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Schools and some businesses were closed and few people walked the streets of a town south of Mexico’s capital Tuesday, hours after five people were gunned down on the same street where another attack left eight dead just eight months earlier.  Huitzilac is at the center of a restive area in Morelos state with competing criminal organizations and illegal logging. …

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further expand his collection of nuclear-capable weapons to counter rival nations. The North Korean state media report came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected …

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds of buildings were toppled after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a region near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, close to the Himalayan border with Nepal on Tuesday. Tremors were felt in Nepal. The quake struck shortly after 9 a.m. at a depth of 6.2 miles in Dingri County in Tibet, Chinese state media reported. …

Russia said Sunday that Ukraine had launched a “counterattack” in the western border region of Kursk, where Kyiv’s forces began a shock ground offensive last August. It was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in the region, but pro-Kremlin military bloggers reported earlier that a powerful new offensive was under way. The assault comes at a critical juncture …

Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the western border region of Kursk, warning that Russia was “getting what it deserves.” Though it was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in the region, the assault comes at a critical juncture in the nearly three-year conflict with both sides seeking to boost their negotiating hand ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald …

Age Concern Hampshire and SSAFA Hampshire, the Armed Forces charity, have announced a new partnership that will greatly benefit older residents across Hampshire. The collaboration will provide essential services and activities to support and enhance the wellbeing of older individuals in the community. As a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans, and their families, SSAFA Hampshire’s contribution will …

A significant biodiversity survey conducted in Peru’s Alto Mayo region has led to the discovery of at least 27 new species, including a striking ‘blob-headed’ bristlemouth armored catfish from the genus Chaetostoma. The research, carried out in 2022, highlighted the region’s ecological importance, spanning approximately 780,700 hectares in the San Martín department. The survey documented species from the Andes to …

TESRenewal, the modding group behind the Oblivion remake, Skyblivion, has released the latest roadmap to showcase the progress and what to expect this coming year. With only one region of the nine in Cyrodiil left to complete, the devs are inviting more volunteers to help expedite the final touches and achieve the promised 2025 roll out date. The high-profile modding …

The price of Bitcoin saw no overall gain over the past week as the premier cryptocurrency continued to undergo a market correction. Despite multiple upward movements, Bitcoin struggled to break past the $100,000 resistance with its price performance in December continuing to deviate from earlier bullish predictions. Amidst this development, market analysts continue to roll out projections on Bitcoin’s potential …