[ad_1] Donald Trump, the self-styled dealmaker, may have just landed the deal of the century—or the scandal of the decade. Depending on who you ask, the decision to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 from the Qatari royal family as a “temporary” replacement for the aging Air Force One is either a triumph of presidential […]
[ad_1] Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its blockade (Photo: AP) The Gaza Strip will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning on Monday. Nearly half a million Palestinians are […]
[ad_1] On Mother’s Day 2025, Amber Heard casually dropped a cultural grenade into the timeline: she’s had twins. Agnes and Ocean. Welcome to the world, kids—your names already sound like a boutique fragrance line or a Netflix dystopia.The internet, being the internet, didn’t just wish her well. It did what it does best: asked the […]
[ad_1] A Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago is returned from South Korea (Photo: AP) A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a years long legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ownership that had […]
[ad_1] Just days into the papacy of Leo XIV, the new pope has begun to lay out his vision for how he will lead the Catholic church. Like his predecessor, he plans to embrace the poor and the marginalized. He wants to continue Francis’s effort to fling open the doors of the Vatican and listen […]
[ad_1] Mediterranean crossing: At least 3 die, including 2 children (Photo: AP) Two children, aged 3 and 4, and an adult died during a Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy on a frail boat whose engine gave way, a German aid organization has said.The bodies of the deceased migrants have been brought to land on […]
[ad_1] White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan (Photo: AP) The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a program initiated by US President Donald Trump departed from Johannesburg on Sunday.A reporter for news agency Reuters described seeing a queue of white citizens with airport trolleys full of luggage waiting to […]
[ad_1] Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle […]
[ad_1] The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has filed a lawsuit against the German domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which recently labeled the far-right party as “confirmed right-wing extremist.”On Thursday, the BfV complied with the AfD’s request to follow a so-called “standstill commitment” (Stillhaltezusage). This means that the […]
[ad_1] Newly elected Pope Leo XIV hailed his predecessor Pope Francis in a meeting of cardinals on Saturday and said he intended to follow in the late pontiff’s footsteps, signalling the continuation of the late pope’s relatively progressive agenda.Leo addressed a meeting of cardinals, his first since being elected the 267th pope on Thursday.The Chicago-born […]
