Malawi police arrest elephant poachers in Kasungu National Park BLANTYRE — Police and wildlife department officials in Malawi have arrested two men suspected of having killed an elephant in Kasungu National Park in the country’s west. In July 2022, 263 elephants ... 04/18/2024 - 5:40 am | View Link
Police save suspected robber from mob attack Tuyeimo Haidula "Beat him!" "Where did he come from?" "We are tired." "No. No, don’t kill him!”These were some of the phrases that could be heard as a public mob attacked and beat a 26-year-old man ... 04/16/2024 - 12:20 am | View Link
Suspect arrested in attacks on 2 women walking in Venice Canals area A suspect has been arrested in two April 6 attacks on woman walking in the Venice Canals area, police said Friday. Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park and Los Angeles Police Department ... 04/12/2024 - 9:30 am | View Link
Idaho Teen Allegedly Devoted to ISIS Arrested Before Planned Church Attacks An Idaho teenager who allegedly plotted to carry out attacks targeting local churches in the name of ISIS was arrested over the weekend, the Justice Department said. Alexander Scott Mercurio ... 04/8/2024 - 10:02 pm | View Link
Idaho man arrested for planning attacks on churches in support of ISIS The FBI thwarted the man's plans to use knives, firearms and fire in attacks. The Justice Department on Monday announced the arrest of a man they say planned to carry out attacks on churches in ... 04/8/2024 - 9:15 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.