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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country’s most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law last week, the Changwon […]

PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing” ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually cold April morning, around 30 teenage boys and young […]

The city of Salisbury has responded to concerns about PFAS contamination in its water supply, saying it currently meets all quality regulations required by state and federal agencies. According to city officials, water standards from oth the Maryland Department of Environment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were met despite a newly released EPA report that […]

TechCrunch Adobe claims its new image generation model is its best yet Firefly, Adobe’s family of generative AI models, doesn’t have the best reputation among creatives. The Firefly image generation model in particular has been derided as underwhelming and flawed compared to Midjourney, OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, and other rivals, with a tendency to distort limbs […]

Crews were called to a fire at a Westmoreland County shopping center early Tuesday. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE The fire broke out around 2:50 a.m. at the Latrobe 30 Plaza in Unity Township. Officials told Channel 11 the fire started in a country store and spread to neighboring businesses. Video obtained by […]

Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain’s unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, after the UK parliament approved the legislation, the Rwandan government wants to fill these echoing rooms and halls within a matter of weeks. Rwanda has largely stood back and watched the legal wrangling in Britain over the controversial plan […]

An adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said in February that the government would implement parts of a white paper that recommended the scrapping and merging of some state-owned entities. Weeks later, social media posts alleged that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and three others were among those to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week. The administration plans to announce a new goal of protecting, restoring and reconnecting 8 million acres (3.2 million hectares) of threatened wetlands and […]

Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had no plans of ever living in Rwanda. In northern Kigali, Hope Hostel sits on a hill overlooking the capital. Across town in the southwest sits the Bwiza Riverside Estate, where […]

Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain’s unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, after the UK parliament approved the legislation, the Rwandan government wants to fill these echoing rooms and halls within a matter of weeks. Rwanda has largely stood back and watched the legal wrangling in Britain over the controversial plan […]