Viking treasure reveals oldest reference to Norse god Odin

The disc features an inscription: “He is Odin’s man,” said Krister Vasshus, a linguist who helped to decipher the runic inscription. He added that it also features a name or nickname “Jaga” or “JagaR,” who was likely the king or ruler of the place where the bracteate was made. This “can tell More...

Russian missile barrage hits Ukrainian power plant and key energy infrastructure
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Moms in Mexico keep searching for the missing, even as officials rallied to find the kidnapped Americans
MEXICO CITY — While the FBI and the Mexican National Guard scrambled to find the four abducted Americans, María Isabel Cruz Bernal has spent years searching for her missing son herself with the help More...

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ star Chaim Topol dies at 87
Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” More...

Afghan girls robotics team seeks to inspire others this Women’s History Month
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China has become a tough target for U.S. spies
With Washington and Beijing locked in a tense superpower rivalry, the United States faces a daunting task in discerning the intentions of leaders in a country where power is increasingly concentrated and surveillance More...

Deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico highlights dangers of cartel-run border towns, experts say
The daylight abduction of a group of U.S. citizens in Mexico would have been nearly impossible to prevent, and it highlights the perils of crossing the southern border into territories run by drug cartels, retired More...

Israeli troops kill at least 6 Palestinians in raids carried out in broad daylight
JENIN — Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least six Palestinians in the latest in a series of deadly military raids carried out More...

2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico are dead and 2 others are alive, official says
Two of the four Americans who were shot at by gunmen and kidnapped shortly after crossing the border into northern Mexico for a medical procedure last week are dead, according to the governor of Tamaulipas More...

Japan’s new rocket fails on debut flight, in blow to space ambitions
Japan’s new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher’s second-stage engine did not ignite as planned, in a blow to its efforts to cut the cost of accessing More...