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Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire
Fort McMurray residents in neighbouring Alberta, Canada are also under an evacuation alert due to a blaze.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Duchess of Sussex, called ‘Ifeoma’ in Nigeria, speaks with women about her Nigerian roots
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly Nigerian as she met with women in the West African nation Saturday. On her second day in Nigeria, where she is visiting for the first time with Prince Harry to also promote mental health for wounded soldiers and young girls, Meghan acknowledged Nigeria as “my country.” “It is a compliment to you because what they define as a Nigerian woman is brave, resilient, courageous, beautiful,
3 min read - Worlddpa international
German far-right MEP to return to campaign trail amid spying probe
German legislator Maximilian Krah, the top candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in June's European elections, says he is set to return to the campaign trail despite being embroiled in a foreign influence scandal. German police arrested his former assistant Jian Guo on suspicion of espionage on April 22, and Krah fired him following the allegations that the parliamentary aide was spying for China. Krah himself is currently the subject of a preliminary investigation by G
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European night watchmen hold traditional gathering in western Germany
Donning historical costumes, medieval polearms and lanterns, night watchmen and tower keepers from across Europe marched through the western German town of Viersen on Saturday as part of their annual gathering. Organized by the "Night Watchmen and Tower Keepers' Guild," the parade marked the highlight of the meeting that has drawn members from Germany, Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands, among others, and is set to last until Sunday. Until modern times, it was the night watchman's job to report
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Prince Harry plays sit-down volleyball on Nigeria visit with Meghan
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been welcomed by a charity which helps service personnel in Nigeria.
3 min read - WorldNY Post
Irish Eurovision contestant cries after Israel makes finals of song contest
Irish Eurovision contestant Bambie Thug reportedly cried after learning Israel had made the finals of the song contest. Thug, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, made the admission in...
3 min read - WorldBloomberg
Poland to Bolster Borders Amid Threats From Russia, Belarus
(Bloomberg) -- Poland plans to bolster security along its eastern borders amid threats from Belarus and Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealFord Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per CarElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedA $600 Billion Wall of Debt Looms Over Market’s Riskiest Stocks“We hav
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Man freed five days after South Africa building collapse
The worker pulled to safety is one of 42 people rescued from the building which collapsed on Monday.
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Israeli guards strapped wounded Palestinian detainees to their beds wearing diapers and fed them through straws, report says
A CNN report exposes alleged abuse of Palestinians at Israel's Sde Teiman detention center.
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How the Israeli Air Force once destroyed over 60 enemy jets and dozens of Soviet missile systems in battle without losing a single fighter
Israel's aircraft, weapons, training, and strategic adaptations are what led to the historic win.
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Hamas says another Israeli hostage held in Gaza is dead
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday that another one of the hostages abducted during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel has died. Hamas released a video saying that Nadav Popplewell, who was taken hostage from the southern Israeli community of Kibbutz Nirim, died after being wounded in an Israeli strike in Gaza. The Israeli military did not offer immediate comment on the latest video.
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UAE lashes out at Netanyahu over joining post-war Gaza administration
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) lashed out on Saturday at a suggestion from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join a potential civil administration in the post-war Gaza Strip. Netanyahu suggested in a recent interview that a civilian administration with Gazans and possibly with the aid of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other countries could run Gaza after the war. On Saturday, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed said his country denounces Netanyahu's call, adding that Gaza is currently
1 min read - LifestyleWHTM
Did you know the Fountain of Youth exists in Pennsylvania?
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WHTM) – Achieving eternal youth might not be possible, but you can still visit the Fountain of Youth, which happens to be located in the Keystone State. There is no need to travel to South America or recruit the League of Adventurers to locate this Fountain of Youth. It’s located in a public […]
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Poland's prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday traveled to the country's border with Belarus, which is also the European Union's external border with the autocratic state, and pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier. Tusk accused Belarus, Russia's ally, of intensifying what he called a “hybrid war” against the West by encouraging migrants to try to cross into the EU.
2 min read - WorldBloomberg
Here’s What the Thai Senate Election Is About And Why It Matters
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand has kicked off the process to hold its first Senate election since a coup in 2014, after the military-appointed batch completed its five-year term on Friday. Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealFord Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per CarElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedA $600 Billion Wall of Debt Looms Over Marke
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German minister dismisses Islamist claims ahead of Hamburg demo
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has dismissed Islamist support for the caliphate as a form of rule as absurd, but does not necessarily consider it a judicial issue in Germany. His comments came ahead of an Islamist demonstration in Hamburg later on Saturday, called by the organization Muslim Interaktiv, and in the wake of controversy following a similar rally last month. "Purely expressing sympathy for a caliphate is something that I consider politically absurd," Buschmann told dpa. But,
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Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges Friday. Videos posted on social media showed dozens of people gathered Saturday behind the hospital
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government's response
Winnie Makinda, 35, says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the Kenyan government's response to floods that devastated her poor community in the capital of Nairobi. The floods are fueled by unusually heavy rainfall during Kenya's rainy season which starts in March and sometimes extends up to June. Hardest hit are people living close to rivers, including the Mathare River running through Nairobi.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Northern lights seen in rare display across Germany
Germans were able to gain a rare glimpse of the northern lights on Friday night, due to an unusually large solar storm. The phenomenon, lighting the night sky up in magenta, green and shimmering turquoise, may be visible in some regions on Saturday night too. The German Weather Service (DWD) posted an image on X of the Alps in southern Germany lit up in pink, as well as bright rays of light over the Frankfurt skyline. Other images were shared across social media. US meteorologists at the Nationa
1 min read - WorldBBC
Brazil floods drive thousands from their homes
Heavy rains wreak havoc in southern Brazil, leaving many homeless and raising fears of further chaos.
