The cartoon, published Thursday in the National Review, referred to a wave of exploding communication devices this week in Lebanon. The blasts that killed at least 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 on Tuesday and Wednesday targeted pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah group, which blamed Israel for the attacks. “Our community is already in […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilized the economy and ended months of food, fuel, and medicine shortages. His two years in office restored calm to the streets after civil unrest spurred by the downturn in 2022 saw thousands storm the compound of his […]
A dozen rivers in the region had burst their banks as of 11:00 am (0200 GMT), land ministry official Masaru Kojima said. Local officials said that the cities of Wajima and Suzu, as well as Noto town, ordered about 44,700 residents to evacuate. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said it issued its highest-level warning for […]
On current trends, the ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980 levels by around 2066 over the Antarctic, 2045 over the Arctic, and 2040 for the rest of the world, the United Nations agency said. Though the volcanic eruption near Tonga in early 2022 led to a short period of accelerated depletion of […]
During comments to the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, the former president lamented that he was trailing Harris among American Jews. Israel would likely cease to exist within two years should Harris win the election, and Jews would be partly to blame for that outcome because they tend to vote for Democrats, Trump argued. […]
The US airline joins a host of other airlines that have canceled or suspended flights in recent days to cities in the region including Beirut and Tehran, as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has intensified along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. “Delta flights between New York-JFK and Tel Aviv will be paused through Dec. 31, […]
The rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in West Bengal in August set off a wave of protests by doctors demanding greater workplace safety for women and justice for their slain colleague, prompting India’s Supreme Court to create a hospital safety task force. The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which represents about 7,000 […]
The strikes came amid international calls for restraint, with the White House emphasizing the urgency of a diplomatic solution, and the UK calling for an immediate ceasefire between the two sides. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre expressed concerns over a potential escalation of violence. The strikes followed earlier attacks attributed to Israel by Lebanon and […]
The testimony from former OceanGate scientific director Steven Ross came as the US Coast Guard began a two-week hearing on Monday into the 2023 catastrophe, which will feature evidence as to what went wrong and whether physical or design failure contributed to the accident, which garnered worldwide attention. Ross told the hearing that the earlier […]
Faezeh was sentenced to five years in prison following her arrest during the 2022 protests. Her release followed a ruling by an appeals court, as confirmed by her lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghassi. Faezeh was arrested in September 2022 during nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa’s passing while in police custody for […]
