LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge. The song is gothic lounge music for a listener who only has about two minutes to have their heart broken — a silky soft slow burn stacked with a choir, organ, bass and most critically, pedal steel guitar, the … Read more
Israeli ground forces are confronting Hamas fighters across the Gaza Strip in the clearest indication yet that a planned ground offensive in the enclave’s refugee-crowded south has begun, as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians. The Hamas Palestinian militant group on Sunday said its fighters clashed with Israeli troops about 2km from the … Read more
Israel is apparently preparing to expand its ground offensive in Gaza into a third section of the territory. Palestinian refugee camps were bombarded in central Gaza on Tuesday, residents said. More than 20,600 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children, have been killed since the start of the war, according to the Health Ministry in … Read more
Eleven climbers have been found dead in Indonesia following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official says, as a search to find 12 more missing was temporarily halted over safety concerns. Three survivors were found on Monday along with the bodies of the 11 climbers, who were among 75 people … Read more
An American couple who died as the result of a devastating crash a week before Christmas were on their way to tell family they were expecting a baby. Parker, 26, and Chloe Stott, 24, were travelling home to Arizona on December 20 when they were hit head-on by a truck near the town of Wickenburg. … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The doctors gave Shaimaa Nabahin an impossible choice: lose your left leg or risk death. The 22-year-old had been hospitalized in Gaza for around a week, after her ankle was partially severed in an Israeli airstrike, when doctors told her she was suffering from blood poisoning. Nabahin chose to maximize … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants, while Palestinians have mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials say were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip just hours after one of the besieged enclave’s deadliest nights in the 11-week-old … Read more
Australia remains a safe place for Jewish people, the deputy prime minister has affirmed, despite Israel issuing travel warnings for its citizens looking to visit. Israel has upgraded travel warnings to multiple countries, including Australia, following a rise in anti-Semitism stemming from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Travel warnings to Australia have been … Read more
A young boy has died after eating poisonous berries on a walk in a park with his father, just months after moving to England from Australia. Benn Curran-Nicholls, 14, moved to Manchester with his family in June 2022. The teenager, who lived with severe autism, walked to Fletcher Moss Park in the suburb of Didsbury … Read more
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — King Charles III reflected his coronation theme of public service Monday in a Christmas message that he connected to the health of the planet and wars that are raging. In a prerecorded video shot with him standing beside a Christmas tree in Buckingham Palace, the king spoke of the message … Read more
