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A two-year-old boy is safe and has made a full recovery after a brave bystander rescued him from the jaws of an angry hippopotamus. The boy was nearly swallowed whole before he was rescued, Uganda police said.  The hippo attack occurred on Dec. 4, at around 3:00 p.m. near the …

An official in Germany is speculating that the rupture of a 46-foot aquarium in Berlin is the result of “material fatigue.” A massive aquarium in a downtown Berlin hotel burst Friday, releasing 264,000 gallons of water and 1,500 fish and injuring two people.  MASSIVE BERLIN AQUARIUM WITH 1,500 FISH BURSTS, …

Missing person Ken DeLand Jr. has been found and is reunited with his mother in Lyon, France as he prepares for repatriation. DeLand, the upstate New York college student who had been missing in France since last month, was found to be alive in Spain nearly three weeks later after …

One of the highest-ranking officials in the United Nations said that the intergovernmental organization has “serious concerns” about the future of Twitter. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, reacted Saturday to the suspension and reinstatement of several journalists on the Twitter social media platform. ELON MUSK …

Hundreds of tourists remain stranded in a town near the ruins of the mountain city of Machu Picchu as protests grip the country of Peru.  Americans, Europeans and South Americas cannot leave the town of Aguas Calientas, near the base of Machu Picchu, since the government has suspended train service …

China could experience over one million deaths caused by the spread of COVID next year, according to a new projection. The U.S.-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) announced Friday that Beijing’s decision to abruptly lift restrictions combating its spread could facilitate a rapid spike and spread of the …

Hunting down ISIS in Iraq Fighters from Ansar-al-Marjiiya Brigade, a Public Mobilization Force formed to fight ISIS, during a recent battle with an ISIS cell in the Hatra Desert in Iraq. On Wednesday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced that U.S. investigators would return seven Mesopotamian and Neo-Babylonian seals to …

A Lebanese court has upheld the death sentence for an Uber driver convicted of killing a British woman who worked for the U.K. Embassy in Beirut five years ago, the embassy said Friday. According to a statement from the embassy, Lebanon’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by Tariq Houshieh …

Dozens of children have died during the Iranian government’s crackdown on protests across the country, prompting some to urge the United Nations to kick Iran from the global body.  “The time has come for the international community to stand with the people of Iran, to accept their will, and to …

German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday. The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning and traveled back to Germany shortly thereafter. Becker “has thus served his sentence and …