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The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 54 on Monday, officials said, as rescuers searched for more than a dozen still missing. Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia’s Java island collapsed suddenly last week as students gathered for afternoon prayers. As of this morning, “we have retrieved 54 dead victims, including … Read more
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its immune responses.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has said that the severe cyclonic storm Shakti over the west-central and adjoining northwest Arabian Sea has weakened into a cyclonic storm over the past six hours. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)’s latest advisory issued on Monday, the system is now centred near latitude 19.6°N and longitude 60.4°E, about … Read more
[Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development.
They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?
Two years of intense warfare in Gaza have left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.
[Comcast, Oracle and Spotify recently doubled up on top executives, a rare setup that some say could become more common.
Though significant issues remain to be hashed out between Israel and Hamas, some are saying that after two years of death and destruction, a breakthrough may be near.
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Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris talked about paintings that made an impression and, like their characters in “Art,” had questions about one another’s taste.