A man with Down syndrome killed in an Israeli raid in southern Syria, residents say
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Trump says Iran is making up strikes on ships to drive up oil prices
The U.S. Central Command posted a celebration Thursday of 100 days of its reinstated blockade on Iranian ships entering or exiting ports through the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade has prevented $25 billion in crude oil exports by Iran, according to CENTCOM.
Back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil presidential run-off goes down to the wire
Brazil's future within the margin of error ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff: most of the latest polls put the far-right's Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... a lead that's narrowed after last weekend's acrimomious debate.
Trump says he asked Google CEO to rename Atlantic Ocean on Maps
Tech company previously complied with president’s demand to rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America Donald Trump said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America. Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday, the president said he had called Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, to ask whether the company could “handle” his proposal.
Scientists turned art detectives date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual night sky in 1889
A team of South Korean researchers has put forward a new date for the night sky depicted in Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famed masterpiece "The Starry Night". Art historians have long assumed the stars were a product of the artist's fantasy or dated the scene to June 1889 based on the artist's known location and other factors, but astronomical details like the sliver crescent moon didn't line up.