Tag: destroyed
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Israel has destroyed or damaged 80% of schools in Gaza. This is scholasticide | Chandni Desai
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As Palestinians were commemorating the 76th anniversary of their ongoing forced dispossession and expulsion from their native lands, known in Arabic as the Nakba, Israeli forces bombed six United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) schools in Jabalia in northern Gaza, burned one in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, and…
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Ukraine Claims One of Its Biggest Attacks Inside Russia Just Destroyed Six Bombers
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Ukraine is claiming to have destroyed at least six warplanes at an airfield in Russia in a major drone attack Friday. Another eight aircraft were damaged in the attack at the military installation near Morozovsk in Russia’s Rostov region bordering Ukraine, officials told the Associated Press. Regional Gov. Vasily Golubev warned late Thursday that local…
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Strong earthquakes in Japan leave dozens dead, buildings destroyed
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On Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the western coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, as well as for the northern island of Hokkaido. The warning was downgraded several hours later, and all tsunami warnings were lifted as…
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Hamas militants destroyed a kibbutz; SoCal residents help rebuild
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Armed security guards dressed in black scanned the invitation list before waving each guest inside. They kept a sharp eye out for trouble as they milled about the crowd of more than 130 — gathered not at an embassy or government compound but in the backyard of a stately home in Southern California. Some of…
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Opinion | Should California Rebuild Towns Nearly Destroyed by Wildfire?
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Before the fire that destroyed almost everything here, Paradise was one of those blunders of American suburbia, a misplaced place that made little ecological sense. It inhabited a California landscape that wasn’t quite rolling foothill or rugged Sierra but an in-between zone where Ponderosa pines, Douglas firs and incense cedars kept the earth from baking…
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Italian Artist’s Iconic Work Destroyed by Vandals in Naples
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MILAN (AP) — Vandals set fire and destroyed a seminal artwork by one of Italy’s most famous living artists early Wednesday outside Naples’ City Hall. By the time flames were doused, all that was left of the installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto was a charred frame. Pistoletto’s artwork, titled “Venus of the Rags” had been display…
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Basement apartments destroyed by flood leave residents hanging
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Mariajose Pama Serna, 7, came with her family to Cicero from Colombia in hopes of securing asylum. The family had recently moved into a garden apartment in town thanks to donations and hard work, said Mariajose’s mother, Alejandra Serna. But their apartment in the 1900 block of 51st Court in Cicero was one of the…
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Zelenskyy Visits Area Flooded By Destroyed Dam As 5 Reported Dead In Russian-Occupied City
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KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam have died in massive flooding triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago. Vladimir Leontyev, the…
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Tornado survivors recount flying debris, destroyed buildings
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WYNNE, Ark. — With tornadoes hitting the Midwest and the South this weekend, some survivors said they emerged from their homes to find buildings ripped apart, vehicles tossed around like toys, shattered glass and felled trees. J.W. Spencer, 88, had never experienced a tornado before, but when he and his wife saw on TV that…
