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In April 1944, two Jewish prisoners, one of them a teenager, would attempt what until then had been all but impossible: to break out of Auschwitz and successfully make their way to freedom. Their motive: to warn the world of the mass slaughter underway in a death camp whose existence was, at that time, barely […]

Comment on this story Comment Amazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Silva announced her appointment Thursday in a message to supporters. Lula scheduled a news conference for later Thursday to announce the appointments. The announcement indicates the new […]

Comment on this story Comment KABUL, Afghanistan — Major aid agencies on Thursday warned that Afghans will die because of the Taliban order banning women from working at nongovernmental groups, and stressed that female staff are crucial for the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance across war-battered Afghanistan. The dire prediction came after the Economy Ministry […]

Comment on this story Comment Police in South Africa are set to charge one man with attempted murder and have charged two others with assault after an attack on Black teenagers trying to use a swimming pool while on vacation sparked widespread outrage. Video of the incident, which was shared widely on social media, appeared […]

2022 was a turbulent year for the world. While some countries eased pandemic restrictions, others grappled with upheavals in political leadership, energy shortages, and the high costs of living. The U.N. noted that the world is “lurching” from crisis to crisis—and that concerted action must be taken globally. Here’s how the world is resolving to […]

Comment on this story Comment VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated recently. A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers “to accompany him […]

Comment on this story Comment BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police said Thursday they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and people smugglers near the border with Hungary. Police said in a statement that the two are wanted for “various criminal acts.” A total of 109 migrants were […]

Comment on this story Comment KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents, officials said. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan children were circulated online. The […]

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is off to a brutally rocky start. In the weeks since announcing his third campaign for President, Trump’s faced a historic criminal referral from the House Jan. 6 Committee, his company was found guilty of tax fraud, and his hand-picked Senate candidate in Georgia lost a winnable seat. But that’s not […]

We have an embarrassing confession: our New Year’s resolutions for 2023 are nearly identical to the resolutions we made for 2022 (which were remarkably similar to 2021, 2020, and pretty much every year as far as we can remember). A year ago, we held such lofty ambitions. We would exercise more, use social media less, […]