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It was a life well sphent. A Gentoo penguin who found international stardom after entering a same-sex relationship with another male of the species has died at Australia’s Sea Life Aquarium. Sphen was nearly 12 at the time of his recent passing. When workers brought surviving partner Magic to see the body for the last … Read more
Police convoy attacked by gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades in Punjab province in area known to have criminal hideouts. Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades have ambushed a police convoy in eastern Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven, authorities say. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the Rahim Yar … Read more
Moscow has come under one of the largest drone attacks of the war. When President Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine two-and-a-half years ago, he expected a speedy victory. Not only did that not happen, but Ukraine has now brought the war home to Russia. The capital has faced one of … Read more
Putin weighs up his options after Kursk invasion | Ukraine War Sky News Russia Pushes Forward in Ukraine’s East as Kursk Offensive Slows The New York Times Russians Baffled After Putin’s ‘Space Troops’ Deployed as Infantry in Kursk Newsweek UK intelligence reports personnel shortages in Russian Armed Forces amid Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Ukrainska Pravda US concerned for Ukraine’s … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians have fled parts of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders and its forces advanced deeper into the overcrowded central city. The area was previously designated by Israel as a so-called “humanitarian safe zone” for civilians, but the Israeli army ordered residents, many of them … Read more
Sphen the gentoo penguin – one half of a world-famous same-sex “power couple” – has died in Australia, aged 11. He and his partner Magic shot to global stardom in 2018 when they fell in love at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, later adopting and raising two chicks. Their romance has inspired a Mardi Gras … Read more
Scientists warn volcano off coast of North Island could continue venting for “weeks to months” to come. The White Island volcano in New Zealand has erupted sending a huge plume of ash into the sky and grounding a number of flights. National carrier Air New Zealand said 10 flights were cancelled on Thursday as volcanic … Read more
Libya was among the Arab Spring nations – but since a revolution toppled longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, it has known neither peace nor political stability. Libya is divided between two governments and two prime ministers. And people in Libya are voicing fears of a return to civil war. So what’s next for Libya? … Read more
Tomiko Itooka went mountain climbing into her 70s, scaling Japan’s 3,067-metre Mount Ontake – in sneakers. A Japanese woman aged 116 is set to be named the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records. The United States-based Gerontology Research Group announced on Wednesday that former mountaineer Tomiko Itooka, born on May 23, 1908, would assume … Read more
Russian troops are experiencing significant losses in the Pokrovsk sector of the Donetsk region, according to a report from the Atesh partisan movement via Telegram. “An agent from Russia’s 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade reported that a large force has been allocated for the assaults,” the message read. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage … Read more