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WHITE HOUSE — President Joe Biden stares down his second State of the Union address with a disappointing report card: a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 62% of Americans think he’s accomplished “not very much” or “little to nothing” in two years on the job. Tuesday night is his chance to appear before a joint session […]

Sir Tom Jones has added a second show for the Margate Summer Series. The Welsh music legend was already confirmed to play the iconic seaside amusement park, Dreamland Margate, in Kent, South East England, on July 28, and due to phenomenal demand, he’ll now perform on July 27 as well. Fans can sign up for […]

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — The number of rhinos poached for their horns in South Africa decreased slightly in 2022 but more must be done to save them in provincial parks, the environment ministry said on Monday. A total of 448 rhinos were illegally killed countrywide last year, three fewer than in 2021. However, the figures are […]

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake early Monday killed more than 1,700 people in Turkey and Syria and set off a search for survivors amid the rubble of fallen buildings. The pre-dawn earthquake with an epicenter near Gaziantep, close to the Turkey-Syria border, was followed by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake about 100 kilometers north in the early […]

Looking cool is just the tip of the iceberg for Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. ski team when they debut new race suits at the world championships. Even more, they want everyone thinking about climate change. The team’s predominantly blue-and-white suits depict an image of ice chunks floating in the […]

BOSTON — The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast on Saturday brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region, including a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 78 C) on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. In addition to the U.S. record low wind chill, the Mount […]

WASHINGTON — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon Saturday, after it spent nearly a week floating over U.S. territory. The airship fell into the Atlantic Ocean, about 10 kilometers off the coast of the U.S. state of South Carolina. China’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the U.S. action was “an […]

Two Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv Sunday, according to a Reuters report, with one missile hitting a residential building. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the situation is getting tougher in Eastern Ukraine, with a fresh wave of Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk and Mykolaiv regions. In his […]

Jay Z will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (05.02.23). The 53-year-old rapper is set to take to the stage for an all-star performance of ‘God Did’, alongside DJ Khaled and featured guests artists Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend and Fridayy, Variety reports. ‘God Did’ has been nominated for three awards, including Song […]

PARIS — Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and for metallic, space-age fashions, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced Friday. “The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to honor our visionary designer and founder who passed away today at the age of 88. Among the most seminal fashion figures […]