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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a televised address Monday night offered to negotiate a controversial package of judicial reforms through November, while issuing a “call for peace and mutual respect” amid the reignition of mass protests and allegations he is steering the country toward authoritarian rule.  Netanyahu, who was released from the hospital earlier […]

Residents of China are reportedly using face masks that are also known as “facekinis” to protect themselves against the sun amid an intense heat wave. Facekinis, which are masks that cover the entire face with holes for the eyes and mouth, have been selling out in China as the country faces sweltering heat, according to […]

Physical and legal sex changes are now outlawed in Russia under a new law passed by the national government. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Tuesday a bill amending the country’s Family Code to ban “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person.” The new law also banned alterations to citizens’ passports, […]

A concerned father is urging the chief education officer of the Church of England to take action over allegedly inappropriate and explicit sex education lessons in his child’s church school. The unidentified parent appealed to the Rev. Nigel Genders after claiming the unnamed Church of England school in Norfolk, England, is utilizing materials that teach […]

China has reportedly ousted its outspoken foreign minister Qin Gang from office after he has been missing for a month.  Qin, who was among the Chinese officials to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his pivotal visit to Beijing in June, has been replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi. In an announcement […]

The U.S. State Department is now saying there have been “no new communications” with North Korea regarding captured American soldier Travis King, who officials say ran over the border last week during a guided tour of the DMZ.  State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the remark after the U.N. Command peacekeeping force, according to The […]

A former Canadian principal died by suicide after filing a lawsuit against the Toronto District School Board in response to the harassment he faced for disagreeing with an anti-racism instructor who claimed Canada was more racist than the U.S. Richard Bilkszto, 60, worked for the school district for 24 years and retired in 2019, according […]

Hundreds of Guatemalans demonstrated Monday to protest interference by courts and prosecutors against a progressive candidate’s participation in August’s second-round presidential election. The government’s actions against Bernardo Arévalo have included suspending his Seed Movement party and raiding the country’s election tribunal offices after it certified first-round election results that put Arévalo into the Aug. 20 […]

Hail battered a Delta Air Lines passenger jet bound for New York shortly after taking off from Milan on Monday, forcing it to divert safely to Rome’s main airport, Italian media and the airline said. The aircraft sustained damage to its nose and on the fuselage near the wings, Italian media said. NORTH CAROLINA MAN, […]

New Zealand Justice Minister Kiri Allan stepped down Monday after she was charged with being over the legal alcohol limit as she crashed into a parked car.  Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Allan was involved in the crash in the country’s capital of Wellington Sunday evening and was detained for several hours. Police have charged […]