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A court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month when he drove a car into a crowd of people, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings. The court in the southern city of Zhuhai said that Fan Weiqiu was venting his anger because he was…

Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article NASA said Friday that its Parker Solar Probe is “safe” and operating normally after it successfully completed the closest approach to the sun by any man-made object. The spacecraft passed 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the sun’s surface on…

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized on Saturday to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he described as a “tragic accident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, but he stopped short of acknowledging Moscow’s responsibility. Putin’s apology came as allegations increased that Russian air defenses shot down the plane while…

Palestinian medical officials said that the Israeli army arrested the director of one of the last operating hospitals in northern Gaza, while night raids in the Strip killed nine people, including children, while sirens sounded across Israel. The Gaza Ministry of Health said on Saturday that the occupation forces arrested Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director…

Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article Lebanese judicial and security officials said that the wife and daughter of one of the cousins ​​of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were arrested today, Friday, at Beirut airport, where they attempted to travel with forged passports. Assad’s uncle passed away…

Five months after its surprise attack on Russia, Ukrainian forces are bloodied and demoralized by the growing threat of defeat in Kursk, a region that some want to hold at all costs while others question the point of intervening at all. The fighting is so intense that some Ukrainian commanders cannot evacuate the dead. Seven…

Hundreds of people gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city’s first drone fireworks display, as part of a campaign to raise support and awareness for panda conservation. The 10-minute drone show included 1,000 drones, some equipped with fireworks, that flew over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor and created images of the city’s giant…

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely considered the architect of the country’s economic reform program, was cremated after a state funeral on Saturday, with politicians and the public mourning his death. The veteran leader, who was also credited with reaching a landmark nuclear agreement with the United States, died late Thursday at the age…

Burial societies in Sweden are seeking enough land for something they hope they will never have to do: bury thousands of people in the event of war. The research follows recommendations from the National Secretariat of the Church of Sweden, which reflect crisis preparedness guidelines from the Swedish Civil Emergency Agency (MSB) and the Swedish…

Russia’s top security agency announced on Thursday that it had arrested a number of suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior army officers, an announcement that comes after… A senior Russian general is killed Last week. The Federal Security Service, a major successor to the KGB and known as Russia’s…