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FIVE people including two American tourists were stabbed during the horrific Amsterdam knife rampage, cops have said. Horrified witnesses revealed they heard piercing screams in Thursday’s frenzied attack that took place near Dam Square, which is at the heart of the Dutch capital. The victims include a 67-year-old American woman and a 69-year-old American man, a 26-year-old…

Just Stop Oil announced on Thursday that they are ending their campaign of climate protests. “So, it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge, and slow marching in the streets,” the environmental activist group said in a statement. Despite its controversial tactics, the group said it was “one of the most successful civil…

THIS is the moment hundreds of gang members inside El Salvador’s infamous megaprison desperately stare at Donald Trump’s glamorous Home Secretary. The inked-up skinheads – booted out of the US due to The Don’s deportation scheme – gazed at Kristi Noem as she toured the notoriously nightmarish Terrorism Confinement Center known as CECOT. Noem, 53, arrived at…

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Cabinet on Thursday (Mar 27) approved a draft law for casinos and entertainment complexes, as the government looks to attract more tourists and build a major gaming industry. Gambling is mostly banned in Thailand apart from state-controlled horse racing, the lottery and on some sports but successive governments have pressed the case for allowing casinos…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to remove “improper ideology” from the famed Smithsonian Museums — and the National Zoo — expanding his conservative clampdown on cultural institutions. Trump, who has sought to root out what he called “woke” culture since returning to power in January, accused the Smithsonian of trying to rewrite American…

As the global auto world reeled from the potential fallout of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new auto tariffs, one name stood out as less affected than others – electric-vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA.O). Shares of the Texas-based company were the rare automaker to trade in the green in U.S. action on Thursday, as analysts said the EV maker’s…

The King has cancelled today’s engagements due to “temporary side effects” from his cancer treatment. Buckingham Palace said after “scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer” on Thursday , the King “experienced temporary side effects that required a short period of observation in hospital”. “His Majesty’s afternoon engagements were therefore postponed,” the statement added. The palace said…

For a right-wing figure on the make, Washington’s hottest real estate these days is in the White House briefing room, where press secretary Karoline Leavitt has created a “new media seat” so she can take questions from a cast of mostly conservative personalities. But one figure whose relationship with the president has waxed and waned hasn’t been…

Andrew Tate, who returned to the U.S. last month while under indictment on sex trafficking charges in Romania, has been accused by his girlfriend and choking and beating her. According to a report published by TMZ on Wednesday, Tate’s girlfriend Bri Stern said Tate attacked her during sex on March 11 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. TMZ…

Sudan’s army chief has declared Khartoum is “free” and that his forces have retaken the capital after nearly two years of fighting. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been battling to oust the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from a last foothold in the city, although the war looks far from over. In videos on social media, General…

Brazil’s supreme court has decided to put former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial over an alleged coup plot. All five judges accepted the charges against him, related to an effort to cling to power after his election defeat in 2022. Brazil’s prosecutor general Paulo Gonet charged Mr Bolsonaro and 33 others last month. The plans allegedly included…

Surgeons have carried out the world’s first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by a human immune system. The organ successfully produced bile and essential proteins in a…

Hillary Clinton isn’t done ripping Trump officials over the Signal chat leak scandal after they spent years hounding her over her use of a private email server. “The hypocrisy is staggering, but worse, the arrogance and incompetence puts the lives of our military men and women in danger,” the former secretary of state told Glamour on Wednesday.…

VLADIMIR Putin “will die soon” vowed a raging Zelensky amid rumours of the Russian’s ill-health and intensifying blitzes on Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader pleaded alongside Macron for the US to “stay strong” in the face of Russian skulduggery while Putin is still around. Zelensky and Macron sat down on Wednesday to talk peace, following a shaky Black…

The United States on Tuesday added 80 companies to its export blacklist, with more than 50 from China, as part of its ongoing efforts to limit Beijing’s advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing technologies. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security placed these 80 companies on an “entity list,” which prohibits U.S.…

Joe Rogan is team Justin Baldoni in the ongoing legal battle between the actor-director and his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively. Speaking on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” with guest Brendan Schaub, Rogan said Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds “fucked up” in trying to bring “sweet, nice guy” Baldoni down. “They…

