Common low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds
Low-calorie sweeteners erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to clot more readily. Read More
Biden to condemn isolationism at cliffs of Normandy in echo of Reagan
PARIS – Near the cliff that U.S. Army Rangers scaled 80 years ago on D-Day, U.S. President Joe Biden planned on Friday to compare the threats posed by Nazi Germany…
University of Pennsylvania bans protest encampments from its campus for the first time
The University of Pennsylvania’s administration said that the new rules will be reviewed by a faculty-led task force in the 2024-25 academic year. Read More
University of Pennsylvania bans protest encampments from its campus for the first time
The University of Pennsylvania’s administration said that the new rules will be reviewed by a faculty-led task force in the 2024-25 academic year. Read More
While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 7
A selection of news stories that happened overnight, June 7, 2024. Read More
Hamas has not responded to latest ceasefire proposal, Qatar foreign ministry says
CAIRO – Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on Thursday that Hamas has not yet handed mediators its response to the latest ceasefire proposal and is still studying it,…
Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM – Israel hit a Gaza school on June 6 with what it described as a targeted airstrike on up to 30 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters inside, and a…
Biden warns democracy ‘at risk’ as international leaders mark D-Day
Leaders mark the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Read More
Polish soldier dies after being stabbed by migrants on border with Belarus
WARSAW – A Polish soldier died on Thursday after he was stabbed on the border with Belarus by migrants trying to cross into the European Union, the army said, while…
US imposes sanctions on Palestinian group Lions’ Den over West Bank violence
WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Palestinian militant group Lions’ Den, the State Department said, in the latest move aimed at those Washington says threaten peace…