Israel strikes Iran with a missile, U.S. officials say, as Tehran downplays Netanyahu's apparent retaliation Two U.S. officials tell CBS News an Israeli missile has hit Iran in apparent retaliation for the recent drone and missile attack on the Jewish state. 04/19/2024 - 12:45 pm | View Link
Iran downplays reported Israeli attack; US 'not involved,' Blinken says: Live updates While Iran has downplayed an attack in Isfahan, Israel has remained silent on the incident while the U.S. says it wasn't involved. 04/19/2024 - 7:12 am | View Link
Live updates: Israel strikes Iran, Israeli official says; U.S. says it was not involved “It is becoming increasingly evident that the tensions that were initially caused by Israel’s illegal attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus risk turning into a permanent conflict,” the ministry ... 04/19/2024 - 5:55 am | View Link
Ohio gas prices fell from last week: See how much here The average fuel price in state has risen about 18 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $2.61 on Jan. 8, 2024, and as high as ... 04/18/2024 - 10:31 pm | View Link
Live Updates: Israel Strikes Iran, but Scope of Attack Appears Limited It was unclear what caused the blasts, but they came less than a week after Iran carried out its first-ever direct attack on Israel, drawing vows of retaliation. 04/18/2024 - 8:58 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.