Durham 7th grader texted 911 for help during kidnapping, suspect jailed under $1.5 million bond A Durham dad told CBS17 his seventh grade daughter texted 911 for help. He said that’s what lead law enforcement officers to arrest 22-year-old Preston Baker. 04/15/2024 - 8:47 am | View Link
Kari Lake Is Trying to Make People Forget Her Real Abortion Stance A St. Louis judge has ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is entitled to Planned Parenthood’s transgender care records, ordering the nonprofit to turn over some of its most sensitive ... 04/12/2024 - 10:27 am | View Link
A text from a defendant’s phone allegedly admitting rape is focus of a Northland trial A text sent from the phone of a defendant allegedly admitting rape has been the focus of a Northland trial. A text message sent from a man’s phone allegedly confessing to raping a young girl has ... 04/11/2024 - 6:22 am | View Link
Sean “Diddy” Combs Named As Defendant In Rape Suit Against His Son; Matches Details Of Previous $30M Sexual Assault Action Against Mogul Amidst a plethora of allegations that have been made public against the “Bad Boy For Life” performer since Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura launched a quickly settled rape and abuse ... 04/5/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
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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.