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Ireland votes in a close-run election where incumbents hope to cling on to power

Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government — and will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, international instability and cost-of-living pressures.Polls opened at 7 a.m.. (0700GMT), and Ireland’s 3.8 million voters…

UK lawmakers vote in favor of bill legalizing assisted dying

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).England and Wales edged closer to legalizing assisted dying after lawmakers approved a contentious bill in the House of Commons on Friday to allow…

Missing Canadian hiker found alive after spending weeks in blistering cold

A hiker who had been missing for more than six weeks was located in the Canadian wilderness earlier this week, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).The Northern Rockies RCMP were notified on Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. that Sam Benastick, 20, had been located. He had been reported…

Russia and Syria bomb Syrian Islamist rebels after surprise incursion

JERUSALEM – A radical Islamist group unleashed its biggest military incursion against Syrian regime forces since 2020 in the northwest of the war-ravaged Syrian Arab Republic, triggering Russian and Syrian warplanes on Thursday to bomb the insurgent offensive.Rebels led by the U.S-designated Islamist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stormed a…