Nearly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a new Holocaust exhibit highlights the personal items Jews took with them when they fled the Nazis.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023 marks the 78th anniversary since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945.
Netherlands joins ‘disturbing’ trend of decline in Holocaust knowledge, new survey finds
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day a survey found the number of Dutch respondents who consider it a myth was higher than previously surveyed nations.
Gold-covered mummy and 4,000-year-old burial plot among latest Egyptian discoveries
Recent archaeological finds in Egypt include a family burial plot and an excavated Roman city near Luxor. Two ancient tombs were found near Cairo.
Islamic State leader operating in Somalia, Bilal al-Sudani, killed by US military forces
Bilal al-Sudani, a senior Islamic State leader who operated out of Somalia, was killed in a raid, the White House said Thursday.
Russia praises decision allowing its athletes to compete in 2024 Olympics; Kremlin missiles pound Ukraine: Updates
The group Global Athlete said allowing Russians to compete “sends a message … that the IOC endorses Russia’s brutal war and invasion.” Updates.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Putin is a ‘nobody’ amid Russia’s invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is “not interested” in being alone in a room with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As Biden seeks to avoid wider war, delivery of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine escalates conflict
Biden’s announcement signaled that the war, launched with an unprovoked invasion and soon to enter its second year, shows no sign of ending.
‘We are all children of God:’ Pope Francis says homosexuality is not a crime in interview
Pope Francis said laws criminalizing homosexuality are “unjust,” calling homosexuality a sin for Catholic worshippers, but not a crime.
Italy mourns death of ‘beloved,’ mischievous brown bear burglar, Juan Carrito
The famed Marsican brown bear named Juan Carrito died after it was hit by a car near the town of Castel di Sangro in central Italy.