Yearly Archives: 2024
Chinese jump rope trio break complicated world record
UPI - A trio of Chinese jump rope champions broke a world record when a member of the team performed 176 double-under skips in...
100 years of New Year ‘bongs’
LONDON (AFP) - London’s Big Ben on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of its “bongs” to ring in the New Year being broadcast live...
North Korea’s Kim orders military to prepare for ‘war’
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan barred from election candidacy
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8...
23 pro-Iran fighters killed in east Syria strikes
BEIRUT (AFP) - Air strikes in eastern Syria, “likely” carried out by Israel, killed at least 23 pro-Iran fighters on Saturday, a war monitor...
Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war
GAZA STRIP (AFP) - Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year yesterday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza.
There...
Bulgaria, Romania to join Schengen area by air and sea
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Romania and Bulgaria will be partially integrated into the Schengen area of free movement in March 2024, the European Council announced...
Ocean condition calms down amid high surf advisory
VENTURA (AP) - Southern California's Ventura county issued a temporary evacuation warning for some coastal residents due to high surf that pounded the United...
Paula Abdul accuses ‘American Idol’ producer of sexual assault in lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paula Abdul has accused former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she...
Nicaraguan authorities arrest six more priests
AFP - Nicaraguan authorities have arrested six priests over the past two days, bringing to 11 the number of clergy detained since December 20,...