Man falls to his death trying to escape hotel shooting, authorities say Police investigation revealed the man tried to climb down the back of the hotel after several shots were fired inside a room. 04/16/2024 - 2:25 am | View Link
Coroner releases identity of man shot and killed by Lexington police The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the man who was shot and killed by Lexington police officers Tuesday. Joseph Carrico, 47, of Lexington, was pronounced dead at 1: ... 04/3/2024 - 4:52 am | View Link
Police: PSL math teacher dies in WPB murder-suicide at hands of estranged husband WEST PALM BEACH — A Port St. Lucie middle school math teacher was shot and killed Friday outside a West Palm Beach hotel by her estranged husband, a former middle school employee who police say ... 03/30/2024 - 1:47 pm | View Link
Man Killed by No. 4 Train After Being Pushed Onto Subway Tracks A man was arrested and charged with murder after the attack in East Harlem, which the police described as unprovoked. By Christopher Maag A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday night and charged ... 03/25/2024 - 10:37 pm | View Link
Fleeing driver dies when he is ejected from SUV in wreck during Fort Worth police pursuit His death was caused by multiple blunt force injuries, the office determined. Harris was the only occupant of his vehicle, and he was the only person who was injured in the pursuit. 03/24/2024 - 8:21 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.