Fatal Storms Pummel Iowa, Reducing Parts of One Town to Rubble Severe thunderstorms, apparently spawning tornadoes, raked Iowa on Tuesday afternoon, leaving parts of one town in shambles, toppling several wind turbines and killing at least one person, according ... 05/21/2024 - 6:54 pm | View Link
Iran’s president killed in helicopter crash, election set for next month Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, would serve as the country’s acting president until elections are held. 05/20/2024 - 8:23 am | View Link
IMF Expects Iraq’s Economy to Grow by 1.4% in 2024, 5.3% in 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that Iraq’s economy contracted by 2.2% in 2022, projecting a growth by 1.4% in 2024 and 5.3% in 2025. The international monetary organization ... 05/16/2024 - 6:42 pm | View Link
Iraq is committed to OPEC's oil output cuts, minister says Iraq is committed to voluntary oil production cuts agreed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and is keen to cooperate with member countries on efforts to achieve more ... 05/12/2024 - 12:47 am | View Link
Asaib Ahl al-Haq Backs Sudani’s Stance on Withdrawal of US Forces from Iraq Head of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq faction Qais al-Khazali expressed his support for Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Sudani’s stance on the withdrawal of American forces from the country. The pullout of ... 05/11/2024 - 7:31 pm | View Link
NEW YORK — Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All)” — has died.
OKLAHOMA CITY — At least two people are dead after severe weather swept across Texas and Oklahoma overnight, causing extensive damage and outages, authorities said.
Sheriff Ray Sappington confirmed the deaths in rural Cooke County in Texas near the Oklahoma border on Saturday night.
“It took some time to get back in there because of all the damage with the power lines, and trees were down.
MANCHESTER, England — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country.
Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored.
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“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the promoter said in a statement.
Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Capricorn.
Happy Birthday for Sunday, May 26, 2024:
You are strong-willed and popular. You also have an independent streak, which makes you unique. You march to your own drum. This is a fun-loving, playful year for you!
As protests erupted across college campuses this spring amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, Arizona State University (ASU) president Michael Crow—who runs a large state institution with nearly 80,000 students enrolled on campus and more than 65,000 online—was not immune from the heat. In late April, pro-Palestian protesters erected an encampment on the school’s Tempe, Ariz.
Not often does a coach get involved in the on-field huddle with their team coming out of halftime. Whatever Chris Armas said to his Colorado Rapids, down 3-1 at the time, worked wonders.
In another world, the Rapids took advantage of just one more great opportunity and avenged a bad first half with a gritty win, but they’ll instead settle for a 3-3 draw to the Western Conference’s second-best team in Minnesota United in front of 16,201 people at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the largest crowd of the year.
“In that moment (on the field at halftime), it was just another reminder of the belief and the challenge of staying focused,” Armas said.