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D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

OMAHA BEACH, France -- Veterans had been gathering Friday on the seashores of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal second of World Struggle II that ultimately led to the collapse of...

North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright because it continues restore

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea mentioned Friday it had righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier within the northeastern port of Chongjin because it continues to restore the brand new warship chief Kim Jong...

Pope meets with little one safety advisory board as survivors name for zero tolerance of abuse

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s little one safety advisory fee on Thursday for the primary time amid questions on his past handling of clergy sex abuse instances and calls for from...

NATO is on the cusp of accepting Trump’s 5% protection funding demand, Rutte says

BRUSSELS -- Most U.S. allies at NATO endorse President Donald Trump’s demand that they make investments 5% of gross home product on their protection wants and are able to ramp up safety spending much more, NATO Secretary-Basic Mark...

Human rights committee blames Guatemala for forcing woman who was raped to hold out her being pregnant

GUATEMALA CITY -- A panel of unbiased specialists who make up the United Nations Human Rights Committee stated Thursday they discovered that Guatemala violated the rights of a 14-year-old woman who was raped and compelled to proceed her...

New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 Māori Occasion lawmakers for haka protest

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact report suspensions from Parliament for 3 lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed legislation. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke acquired a seven-day ban and the leaders of...

Hajj attendance falls to 30-year-low excluding the COVID-19 pandemic interval

ISLAMABAD -- This 12 months’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia attracted the bottom variety of pilgrims for 30 years, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period, based on figures launched Thursday. The annual Islamic pilgrimage attracted simply 1,673,230 Muslims, nearly all...

Colombia reviews 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with main progress in Amazon parks

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia noticed a 33% drop in deforestation within the first quarter of 2025 in comparison with the identical interval last year, the atmosphere ministry stated Thursday, citing stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental...

UN nuclear company members draft decision accusing Iran of failing to fulfill obligations

VIENNA -- Western nations are planning to desk a decision at a gathering of the U.N.’s nuclear company that may discover Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for the primary time in 20 years, a senior...

Brazilian prosecutors cost man accused of ordering high-profile killing in Amazon area

SAO PAULO -- Brazilian prosecutors filed felony costs Thursday towards the person accused of ordering the 2022 killings of Indigenous peoples advocate Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips within the Amazon.Ruben Dario Villar, a Colombian fish dealer,...

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Sly & the Household Stone’s Greatest Billboard Hits

Because the pioneering frontman of the legendary group Sly & The Family Stone, Sly Stone, who died Monday...