Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — The historic Church of St. Porphyrius, Gaza’s oldest active church, was struck Thursday as it sheltered hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the war, according to religious officials. The casualty count and extent of the damage were not immediately clear. The Washington Post geolocated the strike … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A senior Taliban delegation was visiting western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Monday in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people over the weekend and flattened entire villages, a statement said. Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in … Read more
The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an October 2 incident that left a woman stuck underneath a Cruise robotaxi after being hit by a human-driven vehicle. Video captured by Cruise and viewed by TechCrunch shows a robotaxi braking and then running over a pedestrian who is laying in the street after being struck by … Read more
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks with reporters as he departs after a series of failed votes on spending packages at the U.S. Capitol in Washington ahead of a looming government shutdown, Sept. 29, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — Congress and the rest of Washington buzzed Monday over the question of whether President … Read more
An illustration of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is about to launch in 2026.Illustration: ESA In a tragic case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the topic of an area particles cleanup mission was itself hit by a bit of house junk. First Full-Colour Photos From Webb Area Telescope The VESPA … Read more
Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian missile barrage headed towards a army airfield within the nation’s west in a single day, the air pressure mentioned early Friday. It mentioned bombers launched the assault from the path of the Caspian Sea. Moscow accused Kyiv a day earlier of placing a bridge connecting Russian-held territory in … Read more
VATICAN CITY — Scaffolding in a distinct segment of the Vatican Museums’ Spherical Corridor conceal from view the work of restorers who’re eradicating centuries of grime from the most important recognized bronze statue of the traditional world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti. For greater than 150 years, the four-meter-tall (13-foot-tall) determine of the half-human Roman … Read more