MOSCOW, Russia – Russian authorities detained 11 people, state media reported Saturday, after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow in a grisly attack that left at least 115 people dead. Russia’s Investigative Committee said four of those detained were directly involved in the attack that left the sprawling shopping mall and music … Read more
Kate Middleton said she is getting “a course of preventive chemotherapy”. Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the “early stages” of treatment. Even though it is not known what type of cancer she has, oncologists have said that what she described in her video message – … Read more
At least 93 people have been killed and 145 wounded in Russia’s worst terror attack in years. Who is responsible for the attack? Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, praising the “Islamic fighters” who carried it out. Many commentators and US officials have pointed to the IS affiliate called Islamic State Khorasan … Read more
A bloodbath. The end of democracy. Riots in the streets. Bedlam in the country. Donald Trump has made apocalyptic imagery a defining feature of his presidential election campaign, warning supporters that if he does not win – and avoid criminal prosecution – America will enter its death throes. The prophecies of doom, repeated ad nauseam … Read more
South_agency | E+ | Getty Images House Republicans unveiled a plan this week that calls for raising the Social Security retirement age. Meanwhile, Democrats and advocates for the program are ramping up their calls to tax the rich to enhance benefits. “On the right, there is a line in the sand against tax increases,” said … Read more
A woman has died in hospital a day after a fire tore through a home in NSW’s Central West. NSW Police said emergency services including Fire and Rescue NSW were called to the home on Freshwater Drive, Dubbo, after reports of a fire about 4pm on Thursday. A 33-year-old woman was pulled from the house … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Several assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least 40 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide. … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted March 22, 2024 1:59 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has once again urged Israel not to carry out its promised invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah. But after the top U.S. diplomat’s meeting with the … Read more
A 62-year-old US man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have announced. The four-hour surgery, performed on March 16, “marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients”, the … Read more
LONDON – King Charles, Prince Harry and political leaders offered support to Kate, Princess of Wales, after she said tests following abdominal surgery showed cancer had been present and she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy. “His Majesty (HM) is ‘so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did’,” Buckingham Palace said … Read more
