Blake Burleson: Pro-choice argument biblically grounded In reviving a Civil War-era, pre-statehood ban on all abortions this month, Arizona has caught up with Texas. National attention created by the Arizona Supreme Court should remind Americans that ... 04/19/2024 - 4:31 pm | View Link
Texas 10-year-old confessed to shooting to death man 2 years ago, authorities say Texas law requires a child to be at least 10 years old to have criminal culpability. The boy is being held in juvenile detention for threatening a student ... 04/19/2024 - 1:20 pm | View Link
10-year-old Texas boy linked to 2022 killing, according to officials SAN ANTONIO — One 10-year-old Texas boy confessed to a murder from two years ago after he was questioned during a separate investigation at his school, according to officials. 04/19/2024 - 9:03 am | View Link
Suspect in custody, second suspect sought following threat at KCK middle school KCK Public Schools and local law enforcement are continuing to investigate a threat against a student at a local middle school. 04/19/2024 - 8:54 am | View Link
North Texas elementary student alleges assault by staff member; investigation ongoing School officials confirmed an incident happened at ILTexas Saginaw K-8 on Monday, which was reported to police and CPS. 04/19/2024 - 5:45 am | 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.