Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek lecture hall within a gymnasium complex in Italy, making it one of the earliest known examples of a school-like facility in the ancient world, according to researchers. Built in the second century B.C., the Agrigento facility is believed to be among the first to combine physical health and intellectual pursuit, according to…
The commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland has been fired after she sent a base-wide email breaking with official messaging following Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the Danish territory that President Donald Trump is seeking to annex. In a statement late Thursday, the Space Force said Col. Susan Meyers was removed…
Defending champion Canada scored three goals in a span of 2:32 while beating Switzerland 4-0 for consecutive shutouts at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Friday. Laura Stacey had a goal and an assist, Micah Zandee-Hart, Natalie Spooner and Daryl Watts also scored and captain Marie-Philip Poulin recorded three assists in the Group A…
Israel controls more of Gaza than at any point during the war, part of a plan that officials increasingly describe as leading to a full military occupation. Israel calculates this new strategy would improve its chances of definitively uprooting Iranian-backed Hamas. But taking control of the Palestinian enclave for the first time in two decades would be…
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking…
Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the U.S. as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana found Friday during a hearing over… © Japan Today
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s decision to challenge Sen. John Cornyn sets up what’s likely to be a bitter and expensive Republican primary — and a battle for President Donald Trump’s endorsement – in the nation’s most populous red state. Paxton is positioning himself as a disruptor, pledging in a social media post to “take a sledgehammer to the D.C….
Justin Rose is once again in position to add a longed-for second major title to his impressive resume, and the 44-year-old Englishman says there’s no “secret recipe” to what he’ll need to do to win the Masters. “If it was a secret recipe, you’d know it by now,” Rose said after firing a one-under par…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is scheduled to hold talks with the head of Japan’s biggest labor union umbrella group on Monday, as he has pledged to take measures… © Japan Today
President Donald Trump said that he plans to withhold all federal funding to sanctuary cities, a move that would pressure finances from New York to San Francisco. “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims,” the president said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday. “They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over…
