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A ‘joyful’ pre-schooler and her parents among victims of Vancouver attack

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
A ‘joyful’ pre-schooler and her parents among victims of Vancouver attack

Victims of the car attack that left 11 people dead at a festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday have not yet been named by police, but they are now being identified online by family and colleagues. The victims, nine females and two males, range …

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A Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
A Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis

Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the “Asian Francis.” But he has been criticized for not being vocal enough about his country’s brutal drug war and clerical sex abuse.

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As a Shipping Loophole Closes, Small Online Sellers Scramble

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
As a Shipping Loophole Closes, Small Online Sellers Scramble

Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs starting on Friday, when a decision by President Trump to shutter a shipping loophole he calls a “scam” takes effect. The move is expected to send …

Categories Categories Tags China, Made, Trump

Thai prosecutors drop case against US academic accused of insulting royalty

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
Thai prosecutors drop case against US academic accused of insulting royalty

Thai prosecutors have said they will not pursue charges against an American academic who was arrested last month under a strict law against defaming the monarchy. Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University, was arrested after the army filed a …

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Jill Sobule, Singer of ‘Supermodel’ and ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in a House Fire

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
Jill Sobule, Singer of ‘Supermodel’ and ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in a House Fire

Ms. Sobule, 66, died Thursday morning in Woodbury, Minn., her publicist said. She had been scheduled to perform songs from her musical later in the week.

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These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope

As cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor, they are facing debates over whether the church most needs change or constancy.

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KADEM’s ‘6th International Women and Justice Summit’ ended

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
KADEM’s ‘6th International Women and Justice Summit’ ended

ORGANISED by the Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM), the 6th International Women and Justice Summit with the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence and Women’ continued on 9 November with the participation of expert guests.

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Woman missing since 1962 found ‘alive and well’

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
Woman missing since 1962 found ‘alive and well’

A woman missing for nearly 63 years has been found alive and well after the case into her disappearance was reviewed, police in the US state of Wisconsin said. Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she disappeared from her home in the small city of …

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What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere

In 2014, the Chinese writer known as Murong Xuecun announced in an essay in The New York Times that he was returning to China to turn himself in to the police. Two weeks earlier, the authorities had arrested three of Mr. Murong’s friends in Beijing …

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Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

May 15, 2025 by Clarke Scarlett
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.

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