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Myanmar Junta Boss to Attend World War II Victory Parade in Moscow
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has made five trips to Russia since the February 2021 coup.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:
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‘Peace be with all of you’: how Pope Leo XIV embodies a living dialogue between tradition and modernity
Leo XIV will work to translate the ideal of one heart, one mind into structures that protect the vulnerable worker, the displaced migrant and the wounded planet.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Arrive In Venezuela 315 Migrants On A Flight From Return to the Homeland Plan
A group of 315 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated on Thursday to their country on a flight from Mexico, the twentieth with migrants who have landed in Venezuela since last February, the Interior Ministry reported on its social networks. RELATED:Venezuela’s ‘Return to the Homeland’ Plan Welcomes 174 Migrants The plane, which landed at the Simón Bolívar […]
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Massachusetts man charged with attempt to assassinate Cabinet member
A Massachusetts man was charged on Thursday with the attempted assassination of a Cabinet member nominee and carrying a dangerous weapon on the Capitol grounds after being arrested in late January. Ryan English, 24, brought two Molotov cocktails and a knife onto the property in an effort to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prior to...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Renting labelled the Pilbara's 'Achilles heel' with no clear solution
Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:As Filipinos prepare to vote, ex-strongman Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is dividing families – all the way to the president
The country’s president is deeply unpopular and his chief rival is rising in the polls. Monday’s vote could set the stage for the 2028 presidential election.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:U.S. stops tracking costs of extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended
The commemoration saw a parade of veterans' associations, and music performed by military bands from France, Germany, Canada, Cameroon, the US and UK.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:How the word ‘incel’ got away from us
How a once-neutral term for romantic exclusion became a cultural shorthand for male rage, and what we lose when we ignore the quiet pain it fails to describe.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Inside the secretive world of Zara
The BBC's Emma Simpson gets a rare glimpse behind the scenes of how the fashion brand operates.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:FBI opens criminal investigation into Trump legal foe Letitia James
The New York attorney general, who brought a lawsuit against Trump in 2022, is facing allegations of mortgage fraud.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China
First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Trump picks Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:In 10 minutes, Pope Leo XIV told us a lot about himself, and his agenda
He was a close confidant of the previous pontiff, Pope Francis, and we learnt a lot about what he might be planning to do after his brief speech.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Kiwi kids once led the world in reading – this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today
Compared with today’s structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably non-prescriptive blueprint for both teachers and pupils.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:NYC Expects To Receive 400,000 Fewer Tourists This Year After ‘Trump Effect’
New York will receive 400,000 fewer tourists this year compared to the previous year after the ‘Trump effect’ and the negative reactions that the president has unleashed among foreign travelers, especially those from Canada. RELATED: Trump’s Approval Rate in California Down to Historically Low Levels According to the travel agency New York City Tourism and […]
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Who is Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff?
Al Jazeera looks at Pope Leo's views, background and his journey from Chicago to the top of the Catholic Church.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map
The map combines findings from more than 1,300 studies and is an important tool for conservation.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Blackouts and travel chaos leave IPL season hanging by a thread
Ricky Ponting says his IPL team does not know where it is travelling next, as the India-Pakistan conflict causes chaos for the cricket tournament.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being separated from the military in new Pentagon order
The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Student protester Mohsen Mahdawi unveils legal defence fund for immigrants
Mahdawi was recently released after being arrested as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on student protesters.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:'Horrendously expensive' interstate shipping denies farmers lifeline
South Australian farmers struggling with drought need livestock feed, but Australian shipping laws make it unaffordable for Australian sea freight to reach them. 'Cheaper to ship to China' than send WA grain to drought-hit farmers
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:President Maduro Asks The New Pope For The Prompt Canonization Of Venezuelan Blesseds
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro, asked this Thursday the new pope, Leo XIV, the “prompt concretion” of the canonizations of the Venezuelan blesseds José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles, approved by the late pontiff Francisco in February and March last, respectively. RELATED: Meet Pope Leo XIV: Former Cardinal Prevost’s Path to Papacy “With filial respect, we […]
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:SHKP, CK Asset, Henderson to dominate Hong Kong housing amid demand for small units
The three developers will deliver 60 per cent of new homes in 2025 and 2026, up from 40 per cent in 2023 and 2024, JLL says.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Armed attacks in Rafah leave Israeli soldiers dead and wounded
Armed attacks in Rafah leave Israeli soldiers dead and wounded Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that its fighters had targeted two Israeli military units in eastern Rafah in Gaza, killing and wounding soldiers, Andalou reported on Thursday. The group said it had attacked a group of12 soldiers who were preparing to carry out a bombing inside a house in the Al-Tanour neighborhood in eastern Rafah. They...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:House GOP out of sync on Medicaid
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP not synced on Medicaid plans One of the thorniest issues facing House Republicans has yet to be resolved, even as the Energy and Commerce Committee barrels toward a meeting early next week to mark up its...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church
A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost will now be known as Pope Leo XIV. In his first remarks as the leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics around the world, the pope spoke of peace and building bridges to an ecstatic crowd in St. Peter's Square. Geoff Bennett reports.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:What Pope Leo XIV’s election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide
To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both for the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Amna Nawaz spoke with Kim Daniels, the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, and Father Tom Reese, the senior analyst for Religion News Service and author of "Inside the Vatican."
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:‘My soul was removed from me’: Former model testifies Weinstein sexually assaulted her as a teen
A former model tearfully testified Thursday thatHarvey Weinsteinsexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:U.S. pushes for de-escalation as India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations
Tensions in South Asia are running high after India and Pakistan accused each other of firing at their respective military sites. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called leaders in both countries and pushed for what he called immediate de-escalation and direct dialogue. But there is heavy shelling on both sides of the disputed border. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Trump to appoint Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s interim top federal prosecutor
Martin is the second Trump nominee in as many days to be pulled after it appeared they would not have the Senate votes to be confirmed.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: White House asks Supreme Court to allow it to remove deportation protections
In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to remove deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants, Secretary of State Rubio says his agency is reviewing the visa status of protesters who clashed with security guards at Columbia University and the acting head of FEMA was ousted after he made the case for the agency's relevance.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Indigenous Guarani People Celebrate The Official Demarcation Of Their Territory In São Paulo
Indigenous people of the Guaraní people celebrated on Thursday the official demarcation of their territory, located in Jaraguá, in the northern area of the city of São Paulo, after having won a historic agreement with the mayor’s office of shared management over a section of a state park. RELATED: Brazilian Landless Workers Support the Defense […]
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:The impact Trump’s tariffs are already having on global supply chains and U.S. businesses
President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new trade agreement. Other countries, including China, remain open to negotiating with the U.S, but some of the tariffs are having real impacts on American businesses and their supply chains. William Brangham discussed more with Ryan Petersen, the founder and CEO of Flexport, a supply chain management firm.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Trump taps Jeanine Pirro for top DC prosecutor job
President Trump on Thursday tapped Jeanine Pirro, a Fox News host and former judge, to serve as the top prosecutor in the District of Columbia. Trump announced on Truth Social that he was appointing Pirro to the role of U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., on an interim basis. "In addition to her Legal career, Jeanine...
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