South Korean governments committed numerous human rights violations over decades in a controversial programme that sent at least 170,000 children and babies abroad for adoption, a landmark inquiry has found. It said the government’s lack of oversight enabled the “mass exportation of children” by private agencies that were driven by profit, and found examples of fraud, falsified…

JEFF Bezos is all set to splash his billions and marry bombshell supermodel Lauren Sanchez in what is being dubbed the “wedding of the century”. The world’s eyes are now on the Bezos, who is reportedly planning to book lavish $32,000 suites to accomodate guests from across the world and use his $500million superyacht as a taxi.…

THE EU is ready to order all of its citizens to prepare survival kits with 72-hours worth of supplies in the face of a looming WW3 threat. And it comes as Nato chief Mark Rutte warned Russia it faces a “devastating” revenge strike if they attack any part of Europe. European Union bureaucrats are pushing for every…

Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed “for most things” in the world, says Bill Gates. That’s what the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told comedian Jimmy Fallon during an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” in February. At the moment, expertise remains “rare,” Gates explained, pointing…

Bill Gates had a rather bleak prediction for the future as AI continues to change the way the world works. In case you somehow have missed the latest technological advancements, the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence has gotten some workers feeling a bit nervous. And while it might not exactly be like the dystopian futures seen in…

CHILDREN as young as 14 years old could be working overnight shifts under a new plan to roll back child labor laws. The proposal seeks to remove limits on how late teens can be at work and the number of hours they can clock each week. In Florida, 16- and 17-year-olds are currently prohibited from working before…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would impose 25% tariffs on “all cars that are not made in the United States.” Trump said there is “absolutely no tariff” for cars that are built in the U.S. The new tariffs were codified in a presidential proclamation that Trump signed in the Oval Office. They will go into…

Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will maintain their stake in Twitter after Musk took control of the social media company.   Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has had a long-running stake in Twitter [File: Amr Nabil/AP Photo]Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), along with the private office of Prince Alwaleed bin…

The world in 2024 had more autocracies – meaning governments with at the very least “insufficient” levels of democratic freedoms, such as freedom of expression and association and free and fair elections – than democracies for the first time in more than two decades, according to a recent report from the Sweden-based V-Dem Institute. In total, 45…

Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s (D-Calif.) questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s drinking habits sparked fury from intelligence leaders at a House committee hearing Wednesday. The House Intelligence Committee’s annual worldwide threats assessment hearing had been scheduled long before The Atlantic reported top Trump national security officials used a Signal group chat to discuss forthcoming strikes on the Houthis…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday. Kim inspected new upgraded reconnaissance drones that are capable of detecting various tactical targets and enemy activities on land…

Canada has frozen all rebate payments for Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday. No rebate payments will be made until each claim is individually investigated and determined to be valid, Freeland said in an emailed statement shared by her office. Freeland…

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged 23andMe (ME.O), opens new tab customers to secure their data in light of rising privacy concerns after the DNA testing firm filed for bankruptcy amid declining demand for its services. Uncertainty surrounding the company’s future and worries about potential data management by a new owner drove users to…

Sailing the Whitsunday islands. Surfing an iconic Gold Coast break. Rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river in Rockhampton. Extra tourism-focused venues and a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium to be built in inner-city parkland have been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Brisbane Games. David Crisafulli, the third premier of Queensland state in…

The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin mine. “It’s the sound of money!” says a smiling Philip Walton as he surveys the shipping container…

Millions of tyres being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being “cooked” in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the BBC has discovered. The majority of the UK’s exported waste tyres are sold into the Indian black market, and this is well known within the industry, BBC File on…

Papua New Guinea has blocked access to Facebook in what authorities call a “test” to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography. The sudden ban, which started on Monday, has drawn criticism from opposition MPs and political critics, who called it a violation of human rights. Defending the move, Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr said the government is…

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the US, after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Washington said all parties would continue working toward a “durable and lasting peace” in statements announcing the agreements, which would reopen an important trade route. They have also committed…

The president called the situation “the only glitch in two months.” President Donald Trump defended National Security Adviser Mike Waltz after a journalist was mistakenly added to an encrypted group chat where high-ranking officials discussed military strikes in Yemen, dismissing the incident as “not serious.” Trump stood by Waltz, attributing the mistake to a staffer and downplaying…

