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May 17, 2025

KP govt forms 3-members committee to probe Swat tragedy
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formed a three-member inquiry committee to investigate the tragic flood incident in Swat, while suspending four senior officials over alleged negligence and poor performance. Grade-21 officer Khayam Hassan Khan has been appointed as the chairman of the committee, while Grade-19 officer Muhammad Usman and Grade-18 officer Shehryar Qamar will…
Zohran Mamdani puts Democrats on notice, and fast food giants part ways: The news quiz
The Supreme Court gets out of town, two bears make an escape, and James Bond has a new director.
Young Chinese consumers are spending to feel good amid slower economic growth
HONG KONG — Young people in China may not be buying cars or houses, but there’s always money for milk tea and toys. It’s a challenging time to be a young person in China: The world’s second-biggest economy is growing far slower than it was when their parents were their age, with the U.S.-China trade…
Driven to starvation, Sudanese people eat weeds and plants to survive as war rages
With Sudan in the grips of war and millions struggling to find enough to eat, many are turning to weeds and wild plants to quiet their pangs of hunger. They boil the plants in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the lifeline it offered, a 60-year-old retired school teacher penned…
Detroit’s mayor tries to capitalize on voter disdain for both parties with independent run for governor
With well over a year until the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats and Republicans are already gearing up for expensive fights in House, Senate and governor’s races across the country. Enter Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who is betting that there is a path to becoming Michigan’s next governor without embracing either of those party labels. Duggan,…
How a small Ohio town became the ‘center of gravity’ in the GOP’s realignment
The effort to save the mill, or to at least ensure a new employer can take it over as quickly as possible, hit a snag this month. H.I.G. and Pixelle reneged on an agreement to pause the shutdown timeline and keep the factory open through the end of the year — a reprieve that would…
Oslo police announce rape and sexual assault charges against son of Norwegian crown princess
Oslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple counts including rape, sexual assault and bodily harm after a monthslong investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims. Høiby, the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir…
Netanyahu denounces report that Israeli soldiers have orders to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz emphatically rejected a report in the left-leaning Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday, which claimed Israeli soldiers were ordered to shoot at Palestinians approaching aid sites inside Gaza. They called the report’s findings “malicious falsehoods designed to defame” the milit. More than 500 Palestinians have been…