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Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes — looted plaques and sculptures from Benin — to Nigeria on Tuesday. The initial step was part of a larger agreement made earlier this year to return all 1,130 artifacts to Nigeria, according to the Associated Press.  The artifacts were taken from the Kingdom of Benin — in what is […]

Washington — President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented a united front against Russian aggression at the White House on Wednesday, with Mr. Biden announcing the U.S. will send billions of dollars in more military aid to bolster Ukrainian forces and repel Russian airstrikes. At a press conference, the U.S. president said he would […]

El Paso, Texas — A black S.U.V. stopped near the Greyhound bus station in this border city to deliver winter clothing to dozens of assembled migrants. Then, a red truck showed up carrying watermelon and other fruit for the migrants, many of whom had slept on nearby streets the night before. Later in the day, […]

PHOENIX — Arizona will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the U.S. government over trespassing on federal lands. The Biden administration and the Republican governor entered into an agreement that Arizona will cease installing the containers in the Coronado National Forest […]

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection two […]

Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for him to return to power as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever to hold office. Netanyahu made the announcement in a phone call to President Isaac Herzog moments before a midnight deadline. His Likud […]

The alleged boss of Asia’s biggest crime syndicate and one of the world’s most wanted men has been extradited to Australia and arrested on drug trafficking charges, police said Thursday. Chinese-born Canadian Tse Chi Lop, 59, is suspected of being the leader of an Asian mega-cartel known as Sam Gor, a major global producer and […]

Two weeks after Brittney Griner’s release from Russia, where she had been detained on drug charges for the better part of a year, the U.S. basketball star called on her supporters to redirect their advocacy to focus on Paul Whelan. Whelan — a former U.S. Marine who traveled to Moscow in December 2018 to attend […]

200-million-year-old dinosaur tracks found Dinosaur footprints found on beach in Wales may be 200 million years old, researchers say 01:03 It’s not uncommon for scientists to uncover new fossils from the ages of dinosaurs, but every now and then, a discovery reveals much rarer information.  Scientists unearthed the fossil of the small and feathered microraptor […]

Comment on this story Comment Scotland’s Parliament passed a hotly debated law on Thursday that makes it easier for transgender people to legally change their legal gender, amid similar moves in some countries in Europe and the passage of anti-trans laws in the United States. The law smooths the path for transgender people to acquire […]