An AFP journalist was one of 7 detained journalists charged with participating in “illegal rallies and marches.” Over 1,000 people have been arrested during the crackdown on anti-government protests. Protesters took to the streets for another night as anger grows following the arrest of opposition leader ImamogluImage: Francisco Seco/AP/picture allianceTurkish protesters took to the streets for a…

The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg on Tuesday threatened to release more texts exchanged in a group chat of high-ranking U.S. national security officials—a group he was inadvertently added to earlier this month. In the 24 hours since his bombshell essay about the jaw-dropping security fiasco, Donald Trump and his administration have downplayed the massive leak…

Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are “a really important way of providing confidence”.   World Athletics will introduce mandatory testing for anyone entering female competitions to verify their biological sex, insisting it is necessary to protect women’s sport. It is the latest move overseen by Sebastian…

If you were wondering how far the creators of Screamboat would take their “Steamboat Willie” horror satire, the answer is: Pretty far. A new trailer for Screamboat finds a maniacal mouse played by David Howard Thornton — Art the Clown in the Terrifier films — stalking “five feareless friends.” The trailer takes care to share their names…

A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader’s ties with the church – he blamed the church for bankrupting his…

On Aug. 12, 2024, three days after Rachel Zegler hit the stage at Disney’s D23 fan event to introduce the first official trailer of “Snow White,” she thanked supporters effusively in an X post for driving the teaser to 120 million views in 24 hours. One minute later, she added an afterthought in the same thread: “and…

Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture. Her morning routine includes a quick check of the news, but these days the ritual shatters her peace because of all the…

The head of the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, said on Monday that over 6 million additional deaths from the disease are expected after the US slashed its funding. UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima said the sudden cuts from the US, which had been the biggest donor to the program, had been “devastating.” “You’re talking of…

Meghan Markle was convinced she landed the cover of Vanity Fair, not for her relationship with Prince Harry, but for her charity work, former editor Graydon Carter exclusively tells Page Six. The journalist, who started working as the magazine’s editor in 1992, recalled booking Markle for one of his final cover stories before stepping down from his…

Canada’s spy service on Monday said India and China are likely to try to interfere in its upcoming general election, a charge that came amid its worsening relations with the two countries. Addressing a press conference on the April 28 snap election, Vanessa Lloyd, the deputy director of operations at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said…

Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S. attacked Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic. Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep, saying it was a breach of U.S. national security and a violation of law…

Nikki Glaser said she is thinking twice about performing political jokes, including those about President Donald Trump, over fears of getting death threats or being detained. The comedian was at the gala for the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to celebrate honoree Conan O’Brien. The mood…

Chinese carmaker BYD saw a surge in revenue last year, a stock filing showed Monday, surpassing the $100 billion mark and beating rival Tesla as the electric vehicle giant accelerates its overseas expansion. The Shenzhen-based firm has emerged in recent years as the clear leader in China’s highly competitive EV market, which is the largest in the…

Donald Trump has demanded the removal of a ‘purposefully distorted’ presidential portrait hung in the Colorado State Capitol. The 78-year-old is seething at his predecessor Barack Obama looking better than him on a wall of portraits of US presidents. ‘He looks wonderful’, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform last night. ‘But the one on me is…

Greenland’s Prime Minister has blasted the idea of Usha Vance, lawyer and wife of US Vice-President JD Vance, visiting the country – saying it is causing a “big mess” and warned “American aggression” was increasing. Greenlandic leader Múte Bourup Egede slammed the three-day trip by Ms Vance and her son, which is scheduled to last from Thursday…

Researchers are developing an injection that creates a contraceptive implant in the body using an approach that could herald a new way of delivering drugs over long periods of time. Current contraceptive implants last for years, meaning women do not have to take a pill every day, but the devices must be fitted by a trained professional…

THE world’s oldest cat has just celebrated her 30th birthday, as her owner shares the bizarre secret to her long life. Leslie Greenhough, 70, believes his tortoiseshell moggy, Millie, who was born in 1995, is currently the oldest living feline. Leslie said the cat’s long life is down to “lots of treats” including “cuddles on the sofa”…

A United Airlines 787 flying from Los Angeles to China had to turn around this weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without their passport, the airline told CNN in a statement. Flight 198 departed LAX at 2 p.m. Saturday with 257 passengers and 13 crew onboard and headed northwest over the…

