Amelia Earhart is regarded as one of the most influential women in history. The legendary pilot was born in Atchison, Kansas. At a very young age, Earhart was considered a tomboy as she preferred getting her hands and clothes dirty and walked a dangerous line by climbing trees and hunting rats with a .22 rifle, according to the official website …
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Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Bruges, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Church’s hypocrisy and dysfunction in dealing with cases of abuse. Not only was he allowed to quietly …
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North Korea successfully tested technology used in its new hypersonic missile on Tuesday, according to its government-run media. On Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided his military on a ground jet test of the multi-stage solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile at the North’s rocket launch facility, the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, the official Korean Central …
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The U.S. evacuated more than a dozen American citizens from Haiti on Wednesday with a helicopter flight to the capital of the Dominican Republic. The government-chartered helicopter left the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince with 15 U.S. citizens, the State Department said. The helicopter landed in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, where U.S. government personnel were present to provide consular …
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Leo Eric Varadkar on Wednesday announced that he is soon resigning as prime minister of Ireland — just days after meeting with President Biden in Washington, D.C. At a press conference, Varadkar said he is resigning as president of the Fine Gael Party effective on Wednesday. He said he will also step down from the prime minister role, known as …
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Rescuers in Russia have yet to contact the 13 miners who have been trapped hundreds of feet underground for nearly two days after a gold mine collapsed, a Russian official said Wednesday. Specialist mine rescuers flew in from Russia’s coastal region and other Siberian regions to help dig through rubble and pump water out of the Pioneer gold mine in …
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The State Department said Wednesday it is organizing American evacuation flights out of Haiti as the number of U.S. citizens seeking assistance in the Caribbean country, which has been overrun by violent gangs, has nearly doubled. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said during a briefing, “As of March 20th, the U.S. government is facilitating the safe departure of U.S. citizens …
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Seven people are dead and two are missing Wednesday after a South Korean tanker carrying acrylic acid capsized near an island in southwestern Japan. Images taken from the scene show the chemical tanker Keoyoung Sun flipped over in the water near Japan’s Mutsure Island. In one photo, a first responder lowered from a helicopter was seen pulling up an individual …
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Even with the top continental ranking and players of vast international experience, Hajime Moriyasu’s Japan squad faces a journey into the unknown in back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against North Korea. Asian qualifying resumes Thursday with Japan hosting North Korea in Tokyo. Five days later, Japan will be playing in Pyongyang in front of a potential crowd of 50,000 — almost …
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Parts of Haiti – including an area outside the U.S. embassy – have now plunged into darkness following attacks by vandals on a power plant and four power substations in Port-au-Prince, the country’s national utility says. Électricité D’Haïti (EDH) said in a statement on X that “several of the company’s premises were sabotaged,” numerous materials were damaged and documents were …
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