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Many of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence need operations on their spines, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday. Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, which was flying from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore, suddenly descended sharply after hitting the turbulence …

Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches. The environmental catastrophe — unprecedented in state history — upended transportation, including the airport in the capital Porto Alegre, which is expected to remain shuttered for months. Segments of major highways are closed due to landslides, washed-out …

JERUSALEM – A group of American Jewish students who have experienced some of the worst antisemitism on their college campuses in recent months arrived in Israel on Monday to hear firsthand about the brutal terror attack carried out by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 and brainstorm together ways to combat anti-Jewish and anti-Israel activities at their universities. “It is important …

Spanish police say they have recovered the fourth of five paintings by Irish-born painter Francis Bacon that were stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015. A police statement Thursday said the 1989 painting of a man’s head, titled on the back as “Study for Portrait of José Capelo,” is valued at $5.4 million. It was recovered following the arrest in …

A U.S. service member is in critical condition after sustaining a non-combat injury on Thursday while supporting humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to a U.S. defense official. “On May 23, a U.S. service member sustained a non-combat related injury aboard USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306) while in support of the humanitarian aid mission to Gaza,” a U.S. defense official said. “The …

In March, 20-year-old Terry Young became the third male charged with murder in connection to the deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. A total of 12 people pulled their guns, with at least six of those individuals firing their weapons, federal prosecutors said. Lyndell Mays, 22, and Dominic Miller, 18, also face multiple charges, including second-degree …

It appears Pittsburgh Pirates phenom starter Paul Skenes already knows what he wants to do when his pitching days are over in MLB. USA Today Sports’ Bob Nightengale wrote a feature on Skenes, where he spoke with his former college baseball coach while he spent his first two seasons at the Air Force Academy. Mike Kazlausky told Nightengale that he …

JERUSALEM — A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration for stating on Wednesday that his country would arrest and deport the leader of the Jewish state if the International Criminal Court (ICC) implements a warrant for Netanyahu’s detainment and extradition. “I am old enough to remember the German leader coming here days after …

Kosovo’s parliament on Thursday approved a bill on leasing some of the country’s prison space to Denmark, following an agreement to help the Scandinavian country cope with its overcrowded prison system. Under the deal, signed in 2022, Danish authorities would send foreigners convicted in Denmark to serve time in Kosovo. Danish nationals would be excluded, as would those convicted of …

A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced two TV and radio journalists to one year in prison for criticizing the government on their programs and on social networks. Borhane Bsaïs and Mourad Zeghidi were each given six months’ imprisonment for disseminating “fake news” and an additional six months for “making false statements with the aim of defaming others,” in reference to …