LOS ANGELES – It’s a three-peat for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with US$26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged out the animated new release “Transformers: One,” which … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, in order to lay siege to Hamas and force the release of hostages. It is unclear how many Palestinians remain north of the so-called Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza in two, but … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya – The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, conservationists said in a new report. The number of white rhinos increased from 15,942 in 2022 to 17,464 in … Read more
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student’s body, officials said. Officials received “a deeply concerning report of a racial slur being scratched onto a student using a plastic or … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka’s presidential election. “This victory belongs to all of us,” Dissanayake said in an X post. Official results were yet to be announced, but according to tallies released by the Election Commission, Dissanayake secured 42 per … Read more
Body mass index, a long-time indicator of a person’s health, is drawing criticism from athletes and health-care professionals. Colten Sloan trains five days a week for three hours a day. He is Plains Cree, 6-foot-3 and roughly 335 pounds. He sounds like he’d be considered healthy, but by body mass index, he’s … Read more
LONDON, United Kingdom – Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen Sunday attending church with King Charles III and Queen Camilla near their royal Balmoral estate in … Read more
ROME, Italy – A two-story building collapsed in the southern Italian province of Naples early Sunday, killing two young siblings and leaving their mother and an older woman trapped, firefighters said. The firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion likely caused the collapse. Rescuers in the town of … Read more
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Four people have died and more than 20 were wounded in a shooting in a nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, according to police and news reports. There were multiple people shot on 20th Street near Magnolia Avenue in the Five Points South area, the Birmingham Police Department said in a … Read more
London Police Service (LPS) forensics officers are focused on a wooded area, after a man’s body was found behind Mildred Barons Park in east London, Ont. “Members of the London Police Service Major Crime Section are investigating a suspicious death that occurred in the city’s east end,” said Insp. Sean Sussex of the LPS. First … Read more
