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April 1, 2025

The Menendez brothers got a major win in their fight for freedom. But it’s not over yet.
A judge’s ruling to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez last week gave the siblings something they’ve not had in more than three decades: a chance that they could leave the Southern California prison where they’re incarcerated. The brothers, who had been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole after a pair of sensational trials…
Gold price jumps again in Pakistan
Gold price jumps again in Pakistan KARACHI: Gold prices have surged once again in both international and domestic markets here on Saturday. According to the All Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Association, the price of 24-karat gold per tola has increased by Rs. 2,400, bringing the new rate to Rs. 338,500. Similarly, the price of 10…
Israel launches major new offensive in Gaza after a wave of airstrikes kill hundreds
The United Nations says 70% of Gaza is already “within Israeli militarized zones, under displacement orders, or both.” Fresh evacuation orders were issued last week, just days after Israel declared large swathes of Gaza City unsafe. On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered…
Neeraj Chopra denies close friendship with Arshad Nadeem
KARACHI: India’s Olympic gold medalist in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra, has said that his relationship with Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem will no longer be the same following the recent India-Pakistan tensions. Speaking to ahead of the Doha Diamond League event of the World Athletics held in Qatar, Neeraj Chopra was asked about his connection with…
How a Florida city is tackling human smuggling
A human smuggler tells a potential customer in an audio message in Mandarin that there are now two potential sea routes for illegally entering the U.S. One is to depart by boat near the U.S.-Mexico border and then come ashore near Los Angeles. The second departs Nassau in the Bahamas by boat for the Miami…
Cassie’s graphic testimony of ‘freak offs’ may set the stage for what’s to come in Diddy’s trial
On red carpets from Los Angeles to the French Riviera, Sean “Diddy” Combs and the R&B singer Cassie intertwined arms, radiating an attractive and carefree façade for the cameras. But behind closed doors, she said, she “felt trapped.” In the first week of testimony in Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial in New York, Cassie, whose…
India to send all-party delegations abroad to push ‘zero tolerance’ on terrorism after Pakistan tensions
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch India will send seven delegations comprising members of all opposition parties to key global capitals to brief them on the country’s milit strike inside Pakistan, which led to the…
‘Confident’ China touts poverty alleviation efforts amid trade war with the U.S.
MALIPO, China — The rural villages of Malipo are a world away from gleaming Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai, reached by narrow roads that sometimes skirt dangerously close to deep ravines. Schoolchildren eat simple breakfasts while squatting on sidewalks, and even a local official complained that the remote mountain villages lacked access to the…