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Why giant sequoias, redwoods are thriving in the United Kingdom
Read full article: Why giant sequoias, redwoods are thriving in the United KingdomThe sequoias and redwoods — which aren’t invasive — have still managed to grow and survive after being introduced and planted in the 1800s throughout the northern part of the region.
Photos of earthquake in Japan depict heavy damage
Read full article: Photos of earthquake in Japan depict heavy damageA 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula region on Monday, which as of Tuesday left a confirmed 48 people dead and rescuers searching for more people amidst crumbled buildings and rubble.
Israel-Hamas conflict: Ways to preserve mental health, provide support and avoid social media
Read full article: Israel-Hamas conflict: Ways to preserve mental health, provide support and avoid social mediaInstead of continuing to feel down and risk your mental health over the images on social media, there are ways you can show support without feeling overwhelmed mentally.
IN PHOTOS: World record set during volleyball match at football stadium
Read full article: IN PHOTOS: World record set during volleyball match at football stadiumThe crowd set a world record for largest to ever view a women’s sporting event, surpassing the 91,648 fans that saw Barcelona play Wolfsburg in a UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal on April 22, 2022.
Romania: Andrew Tate's detention replaced with house arrest
Read full article: Romania: Andrew Tate's detention replaced with house arrestA Romanian official says the divisive internet personality Andrew Tate has won an appeal to replace his months of detention in jail with house arrest while under investigation for possible organized crime and human trafficking.
Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art at Detroit Institute of Arts is settled
Read full article: Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art at Detroit Institute of Arts is settledA deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh, lawyers said, weeks after the custody fight created public buzz and much tension near the end of a rare U.S. exhibition in Detroit.
UK court bars parents from moving comatose boy to hospice
Read full article: UK court bars parents from moving comatose boy to hospiceA British judge on Friday rejected a request from the parents of a comatose boy to allow them to move their son to a hospice when hospital doctors withdraw his life-support treatment.
White House announces $270M military package for Ukraine
Read full article: White House announces $270M military package for UkraineThe U.S. is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a new package that will include additional medium range rocket systems and tactical drones.
21 dead in South African nightclub; cause not yet known
Read full article: 21 dead in South African nightclub; cause not yet knownSouth African police are investigating the deaths of at least 21 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London Sunday and authorities say most of the victims were minors as young as 13-year-old.
Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
Read full article: Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decadesAfghanistan's state-run news agency reported a powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of the country's east, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more.
Palestinian official: Israel killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh
Read full article: Palestinian official: Israel killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu AklehThe Palestinian Authority says its investigation into the shooting death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh proves that she was deliberately killed by Israeli forces.
Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies role
Read full article: Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies roleA fiery explosion at a Russian fuel depot brought accusations from Moscow that Ukraine had attacked the facility, but the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council denied any involvement.
War in Ukraine will take global economic toll, group warns
Read full article: War in Ukraine will take global economic toll, group warnsThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is warning that Russia's war in Ukraine will disrupt commerce and clog up supply chains, slashing economic growth and pushing prices sharply higher around the globe.
Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties
Read full article: Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualtiesIran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.
Ex-Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek slams Ovechkin, says NHL should suspend Russian contracts
Read full article: Ex-Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek slams Ovechkin, says NHL should suspend Russian contractsFormer Detroit Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek took to Twitter over the weekend, calling for the NHL to suspend contracts of all Russian players after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Explainer: What are sanctions and why are they an effective tool against Russia?
Read full article: Explainer: What are sanctions and why are they an effective tool against Russia?As Russia begins war against Ukraine, the most effective tool the U.S. and allied governments are using are economic sanctions.
Devin Scillian: Why you should care about what’s happening in Ukraine
Read full article: Devin Scillian: Why you should care about what’s happening in UkraineIt was January of 1992, Russia’s first winter of democracy after the collapse of the Soviet system. I and my photographer, Chuck Musgrove, were walking across the historic stones of Red Square in Moscow.
What’s the origin of Valentine’s Day? Here’s the dark and mysterious story
Read full article: What’s the origin of Valentine’s Day? Here’s the dark and mysterious storyValentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so closely associated with roses and teddy bears.
Report: Fake overseas accounts driving ‘trucker convoy’ momentum online
Read full article: Report: Fake overseas accounts driving ‘trucker convoy’ momentum onlineThe “truck convoy” protests that have overtaken Ottawa and Windsor this week are gaining similar momentum with U.S. anti-vaccination groups, but many of the social media accounts associated are from overseas and are not real, according to a report from NBC News.
Ottawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protests
Read full article: Ottawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protestsThe mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency and a former U.S. ambassador to Canada says U.S. Republicans must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of its neighbor as protesters opposed to COVID-19 restrictions continued to paralyze Ottawa's downtown.
2022 Winter Olympics: How to watch the Games, TV and streaming info, what to know
Read full article: 2022 Winter Olympics: How to watch the Games, TV and streaming info, what to knowThe 2022 Winter Olympics will officially begin in Beijing, China on Friday, Feb. 4. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the games.
WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic
Read full article: WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemicThe head of the World Health Organization is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame.”.
Save the Children says staff missing after Myanmar massacre
Read full article: Save the Children says staff missing after Myanmar massacreThe international aid group Save the Children says two of its staffers are missing in a massacre in eastern Myanmar that left more than 30 people, including women and children, dead and burned in their vehicles after they were reportedly shot by government troops as they were fleeing combat.
Where is Santa Claus? NORAD is tracking every step of his journey on Christmas Eve
Read full article: Where is Santa Claus? NORAD is tracking every step of his journey on Christmas EveThis Christmas Eve, Jolly Old St. Nicholas is once again delivering gifts to children around the world in record time. Here's how to track his whereabouts.
Where is Santa Claus? Here’s how to track his Christmas Eve journey
Read full article: Where is Santa Claus? Here’s how to track his Christmas Eve journeyThis Christmas Eve, Jolly Old St. Nicholas is once again delivering gifts to children around the world in record time. Here's how to track his whereabouts.
3 dead, 6 missing in explosion in Sicily caused by gas leak
Read full article: 3 dead, 6 missing in explosion in Sicily caused by gas leakFirefighters in Sicily are digging through rubble in the search for missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least three people.
WHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics
Read full article: WHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemicsThe World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of a worrying new omicron COVID-19 variant.
Israel warns of ‘emergency’ after detecting new virus strain
Read full article: Israel warns of ‘emergency’ after detecting new virus strainIsrael's prime minister says the country is “on the threshold of an emergency situation” after authorities detected its first case of a new coronavirus variant in a traveler who returned from Malawi.
'Last, best hope:' Leaders launch crucial UN climate summit
Read full article: 'Last, best hope:' Leaders launch crucial UN climate summitA crucial U.N. climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at speeding up the global response to global warming.
Family from west Michigan among missionaries held captive in Haiti
Read full article: Family from west Michigan among missionaries held captive in HaitiA gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group demanded $1 million ransom per person, although authorities were not clear whether that amount included the five children being held, a top Haitian official said Tuesday.
Family of Metro Detroit native Danny Fenster holds out hope as Myanmar set to release thousands of political prisoners
Read full article: Family of Metro Detroit native Danny Fenster holds out hope as Myanmar set to release thousands of political prisonersJournalist Danny Fenster is from Huntington Woods and the community has been supporting this family since he was detained in Myanmar as a political prisoner.
Mitch Albom shares perspective on mission work in Haiti after 17 missionaries kidnapped by gang
Read full article: Mitch Albom shares perspective on mission work in Haiti after 17 missionaries kidnapped by gangSeventeen missionaries including children were kidnapped by a gang in Haiti over the weekend. The group is comprised of 16 Americans and a Canadian. They’re with the Ohio-based organization Christian Aid Ministries. The work the missionaries are doing in Haiti is similar to humanitarian efforts by Detroit’s own Mitch Albom.
Royals join cast of new Bond film for glitzy London premiere
Read full article: Royals join cast of new Bond film for glitzy London premiereBritain’s royals have joined Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux and the cast of No Time to Die” on the red carpet for the new Bond film’s world premiere, a glittering event that marked the movie’s release after multiple delays caused by the pandemic.
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
Read full article: Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universitiesThe higher education minister in the new Taliban government says women can study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but that classrooms will be gender-segregated and that Islamic dress is compulsory.
EXPLAINER: Who are the gunmen abducting Nigerian students?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Who are the gunmen abducting Nigerian students?The recent release of three separate groups of students who had been abducted in northern Nigeria brought joyful reunions and the hope that others still held might soon be freed.
Live Stream: Pentagon holds press briefing following US drone strike in Afghanistan
Read full article: Live Stream: Pentagon holds press briefing following US drone strike in AfghanistanWatch live coverage as the Pentagon holds a briefing with Press Secretary John Kirby and Army Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor. The briefing comes after the U.S. drone strike targeted an ISIS-K planner.
‘It is our duty and honor to welcome them’: Whitmer on Michigan preparing to receive Afghan refugees
Read full article: ‘It is our duty and honor to welcome them’: Whitmer on Michigan preparing to receive Afghan refugeesGovernor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement as the United States prepares to receive Afghans.
LIVE STREAM: President Biden to address nation on deadly chaos in Afghanistan
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: President Biden to address nation on deadly chaos in AfghanistanPresident Joe Biden is returning to the White House Monday to address the nation on the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan. Watch it live here at 3:45 p.m.
Transport your tastebuds across the world through a giant screen
Read full article: Transport your tastebuds across the world through a giant screenA food network star and world traveler is ready to take us on a culinary journey. Chef Robert Irvine is known for his shows Restaurant: Impossible and Dinner: Impossible - now he has a new show that is all about celebrating food from around the world.
Live Stream: Virgin Galactic launches spacecraft with Richard Branson into space
Read full article: Live Stream: Virgin Galactic launches spacecraft with Richard Branson into spaceThrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson is streaking toward space aboard his own winged rocket ship in his boldest adventure yet.