5 min read - BusinessAFP
China consumer prices rise at faster rate in April
China's inflation rate quickened last month, official data showed Saturday, as the government works to boost spending in the world's second-largest economy.A debt crisis in the real estate sector and high unemployment are weighing on the economy and contributing to a slump in demand.
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Israeli whistleblowers allege abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman military base: CNN
Israeli whistleblowers alleged abuse of Palestinians at a military base in Sde Teiman that also serves as a detention center, according to a CNN report. Three Israeli individuals who worked at the base, in which Palestinians are detained amid the war in Gaza, alleged that at the facility, doctors have occasionally amputated prisoners’ limbs and…
2 min read - WorldCNN
Flood-hit Brazil braces for more chaos under a weekend of heavy rain
People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption after heavy rainstorms pummeled the area on Friday and meteorologists warned of more to come throughout the weekend.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
UN Security Council demands investigation into mass graves in Gaza
The UN Security Council on Friday called for an investigation into mass graves discovered near health facilities in the Gaza Strip. Graves containing several hundred bodies were found near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in recent weeks. Last month the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which cited the Palestinian civil defence, said some bodies had bound hands. Hospitals and other medical establishments are entitled special protections
1 min read - ScienceFuturism
If You Read a Lot of Fiction, Scientists Have Very Good News About Your Brain
It's a big day for bookworms now that scientists have begun to study how reading fiction affects your brain. Spoiler alert: the news is very good. In an interview with PsyPost, Lena Wimmer, a postdoctoral researcher at Germany's Maximilian University, explained that she and her colleagues wanted to lay the groundwork for quantitative studies about fiction's […]
2 min read - WorldBBC
Tata won't change mind on job cuts - FM says
Vaughan Gething travels to India to meet Tata executives over plans to cut thousands of steel jobs.
3 min read - ScienceNY Post
Inside Costa Rica’s ‘cave of death’ which kills all that enters
Think twice before entering. There is a spooky cave in Central America that kills almost all inside.Take a deep breath before trekking here. Deep in the volcanic mountains of Costa...
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German defence minister proposes cooperation with Canada in Arctic
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has invited NATO partner Canada to enter into a joint partnership with Norway to protect infrastructure in the far north. "Let us initiate a trilateral strategic maritime partnership with a focus on securing sea lines of communication through the northern Atlantic and Arctic," Pistorius said on Friday in the Canadian capital Ottawa at a meeting with his counterpart Bill Blair. The initiative could be the umbrella for joint activities. Blair said that the C
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
CLAIM: France sent troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. THE FACTS: The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X that France has not deployed troops to Ukraine, calling the claim “disinformation.” Reports of the deployment cited a May 3 blog post by Stephen Bryen, a deputy undersecretary for the Department of Defense during the Reagan administration.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people
Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed at least 50 people on Friday, a Taliban official said. The flash floods also hit the capital, Kabul, said Abdullah Janan Saiq, the Taliban’s spokesman for the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management. Saiq said that the rescue operation is the main focus of authorities at the moment, and that he later might be able to provide more precise figures on casualties and damage.
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Italy mulls delivery of another SAMP/T system to Ukraine, says source
The battery Italy would send is based in Kuwait and is one of five now operated by Italy, after one was sent to Ukraine last year.
3 min read - WorldCNN
Popular vacation islands in Spain crack down on partying
Spain’s Balearic Islands are further cracking down on public drinking and party boats as part of modifications to a 2020 decree that addressed “excess tourism.”
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
'Fierce' Russian attacks test Ukraine's defenses near its 2nd largest city
Ukraine's defense ministry said it has managed to repel the Russian attacks near Kharkiv so far, but "battles of varying intensity continue."
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
A train in central Buenos Aires strikes a boxcar on the track, injuring dozens
At least 90 people were injured in Argentina's capital when a passenger train struck an empty boxcar on the tracks and derailed Friday, authorities said, a rare collision that fueled questions about basic safety. The train was on its way from Buenos Aires to the northern suburbs when it derailed around 10:30 a.m. on a bridge in the trendy neighborhood of Palermo, safety officials said. While it was not immediately clear why the idled boxcar had been on the bridge, Argentina's railway union sai
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
China's Xi leaves Hungary as he concludes a 5-day visit to Europe
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Hungary on Friday, concluding a tour of three European nations meant to meant to reinforce China's growing influence on the continent. Xi's plane took off from Budapest airport on Friday evening, after five days in Europe that began with a visit to France and then Serbia. Earlier on Friday, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the social platform X that Xi had concluded his three-day state visit to Hungary, the last stop on his Europe visit, hailing t
1 min read - WorldTechRadar
China’s tech secrets are being stolen by foreign spy agencies targeting overseas entities, Chinese Ministry of State Security warns
China's top spy agency warns overseas workers to steer clear of foreign friendships.
