California women's prison rocked by 'rape club' abuse scandals to be closed Federal officials are set to close the so-called 'rape club' prison in Dublin, where guards and the warden were charged or convicted of sexual abuse. 04/15/2024 - 7:44 am | View Link
31-year-old arrested for stabbing 19-year-old boyfriend with kitchen knife ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 31-year-old Orchard Park man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly stabbing his 19-year-old boyfriend in the head with a kitchen knife, according to police. 04/15/2024 - 4:19 am | View Link
Boyfriend arrested after deadly stabbing in Battle Creek BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — A 28-year-old woman was killed in a Friday evening stabbing in Battle Creek, and her boyfriend has been arrested, police say. Around 11:30 p.m., officers with the ... 04/13/2024 - 5:58 am | View Link
Louisville woman arrested after police say she kidnapped, assaulted ex-boyfriend LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville woman is behind bars after police said she rounded up a gang and kidnapped her ex-boyfriend. Melissa Speed, 31, lured the victim, Eric Harris, to his ... 04/11/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Hamas attack survivor waits six months for captive boyfriend's release TEL AVIV (Reuters) - In the six months since she survived Hamas' Oct. 7 attack by hiding beneath a pile of bodies at an outdoor music festival turned killing field in southern Israel, Ziv Abud has ... 04/6/2024 - 1:00 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.