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Kononenko and Chub surpassed the previous record for the longest continuous stay in space under the ISS program, which had been set by cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio in September 2023. The trio spent 370 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, and 16 seconds aboard the ISS.

The Enhanced Presidential Security Act mandates the US Secret Service to use the same criteria for determining the number of agents needed to protect presidents, vice presidents, and major presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

Israel's military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.

Move comes after several walkie-talkies and pagers exploded in the country

The officials say US did not get advance warning of the second wave of attacks, with walkie-talkie radios targeted Wednesday

African experts have estimated the continent might need about 10 million vaccines to stop the ongoing outbreaks

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Forces say it targeted Hamas militants at a command and control centre previously known as the Ibn Al-Haytham school in Gaza City

Mohanarajan Mohan, who is going through a divorce and was drunk at the time of the offences, pleads guilty

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Urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint, recommit to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), return to cessation of hostilities to restore stability

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Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

Taiwanese firm says pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital

Accident occurred in Saminaka town of Kaduna during religious celebration

Of the 41,000 deaths reported, 7,613 are unidentified Palestinians whose bodies have been received by hospitals and morgues. The identified victims include 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks on October 7, and a man born in 1922, who had lived through more than a century of war and unrest.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the blasts, which occurred just hours after Israel announced it was expanding its war objectives, initially sparked by Hamas attacks on October 7, to include fighting Hezbollah along the Lebanon border.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called the day's events "an extremely concerning escalation in an already unacceptably volatile context." She urged all parties to avoid further actions or aggressive rhetoric that could spark a broader conflict.

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Hundreds of people were wounded in Beirut's suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday.

Israel repeatedly says it targets Hamas militants in retaliation for the October 7 attacks in southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people

“There is no place for political violence or any violence in our country,” Biden said after being briefed on the shooting at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He added, “I have directed my team to ensure the Secret Service has every resource and measure necessary to guarantee the former President’s safety.”