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Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles. Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the other way – straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2,000 years ago. In 2019, fire brought Notre Dame’s spire crashing …
MOSCOW, June 2 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine had entered a “different paradigm” due to what it called “inhumane acts of terror” carried out by Kyiv’s military against civilians. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks to reporters when asked about Russia’s massive overnight strikes on Ukrainian cities, which …
CAIRO, June 2 (Reuters) – Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza health officials said. Medics said at least one person was killed and four were wounded when an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The blast …
Muscatine, Iowa — Authorities in Iowa are investigating the fatal shootings of six people they believe were killed by a relative who took his own life when confronted by police. Preliminary findings by police indicated a domestic dispute led to the shootings, CBS Des Moines affiliate KCCI-TV reported. Two victims were students in the Muscatine …
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Reuters) – The El Nino weather pattern is forming, and is expected to cause extreme weather around the world this year, the WMO said on Tuesday. Scientists say climate change will make its impact especially severe. The World Meteorological Organization said there is an 80% chance that an El Nino event develops …
-5m ago Senior Iranian officer calls renewed war with U.S. “inevitable,” state TV says A senior Iranian military officer said Tuesday that a resumption of hostilities with the United States was inevitable, as negotiations between Tehran and Washington appeared to stall. “The United States demands our total surrender, and the Iranian nation will never surrender,” …
Tuesday is Election Day in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, with voters weighing in on competitive primary races for federal and state office. President Donald Trump is looking to advance Republicans who will support his agenda for the remaining two years of his term, while Democrats are working to put …
DAKAR, June 1 (Reuters) – Senegal’s recently ousted prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, announced on Monday that the political party he leads will not participate in the country’s new government, raising the prospect of political gridlock amid a daunting debt crisis. Sonko said in a post on X that he met on Monday with President Bassirou …
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Arlette Basekawike, a volunteer for the United Nations food agency in Bunia, the heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, spends most of her time in a small shed outside a health facility preparing meals for patients and health workers. Her hair covered by a pink bonnet, she prepares porridge, omelets and bread …
TOKYO (AP) — A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest case of an attack by the animals in an area of the country where bears have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years. Japan’s Environment Ministry said 13 people were killed in more than 230 …