SIDON, Lebanon — An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported. The strike appeared to be part of a shift in Israeli … Read more
Play video content Raising Cane’s Avantika Vandanapu may wear pink on Wednesdays, but Tuesday is for work … because she showed up for a shift at Raising Cane’s looking totally fetch. The actress/singer, who plays Karen Shetty in the new “Mean Girls” movie, hopped right into the line of fire at a New York City … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave NEW DELHI — The Maldives has asked India to withdraw its troops by March 15, news outlets in the island nation reported Sunday, as a weeks-long spat that mushroomed across social media escalated against the backdrop of India and China’s struggle for influence in the Indian Ocean. … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — When a pair of drone-fired missiles slammed into an apartment building in south Beirut on Tuesday, killing a top militant leader and his lieutenants, it appeared to mark a shift in Israel’s war against Hamas. For three months, Israel has pressed a full-scale military invasion … Read more
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina formally announced Friday that it won’t join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the latest in a dramatic shift in foreign and economic policy by Argentina’s new far-right populist President Javier Milei. In a letter addressed to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — all members of … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BRUSSELS — The European Union struck a landmark deal Wednesday to overhaul migration policy, a political agreement that signals a broader, rightward shift across Europe. Full details of the deal, struck after years of debate and days of marathon talks, have not yet been released, and the … Read more
A fortunate change in the trend… (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The storms that hit California in early 2023 provided glimpses of hope as the severe drought up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time lows in previous years. While the large fronts that battered California’s Sierra Nevada mountains caused flooding in … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SEOUL — South Korea is rolling out a new “carbon-free” campaign at this year’s COP28 that it says will reposition Seoul as a global leader in decarbonization. But climate experts and advocates say the plan, which promotes some fossil fuel power generation, merely masks South Korea’s dependence … Read more
The Ukrainian Air Force claims to have shot down a Russian Su-24M Fencer swing-wing attack jet flying over the western end of the Black Sea near the famed Snake Island. There is unconfirmed speculation that a U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missile might have brought the Su-24M down. If true, that could point to a new effort … Read more
Prince Harry ‘shift in music’ as he withheld ‘racist royal’ name Prince Harry used a firm body language to share his discomfort over the racist royal, says an expert. Body language guru Judi James reveals the Duke of Sussex saw a ‘change in music’ the moment he was asked about the royal who commented upon … Read more