May2024

The UN agency for refugees’ goodwill ambassador, Australian actor Cate Blanchett, pushed the film industry on Monday to embrace the “incredible” stories of these people. “People who are displaced have a voice, they have a story,”...

The central bank announced that exporters would be paid based on the dollar price that was in effect at the time the income was supposed to be brought back into the country, rather than the actual...

Israel promptly withdrew its envoys after Norway, Ireland, and Spain declared on Wednesday that they will recognize the establishment of a Palestinian state. While the Presidents of Norway and Spain declared their countries will recognize Palestine...

The winners of the International Booker Prize for the book “Kairos” were announced on Tuesday, including translator Michael Hofmann and writer Jenny Erpenbeck from Germany. The book, which was first published in German, describes a young...

Nestle, the massive Swiss food company, announced on Tuesday that it will be introducing items in the US for consumers of the growingly popular weight-loss medications. Those who use GLP-1 weight reduction medicine to control type...

Vice President Kamala Harris blasted the bill’s approval by lawmakers in the southern US state of Louisiana on Tuesday, calling it “unconscionable” and making carrying abortion medication illegal. Two different kinds of medications would become restricted...

Tuesday saw the right-wing government of Finland propose a new rule allowing border guards to deny asylum applicants their requests in response to a wave of migrants that Helsinki claimed was coordinated by Russia. Reporters were...

Late on Monday, France declared its support for the independence of the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor has asked for arrest warrants for Hamas, an Islamist organization, and Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The...

In one of the bloodiest shipwrecks in European history, a migrant trawler carrying hundreds of people sank off the coast of Greece, and nine alleged smugglers are on trial there starting on Tuesday. Among the charges...

In today’s opening game of the three-match T20 International series at Prairie View Cricket Complex in Huston, Texas, Bangladesh’s appalling batting performance resulted in a humiliating five-wicket loss to the USA. Bangladesh was asked to bat...