By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2024 8:04 AM
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte testified before a Senate investigation into his so-called "war on drugs" that he oversaw a death squad while he was mayor of the southern city of Davao made up of "gangsters." ... Read full Story
Israel's parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 10:42 PM
Iran has executed German-Iranian prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd after he was accused of leading a U.S.-based terror group and convicted on disputed terror charges. ... Read full Story
The new rules limiting U.S. investments in AI in China are effective Jan. 2 and will be overseen by Treasury's newly created Office of Global Transactions. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 6:16 PM
Britain on Monday announced a series of new sanctions on three high-level Russian society figures and agencies of Russia allegedly trying to "undermine and destabilize" Ukrainian democracy. ... Read full Story
Britain's foreign ministry said the agencies had attempted to deliver a series of "interference operations" designed to weaken international support for Ukraine. ... Read full Story
Salome Zourabichvili, a mostly ceremonial president, told the crowd that she would defend the country’s path toward Europe against actions by Georgian Dream. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 11:43 AM
Volkswagen told its work council on Monday that the company is contemplating closing three plants in Germany and reducing its workforce in other locations. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 11:32 AM
In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to maintain its majority in the country's lower house in Sunday's general election. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 10:33 AM
Countries' national plans to tackle climate change are nowhere near what is required to prevent the warming of the Earth from ruining every economy and destroying the lives and livelihoods of their citizens, the United N ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 10:25 AM
The billionaire co-founder of the money transfer firm Wise was hit with a $454,000 fine in Britain for failing to report an issue with his tax filings. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 9:08 AM
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling party was crushed in weekend elections where they lost their majority. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 8:11 AM
The Israeli military said Monday it took out at least one cell of Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon amid tactical advances in both its northern theater and in the south in Gaza. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 7:44 AM
The ruling Russia-leaning Georgia Dream Party claimed victory in elections over the weekend in the former Soviet satellite, bringing cries of stolen results from pro-Western opposition groups on Sunday. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 5:06 AM
Russia has begun sending North Korean troops to a frontline area in unmarked civilian trucks, Kyiv's military intelligence said, as concerns mount over Pyongyang's involvement in Moscow's war against Ukraine. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 4:22 AM
Iranian authorities hospitalized imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi over the weekend, following international pressure on Tehran to provide the human rights activist with much-needed medical care. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2024 1:26 AM
A woman missing for almost two weeks in Australia's Snowy Mountains region was found alive Sunday, suffering from exposure and a snake bite, local authorities said. ... Read full Story
The country's president said its elections fell victim to a “Russian special operation” aimed at moving it off a path toward Europe. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/27/2024 2:28 PM
Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei made first comments Sunday since Israel's missile attack, urging the world to stand against Israel's "war crimes." Israel Prime Minister said we kept "promise" on strike. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/27/2024 2:12 PM
Japan's longtime ruling party appears set to be voted out of power in the lower house of the Diet following Sunday elections, which would be a blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, public broadcaster NHK announced. ... Read full Story
"The Abrahamic faiths conceive of God as an omniscient creator and generally abjure gambling as a result; one of the first laws passed by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony banned the possession of cards, dice, or gaming tables." — Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sept. 2024
Did you know?
One who is omniscient literally knows all. The word omniscient traces back to two Latin roots: omni-, meaning "all" or "universally," and the noun scientia, meaning "knowledge." You will recognize omni- as the prefix that tells all in such words as omnivorous ("eating all," or in actual use, "eating both plants and animals") and omnipotent ("all-powerful"). Scientia comes from the Latin verb scīre, meaning "to know," which likewise has a number of other knowledge-related descendants in English, including conscience, science, and prescience (meaning "foreknowledge").