Daily Archives: March 10, 2023

People around the world offer to adopt “miracle” baby born in Turkey earthquake rubble

People around the world are offering to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in Syria after Monday’s devastating earthquake. The massive quake and several powerful aftershocks have killed over 22,000 people, as of the latest tallies in both Syria and Turkey on Friday.  When she was rescued, […]

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Re-Tales #30: Just Keep on Usin’ Me

Those of us who aren’t wealthy must often sell something before we can buy a new piece of hi-fi gear, and it’s usually another piece of hi-fi gear. Selling in order to buy makes a great deal of sense because, after all, you only need one of everything (or two in the case of speakers) […]

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Ghanian footballer Christian Atsu remains missing after Turkey earthquakes

Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu remains missing more than a week after the deadly earthquakes which struck Turkey, his agent said Tuesday. Atsu was believed to have been in a building which collapsed in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, in the Hatay province, his Turkish club, Hatayspor, previously reported.  Atsu’s agent, Nana Sechere, […]

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Mexican soldiers seize nearly 630,000 fentanyl pills inside “highest-capacity synthetic drug production lab on record”

Mexican soldiers seized more than a half million fentanyl pills in a raid on the largest synthetic drug lab found to date, the country’s army announced Wednesday. The army said the outdoor lab was discovered in Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is home to the drug cartel of the same […]

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Transcript: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 19, 2023

The following is a transcript of an interview with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that aired Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face The Nation. President Biden heads to Poland this week, his second visit since Russia began its war in Ukraine. For more we go now to […]

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“A very close-held operation”: How Biden made his unannounced visit to Ukraine

Sneaking the leader of the free world into an active war zone in Ukraine isn’t easy.  It took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the Pentagon, Secret Service, intelligence community and White House. Amanda Sloat, a top adviser to President Biden on European affairs, told CBS News that “an incredibly small […]

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'Ready To Fight For It': Haryana Health Minister Plans To Include Ayurveda In MBBS Course

On Friday, the Haryana health minister Anil Vij announced that the state government plans to include a year of compulsory ayurveda studies for students opting for MBBS course.  BCCL According to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, the state has 13 medical colleges, of which the Haryana government runs six.  “To promote the traditional […]

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Venice canals run dry as lingering weather system mires tides, and Alps snow shortage fuels concerns for Italy’s summer

Rome — Venice has long been known for its perennial flooding, but now it’s facing the opposite problem: A long stretch of atypically low tides have left the ancient city with low water and dry canals, making many of its famous waterways unnavigable for the iconic gondolas and other boats that ply its waterways. While Venice’s […]

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Turkey And Syria Earthquake: These Heartbreaking Aerial Images Show Scale Of Destruction

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake tore through Turkey and Syria on Monday, leaving thousands of people dead. Three days after a catastrophic earthquake and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, the death toll climbed above 16,000, in which 12,873 died in turkey and 3,162 in Syria and left thousands of people injured and homeless […]

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Remember The 'Duplicate Ashwin'? He Finally Met His Idol The Real Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin finally met with ‘Ashwin from Gujarat’ on February 7. Baroda cricketer Mahesh Pithiya, who is also called ‘duplicate Ashwin’, got the chance to meet his idol in Nagpur a couple of days before the opening Test match between India and Australia, as per TNN.  “I was thrilled as Ashwin sir recognised me and […]

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