2 min read - WorldBBC
South Africa's top court hears Zuma election challenge
The electoral body says the ex-president's conviction for contempt of court means he should be barred.
2 min read - WorldBloomberg
Zelenskiy Says Russia Attempts a New Offensive Near Kharkiv
(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia started a new offensive around his country’s second-biggest city as Kremlin forces moved to breach the border in the northeast.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealFord Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per CarElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedA $600 Billion Wall of Debt Loom
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Hiraide And Nakajima to Attempt the West Face of K2
Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima will travel to Pakistan in two weeks to attempt one of the most ambitious goals in current alpinism: a new route on the West Face of K2, likely in alpine style. Kazuya Hiraide has won three Piolets d’Or, the first with his late partner Kei Taniguchi and the others with […]
3 min read - WorldAFP
Brazil floods strike blow to powerful agriculture sector
Floodwaters in Brazil have swallowed up soybean fields and farming equipment, cutting off roads, livestock farms and warehouses in the latest extreme weather event to hit the agricultural giant.While Brazil will retain its spot as the world's largest producer of soybeans, which are used in livestock feed, the flooding is expected to hit its results this season.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press Finance
Mock coffins fill a square in Milan in a protest over workplace safety in Italy
Mock coffins filled one of Milan’s most famous squares Friday in a protest organized by Italy's second-largest union to raise awareness over workplace deaths. Protesters lined up 172 cardboard coffins in Piazza La Scala to symbolize the exact number of workers who died on the job last year in the northern Lombardy region alone. The UIL labor union said that it was demanding that both the government and businesses do more to protect Italian workers.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Gunmen abduct 9 students in Nigeria's north in the latest attack targeting schools
At least nine students have been abducted by gunmen during a late-night raid on their school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi state, authorities said Friday, the third such abduction amid rampant kidnappings targeting schools in the conflict-hit region this year. The assailants invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Kogi state, which neighbors the nation’s capital, Abuja, and whisked away the students from their classrooms before security forces could arrive, according to Kogi
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All the Best Photos from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Nigeria Trip!
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Nigeria on Friday, May 10
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Polish farmers protest 'harmful' EU environmental rules
Polish farmers on Friday rallied against EU environmental regulations they said were hurting the economy and called for a referendum on the issue."We don't agree to all the Green Deal provisions, which are harmful to Poland's economy," said Adrian Wawrzyniak, a spokesman for the Solidarity farmers' union.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
75-year-old 'mastermind' of a 2005 armed robbery that killed a UK police officer sentenced to life
A 75-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Friday for the murder of a British police officer who was shot dead during an armed robbery in northern England nearly two decades ago. Piran Ditta Khan was convicted in April, as he had fled the country to Pakistan soon after the murder of Sharon Beshenivsky. Judge Nicholas Hilliard sentenced him in Leeds Crown Court to life imprisonment.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Police officers to drive emergency vehicles to Africa
The journey for charity will take about two-and-a-half weeks from Spain to The Gambia.
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Bavarian leader Söder finds common ground with Italy's Meloni
The conservative premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, said he found a great deal of common ground with Italy's far-right prime minister, Georgia Meloni, following a meeting in Rome on Friday. Söder said they were in agreement on energy, transport and asylum policy issues. Bavaria and Italy, for example, both have an interest in a hydrogen corridor from Italy to the south of Germany, said Söder. He also agreed with Meloni that the European Union must reverse its future p
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Aircraft problems leave Germany's justice minister stuck in Venice
Germany's justice minister will be stuck in Italy for several hours longer than planned after technical issues with the German government aircraft meant to ferry him home. Marco Buschmann and his entourage had planned on leaving Venice around midday on Friday. He was in the Italian city for a meeting of justice ministers from the G7 group of wealthy democratic countries. The aircraft, a Bombardier Global 5000 jet, had to return to its parking position shortly before the planned take-off. The ret
1 min read - WorldBloomberg
Russian Lawmakers Vote to Reappoint Mishustin as Prime Minister
(Bloomberg) -- Russian lawmakers voted to reappoint Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister after President Vladimir Putin nominated him to continue in the post he’s held for more than four years.Most Read from BloombergApple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneIce Cube’s Big3 Basketball League Sells Its First Team in $10 Million DealFord Cuts Battery Orders as EV Losses Top $100,000 Per CarElon Musk Pledges to Grow Supercharger Business He Just DecimatedA $600 Billion Wall of Debt Looms
1 min read - BusinessOffshore Technology
INPEX and JERA team up on CCS value chain between Japan and Australia
The collaboration aims to explore the viability of capturing CO₂ emissions in Japan and securely storing them in Australia.
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