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A South Carolina family is grieving the devastating loss of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, who died just two weeks after celebrating the Fourth of July on Lake Murray, one of the state’s most popular recreational spots. The cause of death was a rare and deadly brain infection caused by the microscopic amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which thrives in warm freshwater. Jaysen’s parents, Clarence and Tiffany Carr, were unaware of the amoeba’s existence until doctors, through tears, delivered the crushing diagnosis an infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), nearly always fatal. “He had the best Fourth of July of his life,” said Clarence…

A powerful 8.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off Russia’s Far East coast early Wednesday, triggering a tsunami that impacted parts of the Kuril Islands and Japan’s northern coastline. The seismic jolt has sparked widespread tsunami alerts reaching as far as Hawaii, Alaska, the western coasts of the United States and Canada, and even areas as far south as New Zealand. The earthquake struck at approximately 8:25 a.m. Japan time and was centered roughly 119 kilometers (74 miles) east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a major city on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Initially measured at 8.0, the U.S. Geological Survey later revised the magnitude to 8.8…

Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has reaffirmed that the Nordic country has no immediate plans to formally recognise the State of Palestine, despite mounting international pressure and shifting dynamics within the European Union. Speaking during an official visit to France on Monday, Valtonen told Finnish broadcaster Yle that Helsinki continues to monitor international developments but has not initiated any policy shift. Her comments come in the wake of France’s announcement that it will officially recognise Palestine during the United Nations General Assembly in September a move expected to influence other EU member states. “We are, of course, cooperating with the…

Faced with frustrating red tape in their home country, Polish national Magdalena Kujawińska and her Colombian fiancé Heinner Valenzuela took a different path to say “I do” heading to Copenhagen, Denmark, where liberal marriage laws have turned the capital into a wedding haven for international couples. “We realized that it’s not that easy to get married in Poland,” said 30-year-old Kujawińska, who lives in Krakow with her now-husband. “You need a certificate that you are not married. We tried to get it from Colombia, but it couldn’t reach Poland in time. It was just impossible for us.” After hearing about…

Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto has officially filed an appeal with the Constitutional Council after being disqualified from participating in the country’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled for October 2025. Kamto, who finished second to President Paul Biya in the contentious 2018 race, was barred last week by the national electoral body Elecam. The agency claimed that Kamto’s political party, Manidem, had already submitted a candidate for this year’s election, thereby disqualifying Kamto’s own candidacy. The decision has triggered outrage among Kamto’s supporters, who accuse Elecam of selective enforcement. “Other parties have registered multiple candidates without consequences,” one supporter told local…

In yet another horrifying episode of violence in Nigeria’s northwestern region, bandits operating in Zamfara State have reportedly killed 33 hostages despite receiving a ransom payment of over $33,000, according to survivors and local officials. The victims were among 51 residents abducted in February from Banga village in Kaura Namoda district during a brazen raid that left two people dead. Families, desperate to save their loved ones, raised the ransom in two instalments over several months only to be betrayed. Last Friday, only 18 of the captives were released. Survivors revealed a grim tale: their fellow hostages were executed by…

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, scientists believe they have uncovered one of the oldest human burial sites in the world within a limestone cave in central Israel potentially reshaping our understanding of early human spirituality and funerary customs. The site, known as Tinshemet Cave, has yielded the remains of at least five early humans dating back between 100,000 and 110,000 years, meticulously arranged in fetal positions inside shallow pits. The discovery, first detailed in the academic journal Nature Human Behavior earlier this year, places Israel once again at the center of prehistoric exploration into humanity’s origins. “This is one of…

The U.S.-Mexico border has taken on a new face not just of wire and steel, but of combat gear, drones, and soldiers now acting as frontline deterrents in a sweeping militarization effort under the Trump administration. Inside armored vehicles in Arizona’s border hills, U.S. Army scouts like Sgt. Ana Harker-Molina monitor human movement through long-range scopes. On Tuesday, a man attempting to scale the wall into U.S. territory fled back to Mexico after a Border Patrol SUV raced toward the scene. No arrests were made but that, military officials argue, is the point. “Deterrence is actually boring,” said Harker-Molina, 24,…

Landlords in the Finnish capital region say falling rent prices are no longer the central challenge in securing tenants instead, they blame a growing shortage of “reliable” applicants amid an oversaturated housing market. Juha Parviainen, a seasoned property investor with over 20 years in the field, shared his frustration after one of his apartments in East Helsinki remained vacant for months despite a significant rent reduction. “I’ve already lowered the rent by 10 percent, but it’s still hard to find a suitable tenant,” Parviainen told Amnewsworld. “It’s not the price anymore.” He said that scheduled apartment viewings frequently result in…

A disturbing trend of xenophobic harassment against Israeli tourists has been unfolding across Greece over the past week, raising serious concerns about the safety of visitors amid intensifying pro-Palestinian activism. On July 22, an Israeli-owned cruise ship carrying approximately 1,600 passengers was barred from docking at the Greek island of Syros after being confronted by around 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The protest, described by eyewitnesses as “coordinated and hostile,” forced the ship to change course and head to Cyprus instead. The same night, a violent episode unfolded on the island of Rhodes, where a group of Israeli teenagers were reportedly pursued…