Fiddler on the Roof star Chaim Topol dies aged 87
Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his role as Tevye in the 1971 classic musical Fiddler on the Roof, has died at the age of 87 in Israel, a statement from ...
U.S. increasingly worried about West Bank situation as Austin visits Israel
The United States is concerned that escalating tensions in the West Bank could distract Israel and the United States’ attention from Iranian activities, a U.S. official said, a message ...
Latvia’s drunk drivers helping Ukraine’s war efforts
Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided to send them to the Ukrainian military and hospitals.
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India’s oil deals with Russia dent decades-old dollar dominance
US-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India – Russia’s top outlet for seaborne crude – ...
Three Los Angeles police officers shot, suspect dead (Update)
Three Los Angeles police officers were shot and wounded on Wednesday evening but were in stable condition, while the suspect was dead, according to the chief of police and media ...
Louisville police discriminate against Black people, US Justice Dept says
The Louisville, Kentucky, police force routinely discriminates against Black residents, uses excessive force and conducts illegal searches, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, following a probe prompted by ...
Georgian protesters rally in Tbilisi after violent clashes with police
Thousands of people staged a second straight day of protests in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Wednesday, rallying outside parliament against a “foreign agents” law which critics say signals an ...
Twenty years later, US Senate may finally end authorization for war on Iraq
A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to repeal two authorizations for past wars in Iraq, paving the way for a possible vote in the full Senate before ...
Israeli women form human chains to protest planned judicial overhaul
To mark International Women’s Day, thousands of Israeli women formed human chains on Wednesday to protest the right-wing Israeli government’s planned judicial overhaul that would drastically limit the ...
Trafficker suspect caught in Austria after Italy shipwreck disaster
A fourth suspected human trafficker has been arrested in connection with a shipwreck off southern Italy last month in which at least 72 people died, an Italian police official said on ...
Tens of thousands march in Greece in angry train crash protest
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Greece on Wednesday and workers went on strike in the biggest show of public anger yet over the country’s ...
UK government denies plan to expel asylum seekers breaks law
Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman said on Wednesday the government’s proposals to stop almost all migrants ever claiming asylum were legal despite warnings that the legislation would break ...
Five women who say they were denied abortions sue Texas
Five women who said they were denied abortions despite grave risk to their lives have sued the state of Texas, in the first apparent case of pregnant women suing over ...
Russians claim control over Bakhmut’s east, Ukrainians defiant
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as one of ...
Women’s Day rallies seek equality, focus on Iran, Afghanistan
Rallies marking International Women’s Day took place around the world on Wednesday after a year in which girls in Afghanistan were banned from education, mass women’s rights protests ...
ECB survey sees moderating inflation, rising wage expectations
Inflation expectations among eurozone consumers dropped in January but expectations for wage growth continued to rise, adding to fears wage growth will slow efforts to control prices, a European Central ...
Gourmet fish bladder races chicken, beef to profitability in Singapore’s lab meat push
By Chen Lin
Huber’s Butchery in Singapore’s lush Dempsey Hill is the lone restaurant in the world selling lab-grown meat, but the supply is so limited there are ...
Georgian police use tear gas to halt protest against ‘foreign agents’ law
Police in the ex-Soviet state of Georgia used tear gas and stun grenades early on Wednesday to break up a protest outside Parliament against a draft law on “foreign agents”.
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Putin’s cellist friend moved millions through Swiss bank accounts
A concert cellist linked to Vladimir Putin moved millions through Swiss bank accounts without any proper checks, prosecutors will allege on Wednesday, in a case that highlights the murky financial ...
Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico found dead
Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on Friday after they drove into northeast Mexico have been found dead, and the two survivors have returned to the United States, the ...
US says intel indicates pro-Ukrainian group hit Nord Stream pipelines – NYT
New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials indicates that a pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines that carried natural gas from Russia to Europe but there was no evidence ...
Israeli forces raid West Bank refugee camp, six dead
Israeli forces on Tuesday raided a refugee camp in the volatile West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least six Palestinians, including a gunman suspected of shooting two brothers from ...
Turkey earthquake damage set to exceed $100bn: UN agency
Damage caused by a devastating earthquake in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a U.N. Development Programme official told a press briefing on Tuesday ahead of a major donor conference next ...
War of the worms: Polish politicians give each other a mouthful over edible insects
Polish voters were given food for thought on Friday, as politicians from the two main parties traded accusations that the other side planned to push meat-loving citizens into eating worms ...