Filipino students need to know about Holocaust, says Israel
PASIG CITY, Philippines - Israeli has formally requested the story of the Holocaust be added to the education curriculum in ...
Cardinal George Pell case far from over
MELBOURNE, Australia - While Cardinal George Pell's appeal has been denied, the case that has divided Australia is far from ...
Countries failing to honour funding pledges causing chaos in Yemen
SANA'A, Yemen - The United Nations is being forced to shut down a number of humanitarian programmes in Yemen. The ...
Pell case likely to end up in Australian High Court
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia - Victoria's Court of Appeal on Wednesday delivered one of the most significant judgments in Australian legal ...
Bus hijacking in Brazil ends, hijacker dead, hostages freed
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A hostage situation in Rio de Janeiro involving a bus and thirty seven hostages has ...
Situation in Persian Gulf described as troubling and complex
NEW YORK, New York - The UN Security Council has been briefed on the escalating hostilities in the Middle East. ...
Continuation of current situation in Yemen untenable, says UN envoy
ADEN, Yemen - A month ago, the United Nations top Yemen envoy told the Security Council the country was facing ...
Stealing personal identification data causing nightmares for victims
The headquarters of a large national bank had detected fraud on an account and sent word to an Atlanta branch ...
Jordan considered closing Israeli embassy, expelling ambassador
AMMAN, Jordan - While Israel is being courted by Arab countries to establish diplomatic relations, members of Jordan's parliament are ...
Tensions flare as Bangladesh tries to send Rohingya home
Protests erupted in parts of Bangladesh's Rohingya camps on Wednesday as authorities attempted to restart controversial plans to begin sending ...
For Istanbul's Syrians, a time of hoping and hiding
When Syrian refugees first arrived in Istanbul almost eight years ago, many made for Fatih, a district of historic mosques ...
Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school comeback
Teaching connected-style handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. Older generations have ...
Somalia Regional Lawmakers Re-elect Incumbent as Leader Amid Tensions
Lawmakers in Somalia's regional state of Jubbaland have re-elected incumbent Ahmed Mohamed Islam as the leader in a controversial election ...
Soviet Symbols Aren't 'Funny,' Lithuania Tells Amazon
Lithuania has urged American online retailer Amazon to stop selling clothing featuring the hammer and sickle and other Soviet symbols, ...
Anti-Vaxxers In Ukraine Demand Schools Let Their Children In
About 200 parents who oppose vaccination have gathered in the center of the Ukrainian capital to demand that their children ...
Molotov-Ribbentrop What? Do Russians Know Of Key World War II Pact?
It's an anniversary few in the Kremlin, or elsewhere in Russia for that matter, are keen to talk about -- ...
Ramaphosa says he gave EFF MPs money out of generosity
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave money to two EFF MPs as an act of generosity with no strings attached, he told ...
Giraffes Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Nations around the world moved Thursday to protect giraffes as an endangered species for the first time, ...
Crucial Round of US-Taliban Peace Talks Under Way
Updated: Aug. 22, 2019, 4:37 p.m.ISLAMABAD - The United States and the Afghan Taliban have resumed peace talks in Qatar ...
Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm
Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction. In May, a ...
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More InformationMore Irish people returning home to live, than leaving the country
DUBLIN, Ireland - 'Returning to Ireland', a new online information portal for Irish emigrants seeking to move back to Ireland ...
Little movement in Asian stocks
SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks were little moved in Asian trading on Thursday.The Nikkei 225 rose 9.44 points or 0.05% to ...
New European HQ for ActiveCampaign to be in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ireland - A Chicago-headquartered email marketing, sales & marketing automation, and CRM software company is to open an office ...
U.S. stocks gain, Dow jumps 241 points
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rose strongly on Wednesday as retailers reported positive earnings and the minutes of ...
Asian stocks directionless, Nikkei 225 loses 59 points
NEW YORK, New York - Stocks in the Asian region were flat to weaker on Wednesday.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 ...
Chancellor may delay central bank governor appointment
LONDON, UK - A sure sign the UK government has gone into limbo are two measures now being considered, which ...
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Abbott Ireland announces expansion plans, new jobs
DONEGAL, Ireland - Announcing plans to expand its workforce in Donegal, the U.S. healthcare giant Abbott unveiled plans to create 500 new jobs in the country.Abbott Ireland currently hires c ...
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