The Latest | Person rushed away on stretcher after fire extinguished outside Trump hush money trial A jury of 12 people and six alternates has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. The completion of the jury selection process Friday ... 04/19/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
Central Jersey baseball notes: A no-hitter 32 years in making, big wins & can’t-miss games It seems as if the stars aligned for Piscataway and senior pitcher Bobby Bressler when he took the mound against South River on Tuesday. It had been 32 years to the day the last time that a Piscataway ... 04/19/2024 - 6:20 am | View Link
Vols welcoming villain role before top-five showdown in Lexington Tennessee is 5-4 on the road this season, having opened at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, with a win over Texas Tech, a loss to Oklahoma and a win over Baylor. The Vols opened SEC play in ... 04/18/2024 - 2:00 pm | View Link
Hudson Valley Renegades christen renovated stadium with walkoff win before excited fans The evening began with fans eager to tour the renovated ballpark, and it ended with loud cheers for the Renegades' walkoff win in their home opener. 04/17/2024 - 1:35 am | View Link
Bearcats bolster frontcourt, land commitment from Southern California transfer The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team secured its second transfer commitment in two days, adding a post player on Tuesday. 04/16/2024 - 2:54 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.