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Duterte arrest hangs over Philippine midterm elections’ final stretch

May 5, 2025

Gaza enters longest stretch without aid, as Israel continues airstrikes

March 29, 2025

PM Shehbaz arrives in Karachi on day visit
KARACHI: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on Monday on a one-day visit. Federal Minister for Education Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui received the Prime Minister upon his arrival in Karachi. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit the Pakistan Navy dockyard.The Prime Minister will meet the officers and men of the Pakistan Navy. PM…
How shoddy science is fueling a charge to restrict abortion pill access
Health and Human Services Secret Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tasked the Food and Drug Administration with conducting a safety review of mifepristone, a pill used in most U.S. abortions. Kennedy said this week that the review was warranted due to an “alarming” new report on serious adverse events released last month. “Clearly it indicates…
The death toll keeps rising in Gaza as Netanyahu says Israel is ‘moving toward full control’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his country’s milit was “moving toward full control” of the Gaza Strip as its intensifying air strikes and ground operation there killed dozens more people overnight. Airstrikes had killed more than 300 people in the 72 hours to early Monday, the health authority in Hamas-run Gaza said.…
Hundreds of heatstroke cases reported in Sindh
KARACHI: At least 393 people have been affected by heatstroke between April 14 to May 18 across the Sindh province. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh released data of heatstroke victims from heatstroke between April 14 and May 18. The PDMA registered a total 393 cases out of which 227 men, 162 women, and 4…
Centrist Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right pro-Trump rival
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to put Romania on a path inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s politics. Official results from nearly all voting stations showed Dan garnering about 54% of ballots cast by voters…
Pets with a toolkit: Protection dogs train to handle burglars as sports stars boost home security
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Scream all you want, but Lobo isn’t letting go. The young German shepherd has chomped into the arm of a…
Texas man sues Whataburger for nearly $1 million because restaurant didn’t hold the onions, he says
A Texas man is suing Whataburger alleging that when he requested no onions with his meal, he got them anyway, equating to negligence on the chain’s part. A petition filed by Demery Ardell Wilson in Texas’ 269th Judicial District Court of Harris County on April 25 claimed that Whataburger “failed to act in accordance with…
Couple set to go on trial over staged cross burning in front of campaign sign for Black candidate
DENVER — In the run-up to the 2023 mayoral election in Colorado Springs, a racial slur was scrawled across a Black candidate’s sign and a cross set on fire in front of it. It was a stunt to generate sympathy and support for the Black candidate, Yemi Mobolade, prosecutors have said, but two people accused…