The incident occurred at Jawa Timur Park 1 in Batu, Indonesia, as the boy rode the “360 Pendulum” with three friends. As the massive Frisbee-like swing began its rotation, witnesses reported that the boy’s seatbelt came undone, leaving him clinging to the seat mid-air. As the ride completed a full loop and slowed near the […]
While Zelenskiy did not respond directly to Putin’s proposal, he emphasized in his nightly video address that Ukraine “was ready for any conversation” about a ceasefire that would stop strikes on civilians. The two leaders face pressure from the United States, which has threatened to walk away from its peace efforts unless some progress is […]
Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status, and the enrollment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decision making […]
Unilever is asking Ben & Jerry’s Foundation to agree to an expedited audit of its donations to continue the funding, which amounts to roughly $5 million annually and is determined by a formula based on sales of the brand’s ice cream, the two sources said. Ben & Jerry’s sued Unilever in November to stop alleged […]
On the other hand, security chief, Ronen Bar, whom the government is trying to sack, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of demanding personal loyalty and ordering him to spy on anti-government protesters, drawing a sharp rebuke from the long-time leader. Ronen Bar’s accusations, in a sworn statement to the Supreme Court, are the latest twist […]
The tariffs on companies from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam will still need to be ratified at a meeting of the International Trade Commission in June. The decision unveiled Monday comes after anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations filed around a year ago by several US and other solar manufacturers. Those companies were accused of “unfair […]
Pope Francis, 88, died unexpectedly on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often turbulent reign in which he repeatedly clashed with traditionalists and championed the poor and marginalised. The pontiff spent five weeks in hospital earlier this year for double pneumonia. But he returned to his Vatican home […]
The trial, criticised by rights groups and decried by a defence lawyer as a “masquerade”, is of unprecedented scale with around 40 defendants, including vocal critics of President Kais Saied. They were found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and “belonging to a terrorist group”, and received sentences ranging from 13 to 66 years, an […]
Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani was also present at the meeting with Republican Cory Mills at the presidential palace in Damascus, a presidency statement said. Mills arrived in Syria on Friday along with Marlin Stutzman, another politician from the Republican party of US President Donald Trump. In late December, less than two weeks after a coalition […]
Hundreds of passengers were crowded onto a wooden boat on the Congo River near Mbandaka, capital of Equateur Province, on Tuesday when an explosion caused by a cooking fire ignited a larger blaze, according to Josephine-Pacifique Lokumu, head of a delegation of national deputies from the region. “A first group of 131 bodies was found […]
