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French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children, Georges Loinger, dies at 108
French Resistance hero Georges Loinger, who used his ingenuity and athletic prowess to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, has died at the age of 108. A talented athlete and cousin of the famous mime artist and fellow Resistance ...
Israeli author Amos Oz, one of the country's most widely acclaimed writers and a pre-eminent voice in its embattled peace movement, died on Friday after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 79. His daughter, Fania Oz-Salzberger, announced her father's death on Twitter. "My ...
Outspoken poet fears for his people as China 'Sinicizes' religion
Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people's oppression under Mao Zedong. The 39-year-old poet was born after the Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, when the Hui — China's second-largest Muslim ethnic group — were among the masses tormented by ...
A family member says America's oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be oldest living man in the U.S. has died in Texas. Richard Overton was 112. Shirley Overton, whose husband was Richard's cousin, says the Army veteran died Thursday evening at ...
On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs. The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt's ancient ...
100 years ago, airmail took flight on wings of Frenchman who founded Aeropostale
On Dec. 25, 1918, a daring French industrialist launched the world's first airmail service, flying between the southwest French city of Toulouse and Barcelona in northeast Spain. It was the beginning of an adventure that would soon see pioneering pilots from the company, best known ...
Experts warn DNA test kit users about results, privacy as sales soar ahead of Christmas
This Christmas, many Americans will find the gifts under their tree may lead to a long-lost relative or a map of ancestral migrations. Or perhaps the discovery that their father is not who they think he is. Sales of DNA testing kits are booming, as citizens ...
Britain's Liberal Democrat party has announced the death of former leader Paddy Ashdown after a short illness. He was 77. The popular, articulate Ashdown was for decades a prominent figure in Britain and continental Europe. He was known for his intellect, outspoken nature and wit. Ashdown ...
Heisei in perspective: Name proclamation opened new era for Japan in 1989
The Heisei Era was heralded by the announcement on Jan. 7, 1989, of its name by then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Obuchi, who solemnly displayed calligraphy of its kanji at a televised news conference. The proclamation, which came hours after the death at age 87 of ...
Philippines honors Japan's Christian feudal warlord Takayama Ukon
The Philippines on Friday honored Takayama Ukon, a Japanese feudal warlord who was exiled to the Southeast Asian country 404 years ago because he was Christian. In marking the anniversary of the daimyo's arrival in the Philippines on Dec. 21, 1614, the municipal government of ...
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of Cairo, authorities said Saturday. "Today we are announcing the last discovery of the year 2018 — it's a new discovery, it's a ...
China basketball fans shock with Nanking Massacre death chant
Fans of the Shanghai Sharks basketball team taunted their Nanjing opponents with a death chant on the anniversary of a 1937 Japanese military massacre in their city, triggering outrage and an investigation. The Sharks, best known as the team where Yao Ming made his name ...
