World
Despite a ceasefire agreement nearly a year ago, Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon persist — and some analysts believe the situation could mirror what’s to come in Gaza, where a fragile new truce is already under pressure.On October 11, Israeli forces bombed a construction equipment...
A cargo plane landing at Hong Kong International Airport early Monday veered off the runway, struck a security patrol vehicle, and plunged into the sea, resulting in the deaths of two airport personnel, authorities confirmed. All four crew members aboard the aircraft survived without injury.The Boei...
World,Art & Glamour
The Louvre Museum in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, was forced to shut down for “exceptional reasons” on Sunday after a group of intruders carried out a lightning-fast robbery, stealing eight priceless pieces of jewellery in just four minutes.Police have launched a massive...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech on Monday at the opening of a major Communist Party meeting to endorse a draft plan outlining the country’s goals for the next five years.A short dispatch from the official Xinhua News Agency said Xi “expounded on the Party leadership’s ...
South Korean authorities are seeking arrest warrants for most of the 64 nationals recently repatriated from Cambodia over allegations of involvement in online scam operations, police said Monday.The 64 individuals had been detained in Cambodia over recent months for allegedly working in online fraud...
A tropical storm swept through northern and central Philippines over the weekend, leaving seven people dead and forcing more than 22,000 residents to flee from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said Monday.Tropical Storm Fengshen — locally known as Ramil — moved away from the m...
Iran executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom, the official judiciary news agency reported Sunday.The sentence was carried out early Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld the ruling and a request for a pardon was denied, the Mizan news ...
Ukrainian drones struck a key Gazprom-operated gas processing plant in southern Russia overnight, causing a fire but no casualties, local authorities said Sunday.The Orenburg plant, located near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, is one of the world’s largest gas processing complexes with ...
Israel has identified the bodies of two hostages, Ronen Engel, a father of three from Kibbutz Nir Oz, and Sonthaya Oakkharasri, a Thai worker killed at Kibbutz Be’eri, after Hamas handed them over to the Red Cross on Saturday night. Both were believed killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack.Prime Mi...
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed on Sunday after a theft occurred inside the world-renowned institution, France’s culture minister confirmed.“A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Culture Minister Rachida Dati wrote on X, adding that she had v...
World,Travel & Tourism
Germany’s Munich Airport was temporarily closed on Saturday night following reports of drone sightings that authorities later failed to confirm, federal police said.The airport — one of the country’s busiest — resumed operations before midnight, and flights were running norma...
Thousands of protesters took to streets across the United States on Saturday in the “No Kings” demonstrations, denouncing what they see as President Donald Trump’s drift toward authoritarianism.Crowds carrying signs with slogans like “Nothing is more patriotic than protesting...
The death toll in Gaza has risen above 68,000, the territory’s Health Ministry reported Saturday, as recovery teams continue to find bodies under rubble even after the fragile ceasefire came into effect over a week ago.In a separate development, Israel identified the remains of another hostage...
For the first time in months, Bassil Naggar can sleep peacefully, no longer startled awake by the thunder of Israeli airstrikes.Although the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has brought a much-needed pause in the violence for Naggar and countless other displaced Palestinians, the challenges of dai...
Following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on both Russia and Ukraine to halt the war immediately and freeze the conflict along current front lines.Expressing growing frustration over the ongoing war, Trump poste...
Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian family in Gaza, marking the deadliest single violation of the fragile ceasefire since it came into effect eight days ago.The attack occurred Friday evening when an Israeli tank shell struck a civilian vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family in t...
Chen Ning Yang, the Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist who transformed modern physics with groundbreaking discoveries, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103.Tsinghua University, where Yang both studied and later taught, confirmed his passing from illness but did not provide further detail...
World,Business & Commerce
President Donald Trump announced Friday that domestic automakers will receive extended relief from tariffs on auto parts, prolonging a previously short-term rebate through 2030.The proclamation also formalized a 25% import tax on medium and heavy-duty trucks, effective Nov. 1. The measures aim to bo...
As Russia’s invasion continues to uproot millions, an American developer’s private effort is bringing renewed hope to displaced Ukrainians. Dell Loy Hansen, a 72-year-old real estate developer from Utah, has spent over $140 million building and restoring homes across Ukraine since 2022.H...
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu narrowly survived two no-confidence votes in Parliament on Thursday, avoiding a government collapse that could have plunged France deeper into political chaos.The outcome gives Lecornu a temporary reprieve and allows him to focus on his next major test ...
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