Iair Horn, 46, is an Argentine Israeli who was also kidnapped from his home in kibbutz Nir Oz along with his brother Eitan Horn, 38, who remains in captivity. Sasha Alexander Troufanov, 29, is a Russian Israeli who was abducted along with his family in kibbutz Nir Oz. His father was murdered in captivity, while...
LONDON — Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes the accumulation of long-term injuries experienced by some clubs is an “accident waiting to happen” because of the increased demands on players in a congested soccer calendar. Arteta said he felt a “big pain in the tummy” after seeing Kai Havertz pick up a serious hamstring injury at...
LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins broke out of a scoring slump with 38 points, helping sixth-ranked Southern California topple No. 1 UCLA 71-60 and further delivering on her goal of restoring the program to its earlier glory. Some of those Trojans stars from the early 1980s — including Hall of Famers Cheryl Miller and Tina...
“It really is the heart of Roman London, where the big decisions that were made impacted the rest of London and also the wider Roman world in Britain,” Henderson-Schwartz added. Hannah Platts, a lecturer in ancient history and material culture at the University of London, said that the basilica’s discovery was “hugely significant” because it...
SEOUL, South Korea — Six people have died in a fire at a hotel resort construction site in South Korea’s port city of Busan, according to the city’s fire agency, with a helicopter used to pluck some 14 people to safety after they had taken refuge on a rooftop. Around 100 people had been evacuated at the sprawling construction site, where work had been...
Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Friday morning for diagnostic tests and what the Vatican said was continuing treatment for bronchitis. “This morning, at the end of the audiences, Pope Francis was admitted to the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli for some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his treatment for bronchitis,” it...
BANGKOK — Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand’s army announced Thursday. In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia, the Thai army said it was coordinating an effort to repatriate some...
MELBOURNE, Australia — A man from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022, a court official said Friday. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release, a Fiji High Court...
DENVER — Prosecutors on Friday are set to present evidence that a Colorado dentist charged with killing his wife also tried to get a fellow inmate to kill a detective investigating him. James Craig is accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes nearly two years ago, allegedly ordering a rush shipment of potassium cyanide that he said...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request to extradite a doctor who was charged with prescribing abortion pills online to a Louisiana resident last month. “I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Hochul said at a news conference Thursday after her office...