Miller Sanford Palestinians sort through trash last week at a landfill in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Israel’s war in Gaza has decimated the strip’s sanitation system. (Abdel Kareem Hana / Associated Press) Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s crowded tent camps for displaced families. People … Read more
Levi Strauss’ shares tumbled more than 15% on Thursday after weakness in the denim maker’s wholesale business led to downbeat second-quarter revenue. Despite denim dominating the latest trends in fashion — including the resurgence of early 2000s jorts — the San Francisco-based company said wholesale revenue fell by a mid-single digit percentage in the quarter ended May … Read more
“Because of these catastrophic fires, air quality in populated areas and cities was affected last year.” This handout image released by BC Wildfire Service shows smoke columns from the Truax Creek wildfire, Ontario, on May 12, 2024.Photo by – /BC Wildfire Service/AFP via Gett WASHINGTON (AP) — Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more … Read more
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives to a round table meeting at a European Union summit in Brussels on Feb. 1. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert / Associated Press) Slovakia’s Parliament approved a package of legislation Thursday meant to boost security for leading politicians and others following an assassination attempt on populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The … Read more
Sergei Berezin, the Russian winger who starred for the Maple Leafs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died, the NHL Alumni Association announced Wednesday. He was 52. A cause of death was not disclosed. 6Former Maple Leafs winger Sergei Berezin has died at the age of 52. Getty Images 6Sergei Berezin celebrates during … Read more
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) speaks during a primary election night watch party on Tuesday in Yonkers, N.Y. (Yuki Iwamura / Associated Press) When Jamaal Bowman first ran for Congress, he chastised his opponent — a 16-term Democratic congressman who chaired a powerful House committee — as disconnected from his suburban New York district and too … Read more
A brazen robber pointed a gun at a Canadian man’s head and snatched his $40,000 Rolex watch in the heart of Greenwich Village before fleeing on a moped Wednesday – just days after a gun-toting duo pulled off a similar heist outside a high-end Italian restaurant a couple blocks away, authorities and law enforcement sources … Read more
Kenyan soldiers patrol around Nairobi on Thursday. Heavy security was deployed in Kenya’s capital ahead of planned protests against a controversial finance bill, despite the president’s decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital Tuesday. (Brian Inganga / Associated Press) Police in Kenya’s capital hurled tear gas Thursday to … Read more
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s Florida documents case have listed a slew of public statements by the former president that they say led to threats against them, the FBI and court staff — all evidence that a gag order should be imposed on him. The federal lawyers in special counsel Jack Smith’s office filed dozens of … Read more
Some animals are spending longer than usual — nearly double the amount of time — at the Montreal SPCA while awaiting adoption. Veterinary technician Jesse Mireault-Rivest checks a mature cat named Mousse at the SPCA in Montreal on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette Montreal’s traditional July 1 Moving Day is usually … Read more
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