US stocks fell on Wednesday, as markets struggled to find direction while investors awaited for the Federal Reserve to next week set interest rates for the world’s largest economy. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.3 per cent, giving up early gains. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1 per cent. European indices followed Wall Street … Read more
Cardinal George Pell has denied allegations of attempting to bribe a victim of pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale. David Ridsdale, the nephew of Australia’s worst pedophile priest, claimed at a royal commission hearing into child sex abuse that he informed Pell in 1993 about the abuse at the hands of his uncle. However, Cardinal Pell, who … Read more
Prince Harry testified for over seven hours on Tuesday and Wednesday in a case against three British tabloids, where lawyers for the Mirror Group Newspapers attempted to prove that he had no concrete evidence that its journalists had hacked his phone. Harry and three other plaintiffs had filed a lawsuit against three Mirror titles — … Read more
House Speaker Martin Romualdez delivers an address before Congress adjourned sine die on May 31, 2023. MANILA, Philippines–Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. praised Speaker Martin Romualdez for maintaining focus on his responsibilities as House of Representatives leader, despite being the target of Vice President Sara Duterte’s attacks, saying Romualdez has taken the “moral high road.” … Read more
On August 21, 2013, the Syrian government fired rockets loaded with sarin nerve gas into the rebel-held Ghouta district of Damascus, resulting in the infamous Ghouta gas attack that killed up to 1,400 people, including many children. Ten years later, it has been revealed that a scientist accused of helping Syria develop its chemical weapons … Read more
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters caused by a dam breach upstream. The unnerving bark of dogs left behind further soured the mood of … Read more
1/3 The Ukrainian military says rescue efforts are ongoing and vowed to not leave civilians behind. Photo by State Emergency Service of Ukraine/ UPI | License Photo June 7 (UPI) — Crews worked to rescue civilians from flooding caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russian-occupied territory as Kyiv and Moscow traded … Read more
The global wheat and corn prices have surged after a significant dam collapse in southern Ukraine, resulting in a potential ecological disaster. According to news reports, wheat prices jumped 3% after the collapse, on fears that floodwaters would ruin crops, as Ukraine and Russia are major breadbasket supplying countries. The cost of corn also … Read more
Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. CNN — Bringing the second day of this year’s Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became … Read more
A woman in Britain is accused of deceiving a nearsighted woman into having sex with her by pretending to be a man and asking her to remove her glasses. Georgia Bilham, 21, who went by the name “George Parry,” allegedly created fake social media profiles and messaged the victim as “George_132” to trick the 19-year-old … Read more