Yearly Archives: 2018

U.S. denies Syria claim that U.S.-led coalition bombed troops

Syrian state TV said the airstrike occurred around midnight in the village of al-Hari, and was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State. But a coalition spokesman said it had not carried out any strikes in the area.          

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Refugee Crisis Prompts Student Art Project

Discarded life jackets on a beach in Greece inspired artwork by a teenager who wanted to learn more about the refugee crisis. Achilleas Souras, the 17-year-old creator of the artwork, titled SOS: Save Our Souls, hopes his project prompts others to learn as well.  Souras was 15 and living in Barcelona when the flood of refugees from places that include …

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Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Japan, Killing 3, Injuring Hundreds

The temblor caused severe damage to roads: bursting water mains and setting fires across the prefecture. Crumbling concrete walls killed two people, while another was struck by a bookshelf. (Image credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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