Days before Vivian Silver was killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks, the 74-year-old Israeli-Canadian peace activist was planning to drive six critically ill Palestinian patients to a hospital in Jerusalem. A longtime member of Kibbutz Be’eri, Silver often volunteered with Road to Recovery, an Israeli NGO that enlists volunteers to drive buses of … Read more
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a helicopter flight Sunday to check the flooded regions in the northwest of the country, where rivers have swelled and overflowed homes, roads and fields after weeks of heavy rain. In recent days, hundreds of people have been evacuated from affected areas in northern and eastern Germany as … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited into war, back in Moscow, a young Russian who now goes by the name of Karabas was plunged into despair. Shocked by images of what was happening to Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas, he decided to act — against Russia, his home and country. Karabas said … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited into war, back in Moscow, a young Russian who now goes by the name of Karabas was plunged into despair. Shocked by images of what was happening to Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas, he decided to act — against Russia, his home and country. Karabas said he … Read more
The No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers are headed to Tuscaloosa, AL, to take on the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide on October 21 at 3:30pm ET. You can listen to every snap live from Bryant-Denny Stadium on the SiriusXM App and in car radios with your choice of the home or away feed. Stream the Alabama … Read more
TISZAROFF, Hungary — Hundreds of muddy plastic bottles, chunks of Styrofoam and different waterlogged items of garbage are piled onto a flatbed trailer on the banks of the Tisza River in Hungary — a metric ton of waste that was eliminated by hand from the waterway and its floodplain in a single day. It’s the … Read more