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A Russian sumo wrestler once dubbed "the world's strongest kid," who weighed 210 pounds when he was just 6 years old, has died at the age of 21, according to a report. Dzhambulat Khatokhov became a heavyweight sensation ...

Part II of a 2-part essay in defense of Rabindranath Tagore and Jana Gana Mana. The first appeared in Countercurrents in 2003. With the emerging fundamentalist intolerance and bigotry extending its ominious tentacles acr...

Tens of thousands of litres of water are escaping in a water-stressed area For the last two weeks the manhole outside our neighbour's property has been leaking in a steady flow. We are now getting damp coming through our...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday another ban on alcohol sales in the country, saying that "reckless behavior due to alcohol intoxication has contributed to increased transmission" of the corona...

The FBI is still trying to determine a motive behind the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville that injured at least eight people and damaged 40 buildings. Police have identified Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the ...

A disgraced Indiana school teacher got slammed with a four-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a student in his classroom when she was just 13 years old, according to a report. Eric Gerdes, 39, pleaded guilty in...

The senator's deal is criticized as a massive taxpayer-backed payoff to major campaign contributors.

The 77-year-old Republican former House speaker says Trump will 'remain a dominant figure for a fairly long period of time' Some blame Donald Trump. Others blame social media. And those with longer memories blame Newt Gi...

A wild viral video shows a white man being smacked in the face with a can of Twisted Tea at an Ohio gas station after he repeatedly calls a black customer the n-word. The clip begins with the belligerent customer spewing...

Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who went to Wuhan in February to report about the emerging coronavirus outbreak, was sentenced on Monday by a Chinese court to four years in prison after being charged with "picking fight...

Artist Leo Carson calls damage 'act of racist aggression aimed at suppressing fight for black freedom' Police have said they are investigating what appears to be an act of vandalism after a statue of Breonna Taylor, erec...

John Leguizamo stars in Critical Thinking about the Miami Jackson High School chess team which went on to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out lawmakers from both parties who have spoken out against tweaking the COVID stimulus bill to raise the value of direct payments to eligible Americans from $600 to $2...

As a COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across the U.S., top malls are likely to bounce back in 2021 but those in trouble may close more quickly.       

Food and Drug Administration's list of disinfecting products that consumers should avoid grows ever longer.

Cast has been set and shoot scheduled for the Arabic-language remake of Italian box office smash hit Perfect Strangers. Lebanese actress and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (Capernaum) has been cast alongside Egyptian star Mona ...

Experts suggest officials saved time by copying and pasting text from old legislation.

Investigators believe the Nashville bomber acted alone in plotting the Christmas explosion.

Salma Hayek prepared to welcome the new year on Tuesday as she shared a couple of totally...

Experts fear misinformation and development worries could undermine efforts to control pandemic Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has been high among those offer...

Photojournalist Jonny Weeks returns to University hospital in Coventry in the week the jab starts being rolled out As Margaret Keenan, 90, was being discharged from University hospital in Coventry this month, hand-in-han...

California was the first state to lock down and avoided overwhelming its hospitals. Nine months later, its leaders are struggling as conditions worsen At the San Joaquin hospital in California's Central Valley, nurses co...