Thailand’s opposition on Monday grilled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the first day of a parliamentary no-confidence motion, accusing her of being unqualified and of allowing her powerful father to wield influence over her administration. The opposition People’s Party said Paetongtarn was taking direction from her father, divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire former premier who…

Ukrainian and U.S. delegations discussed on Sunday proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure, Ukraine’s defence minister said, part of a diplomatic push by U.S. President Donald Trump to end three years of war. The meeting in Saudi Arabia, which precedes talks on Monday between the U.S. and Russian delegations, came as U.S. special envoy Steve…

South Korea’s Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to the post of acting president on Monday, striking down his impeachment as he pledged to focus on steering Asia’s fourth-biggest economy through a U.S. “trade war”. The ruling, which comes amid months of political turmoil in the country, returns Han to power immediately. He took over as…

A recent geological survey has revealed the presence of gold reserves in as many as eighteen locations across Odisha. The gold deposits have been identified in several districts, many of which are tribal-dominated and economically backward. These include Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Boudh, and Angul. The Geological Survey of India (GSI), in collaboration with the…

Don’t phub up your relationships. You’ve likely heard of “snubbing,” which is basically ignoring or failing to acknowledge someone’s existence. In different types of relationships, it can feel particularly painful to be on the receiving end of this behavior. However, there’s another term for snubbing—thanks to the internet, of course—that involves ignoring someone for the sake of…

Investor Guy Spier is a self-described “disciple” of multi-billionaire Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the world’s most famous money-makers. That places him among hundreds of thousands of Buffett acolytes — nothing so unusual there — but he’s one of the few to have spent quality time with the legend. In 2007, Spier, along…

You are living through an extraordinary moment in history. The year 2025 stands a good chance of being seen by those in the future as the exact juncture between two very different historical eras. We are finally seeing the end of the long 20th century and starting to see the new 21st-century world emerging, too. Look backward…

Grimes revealed she was diagnosed with autism and ADHD. The “Genesis” songstress shared the update via X Friday, saying she likely has dyslexia too, which might be why she “can’t spell at all without spellcheck [sic].” “I feel like, had we known this when I was a child I would have worked so much less hard [and]…

Tens of thousands of protesters have taken part in demonstrations across Turkey after the main rival to the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was formally arrested and charged with corruption. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, was due to be selected as the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2028 presidential nominee in a vote on Sunday. In response…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Novak Djokovic apparently share a passion for tennis along with their beliefs about vaccines. Kennedy, the nation’s top health official, posted a photo on X on Sunday of himself and Djokovic standing on a tennis court holding tennis rackets. “Novak Djokovic. First in tennis. First in integrity. First in courage. Guess who…

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. Musk, a self-proclaimed protector of free speech, said he acquired X to restore free speech on the platform. The suspensions come after extensive demonstrations were sparked by the arrest earlier this week of Turkish…

A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery. The 88-year-old pope sat in the front passenger seat of his white Fiat 500L wearing nasal…

New Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has called a snap election against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and threats from Donald Trump to make Canada part of America. Mr Carney, who is the former governor of the Bank of England, announced on Sunday that there will be a five-week general election campaign before…

It’s safe to assume that Ocean’s Eleven is probably not on President Donald Trump’s watch list. In a Truth Social post Sunday, the president laid bare his thoughts on a 60 Minutes segment with George Clooney Sunday night, and criticized the actor yet again for his political views. “Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be…

WHEN Spring Breakers invade the beaches, there’s no shortage of things that can go wrong. Too much partying and too much sun often lead to plenty of problems for local authorities and law enforcement. For the thousands heading to Florida’s Atlantic coast, however, lifeguards face an entirely different set of challenges every single day— ones that have…

GWYNETH Paltrow has been accused of mocking Meghan Markle again in an Instagram video as the “war to be US lifestyle queen” raged on. The Goop founder, 52, posted a clip of herself making scones, bacon and eggs in her own kitchen to her social media account on Saturday. It comes after With Love, Meghan recently hit…

Second Lady Usha Vance, the wife of the United States Vice President JD Vance, is due to visit the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland this week, the White House said Sunday. Vance will be accompanied by one of her three children as part of a US delegation that will also include President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser…

Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, killing at least eight people and endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza war, and a blistering Israeli…

Venezuela has reached an agreement with the United States to resume repatriation flights of migrants, President Nicolas Maduro announced in a televised address on Saturday. Maduro said the flights would commence on Sunday. “Tomorrow, thanks to the government’s perseverance, we’ll resume flights to continue rescuing and freeing migrants from prisons in the United States,” Maduro said. The…

Heathrow is back to being “fully operational” following a major fire at a nearby electricity substation, which led to the airport’s shutdown and caused chaos in global air travel, leaving 250,000 passengers stranded. By Saturday morning, the airport had regained power, and the terminals were lively, with flights taking off and landing. Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, resumed…

Don’t mess with Ivanka Trump. The first daughter, 43, has taken up martial arts and flaunted her impressive skills on social media Friday. Trump practiced the combat sport on a blue mat in a video posted by the Valente Brothers, a trio of siblings — including Gisele Bündchen’s boyfriend, Joaquim Valente — who co-own a jiu-jitsu studio.…

  A woman allegedly murdered her 11-year-old son after a three-day vacation to Disneyland and then consumed pills to kill herself in New York, US. Saritha Ramaraju, an Indian-origin woman, allegedly killed her son by slitting his throat. Ramaraju, 48, has been charged with one felony count of murder for slitting her son’s throat, killing the boy…

Gupta’s family has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister’s office insisting that he is innocent and has been falsely accused of data theft. They are also demanding his urgent release. However, the exact charges against Amit remain undisclosed. The Indian embassy in Qatar is well aware of Amit Gupta’s detention by Qatari authorities, linked to an…

Invitations have gone out for Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos’ wedding nearly two years after getting engaged, Page Six has confirmed. The wedding is set to take place in Venice, Italy, sometime over the summer, we’re told. Reporter Dylan Byers was first to report the news on X Saturday. Reps for the couple did not immediately return…

No laughing matter. Former “Impractical Jokers” star Joe Gatto is shutting down a TikTok user’s claims that he sexually assaulted her when she was 19 years old — but admits he didn’t make good decisions. “I have used poor judgment and as a result have violated the trust of the people I love most,” the comedian tells…

Kanye West is terrifying his ex, Kim Kardashian, and their children as he sinks into an abyss of mental illness, a close source tells Page Six. It’s been another week of chaos for the troubled star, resulting in Kim, 44, calling for an emergency custody hearing after learning misogynist brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate would be present…

Orlando police have recovered two sets of earrings worth a combined $769,500 (£597,000) after an alleged thief swallowed them more than two weeks ago. Jaythan Gilder, 32, swallowed the Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings around the time he was taken into custody on 26 February, police said. Mr Gilder was monitored by detectives at an Orlando hospital…

IGGY Azalea has revealed she had an awkward and uncomfortable first meeting with Kanye West – and he has now confirmed her claims. The Fancy singer, 34, said Ye made inappropriate remarks during a business meeting in 2012 when she was just 22. Her management had been contacted about a possible record deal, but she claims the…

JAKE PAUL announced he is engaged to Jutta Leerdam in an emotional social media post. The multimillionaire YouTuber-turned-boxer revealed the news with a series of romantic pictures. He wrote: “We’re engaged we can’t wait to spend forever together.” Paul got down on one knee – matching his new fiancee in all white – and popped the question…

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential challenger to Turkey’s longtime conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court on Saturday, charged with corruption and terrorism through alleged links to Kurdish militants. Turkish prosecutors early on Sunday urged Imamoglu and four aides be jailed on the charges. Imamoglu was detained on Wednesday, along with dozens of other prominent…

Iconic landmarks in cities around the world were plunged into darkness on Saturday night as millions marked Earth Hour. The annual campaign by environmental NGO WWF is held to demand urgent action to address the climate crisis and to raise awareness of global environmental issues. Cities go dark in symbolic show of support In cities across Asia…

When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. She found out when a fellow soldier told her several days later that her friend, Pavlo Humeniuk, 24, a combat engineer in Ukraine’s 47th Magura brigade, had gone…

Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia for more than five weeks, will be discharged from hospital on Sunday but will need a further two months of rest at the Vatican, the head of his medical team said on Saturday. Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that…