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(Reuters) – A cruise ship quarantined for a reported case of measles left the Caribbean island of St. Lucia late on Thursday after health officials provided 100 doses of vaccine to the ship, media reports said. The Church of Scientology cruise ship was confined in port this week by island health officials after the highly […]
BHUBANESWAR, India, May 3 (Reuters) – A cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Friday, bringing down trees and power lines and “extensively” damaging the tourist town of Puri, but there were no early reports of casualties with a million people evacuated before it made landfall. Tropical Cyclone Fani spent days building up power in the […]
The death toll from the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has risen, seven weeks after the attack. A 46-year-old Turkish citizen who was in critical condition after the March 15 shooting at Al Noor Mosque died Friday, local time, according to statements from the New Zealand police and government. The man’s death […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Catholic cardinal received “foreign information” that attempts would be made this week to attack a church and another church institution, according to a letter he sent Thursday to church officials that later appeared on social media. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo and an outspoken critic of […]
BANGKOK, May 1 (Reuters) – Just days before his official coronation, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Wednesday married the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida. The surprise announcement was carried in the Royal Gazette, and footage from Wednesday’s wedding ceremony was later shown on the nightly Royal […]
Nearly 300 people are being quarantined on a cruise ship at the St. Lucia port in the Caribbean after a crew member was confirmed to have measles. Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, St. Lucia’s chief medical officer, confirmed the quarantine on Tuesday in a filmed statement but did not reveal the name of the cruise ship. Neither […]
Violent attacks against Jewish people have spiked significantly over the last year ― leading Jewish communities around the world to feel increasingly marginalized and anxious about their safety, researchers at Tel Aviv University have found. The number of violent attacks against Jewish people rose by 13% in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to […]
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for violating his bail conditions after seven years holed up inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The whistleblower sought refuge at the London address in 2012 after he was accused of sexual offences in Sweden. But the 47-year-old was finally arrested last month […]
DOHA: Iran expressed renewed support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday, as the opposition called for a huge May Day protest after armed clashes erupted in the capital Caracas.Maduro said he had defeated an attempted coup on Tuesday night led by his opponent, self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido.Guaido, who is recognised as acting president by more […]
The Democratic presidential hopeful wants to use a voucher system to clean up politics — but it’s got strings attached.
It is not known why Ayman al-Drees was arrested last month. But the Bowling Green State University graduate is married to a prominent feminist.
Stephen Moore, who is President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, offered up a very awkward defense of a racist joke he once told about the family of former President Barack Obama. Moore stumbled during an interview with Margaret Hoover on PBS’ “Firing Line” as he attempted to explain the […]
For nearly a quarter of a century, the American Pie Council has held the National Pie Championships to determine the cream of the crop in pie baking. Bakers are separated into amateur, professional and commercial categories for a weekend of baking and judging in Orlando, Florida. This year, the tops in the amateur field was […]
Babbel said it was “deeply sorry” after one of its ads was broadcast this week during an episode of Tucker Carlson’s controversial Fox News show. In a statement shared on Twitter Tuesday, the online language learning platform acknowledged placing an ad “with Fox.” But it “did not know it would air” during the primetime “Tucker Carlson […]
“This is the worst day in the history of UNC Charlotte,” its chancellor said.
New Jersey’s now-defunct Action Park was so well-known for its injuries and deaths that it was often dubbed “traction park” and “class action park” during its 1978-1996 operation. And despite being closed for more than 20 years, it remains an object of enough fascination that videos routinely pop up trying to explain just how insane […]
The new single and its sorbet-hued video is just a tease for Swift’s next big thing, which will probably be nothing like this song.
Analysis: The former vice president is off to a stronger-than-expected start and that may spell trouble for his Democratic rivals.
Screen icon Julia Roberts used her Instagram page to rally for inclusivity, sharing an image of herself at a gender-neutral bathroom and calling for support for LGBTQ kids in schools. The Oscar-winning actress also urged fans to check out her Instagram story, which featured a message about her support for GLSEN, a national education organization that […]
Seth Meyers shared nanny cam footage on Tuesday of the painful moment he thought his young son had broken his nose. The host of NBC’s “Late Night” broadcast the video, which showed 1-year-old Axel throwing a cell phone at Meyers’ face as they sat together on a couch. “I think he broke my nose,” said Meyers […]
CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin didn’t mince words on Tuesday over the revelation that special counsel Robert Mueller was unhappy about how Attorney General William Barr summarized his report. According to The Washington Post, Mueller wrote to Barr to complain that the four-page memo sent to Congress in Mach “did not fully capture the context, nature […]
Mohamed Noor took the stand in his own defense last week, telling jurors he believed Justine Damond was armed and was within point-blank range of his partner, Matthew Harrity.
New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia recorded his 3,000th career strikeout on Tuesday night as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher John Ryan Murphy swung through a change-up to end the second inning. Sabathia becomes just the 17th member ― and only the third lefty ― in the exclusive 3,000K club, which will help build his case for […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday, less than a day before he was due to turn himself in to begin serving a jail sentence. The decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton, Pennsylvania, gave state prosecutors three months to […]
PACARAIMA, Brazil — Venezuelans awoke Tuesday morning to a call by self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó to bring down Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Venezuela is mired in a deep political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has led more than 3 million people to leave the country, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. “I never […]
The special counsel expressed frustration over the lack of context and substance of the letter that Barr made public.
Angela Davis has been outspoken in her support for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), calling the congresswoman a “courageous, bold black woman.” The civil rights icon and scholar told “Democracy Now!” on Tuesday that Omar, one of the Muslim women elected to Congress in November, has become the target of President Donald Trump’s vitriol because she is […]
A fire has blazed through the British forest that once inspired author A.A. Milne to imagine a Hundred Acre Wood and the ramblings of a silly old bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. The fire at Ashdown Forest in East Sussex in southern England started on Sunday night and lasted until early the next morning, park officials reported […]
New published research shows a 28.9 percent increase in suicides among American kids aged 10 to 17 — a 19 year high.
“Today, the armed forces are clearly on the side of the people, they are on the side of the constitution,” Venezuela’s opposition leader said.