop of reports thatU.S. military influence is being replaced by Russia and worrying allegations that Iran is trying to buy uranium …

Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to international food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll from hunger caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas …

Justin Fields is getting a new start after a treacherous three seasons in Chicago. The Bears, the owners of the No. 1 pick and rights to Caleb Williams, traded Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week in exchange for a 2025 pick that could change its value based on playing time. However, the Steelers had already signed nine-time Pro Bowl …

Residents and schoolkids in Mexico City helped squads of police in a long-winded pursuit of a wolf loose in one of the city’s neighborhoods, authorities said. Citizens and police officers chased the animal on foot and on motorbikes in the north-side neighborhood, before the medium-sized wolf finally was cornered “with the help of neighbors,” the city police department said late …

Mexico’s president on Tuesday praised Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, a raid that killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the attack “daring” and said “we should thank” Villa for it. “We should thank Villa for, among other things, the daring feat of having attacked Columbus, New Mexico, …

Wyndham Clark is getting hot at the right time, and had it not been for getting professional help, it may never have happened. It’s been a solid 12 months for Clark – entering the Wells Fargo Championship last May, he had just nine top-10 finishes, with zero wins. Well, he won that event, then won the U.S. Open the following …

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq on Tuesday, Turkey’s defense ministry said, hours after a Turkish soldier was killed and four others were wounded in an attack in the region. Turkey often launches strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq it believes to be affiliated with the Kurdistan …

A crew of Italian rescuers all survived a helicopter crash on a mountain peak over the weekend before going on to complete its mission to save a mountaineer who fell into a crevasse, officials said. The helicopter crew was responding Saturday to a distress call on Monte Rosa, the second-highest mountain in Western Europe, when it crashed on the mountain’s …